Paul McGann
Acting
Born November 14, 1959
From Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK
Also known as Paul John McGann
Biography
Paul McGann (born November 14, 1959) is an English actor who made his name on The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role. He is also known for his role in Withnail and I, and for portraying the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie as well as other media that features hi...
Filmography
Triesverse: Cataclysm
The Doctor
2026
Good Behaviour
Richard
2026
The Marbles
Lord Byron (voice)
2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
20255.0
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
20247.2
Churchill’s Forgotten War
Narrator (voice)
20248.0
The Day of the Sun Dog
Jaggers
2023
The Undertaker
Arthur
20235.5
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
20235.0
Mia and the Dragon Princess
Walsh
20236.3
Doctor Who Am I
Self
20224.8
Swallow Your Dreams
James
202210.0
The Big Night In
Self
20209.0
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
20192.0
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On
Self
20197.6
Swans: Mystery of the Missing
Self - Narrator (voice)
201910.0
Picasso's Last Stand
Narrator
2018
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land
Himself
2018
Perplexed Music
Man
2017
Brakes
Peter
20175.6
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence
Narrator (voice)
20178.0
Nero's Sunken City
Narrator (English Voice)
20175.0
B&B
Josh
20176.3
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack
Narrator (Voice)
2016
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)
20158.0
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire
Narrator
20158.7
Absence
Man
20157.0
—
The Other Prince William
Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden
Narrator (voice)
20159.0
Churchill: When Britain Said No
Narrator (voice)
20158.0
Shark: Beneath the Surface
self, narrator
2015
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
narrator
201510.0
Super Powered Owls
Narrator
2015
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story
Himself
20145.9
The Minister of Chance: Prologue
Durian
2014
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race
Narrator (Voice)
20147.4
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Self
2014
France: The Wild Side
Narrator
2014
Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius
2014
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
James Craven
2014
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
Narrator
20148.5
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
20137.8
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
20138.2
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
The Doctor
20138.0
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence
Himself - Narrator (voice)
20137.3
Brady and Hindley: Possession
Narrator (voice)
20136.5
Art Is...
Lulu's Dad
2013
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
Himself - Narrator (voice)
20125.9
—
Tiger Island
Narrator
2012
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry
Sir Rufus Isaacs
20126.4
Digging The Great Escape
narrator
2011
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
20118.0
—
Gadaffi and the IRA
Narrator
2011
The 9/11 Surfer
Narrator
20116.0
The Day John Lennon Died
Narrator
20108.0
—
Godard & Others
Torrence
20105.2
Lesbian Vampire Killers
Vicar
20095.2
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
20087.4
Fables of Forgotten Things
Clarence
20084.0
My Dad Was a Communist
Narrator
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
Self - Narrator
2008
Davros Connections
(archival audio)
2007
Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover
Narrator
20076.2
Always Crashing in the Same Car
Bill Mackinnon
20076.7
World of Compulsive Hoarders
2007
If I Had You
Philip Andrews
20067.0
Ghosts on the Underground
Narrator
20057.0
The Orangutan King
Narrator
200510.0
Gypo
Paul
20055.3
Kidnapped
Colonel MacNab
2005
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK
200510.0
Death of an Idealist
Narrator
2005
Lie with Me
Gerry Henson
20045.7
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self
20037.8
—
Listening
Man
20037.5
Otherworld
King Matholwch (voice)
20035.8
Doctor Who: Shada
The Doctor (voice)
20037.3
Hornblower: Duty
Lieutenant Bush
20037.3
Hornblower: Loyalty
Lieutenant Bush
20037.2
The Biographer
Andrew Morton
20029.0
Queen of the Damned
David Talbot
20026.1
Blood Strangers
DC David Ingram
20025.8
My Kingdom
Dean
20015.5
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story
Self- Narrator
20016.0
Hornblower: Retribution
Lt. Bush
20017.3
Hornblower: Mutiny
Lieutenant Bush
20017.4
Hotel!
Ben Carter
20015.2
Withnail and Us
Self
19996.4
The Dance of Shiva
Captain Greville
19989.0
FairyTale: A True Story
Arthur Wright
19976.4
Downtime
Rob
19977.0
Star Trek Story
Self - Commentary (voice)
19961.2
Doctor Who
The Doctor
19966.2
Catherine the Great
Potemkin
19965.6
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Self
19967.5
The One That Got Away
Chris Ryan
19966.2
The Merchant of Venice
Bassanio
19965.5
The Hanging Gale
Liam Phelan
1995
The Three Musketeers
Girard / Jussac
19936.4
Alien³
Golic
19926.4
Afraid of the Dark
Tony
19915.6
Paper Mask
Matthew Harris
19905.7
Drowning in the Shallow End
Colin
19907.0
The Monk
Father Lorenzo Rojas
19903.3
Dealers
Daniel Pascoe
19895.6
The Rainbow
Anton Skrebensky
19895.6
Streets of Yesterday
Joseph
19897.5
Tree of Hands
Barry
19898.0
The Importance of Being Earnest
John Worthing
19885.4
Empire of the Sun
Lieutenant Price
19877.5
Cariani and the Courtesans
Giovanni Cariani
19877.0
Withnail & I
...& I
19877.2
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Mo Morris
1984
Gaskin
Graham Gaskin
19835.0
Whistling Wally
Norman
1982