Paul McGann
Acting
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 his incarnation of the character.
Born: November 14, 1959 · Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK
Filmography (66)
TV
Bookish
2025
Actor: Mr. Kind
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
Actor: The Doctor (archiv…
Mia and the Dragon Princess
2023
Actor: Walsh
TV
Anne
2022
Actor: Malcolm Thornton M…
TV
Annika
2021
Actor: Jake Strathearn
TV
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
2021
Actor: Self - Narrator
TV
McDonald & Dodds
2020
Actor: Archie Addington
Brakes
2017
Actor: Peter
B&B
2017
Actor: Josh
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
Actor: The Doctor (8) (pi…
TV
Shark
2015
Actor: Himself - Narrator
TV
Wild Sri Lanka
2015
Actor: Paul McGann
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story
2014
Actor: Himself
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race
2014
Actor: Narrator (Voice)
TV
The Musketeers
2014
Actor: St PierreActor: Saint Pierre
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
Actor
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
Actor: The Doctor (8) (ar…
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
2013
Actor: The Doctor
TV
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
Actor
TV
Wildest Islands
2012
Actor: Narrator
TV
Ripper Street
2012
Actor: Stanley Bone
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
2012
Actor: Himself - Narrator…
TV
The Bletchley Circle
2012
Actor: John Richards
TV
A Mother's Son
2012
Actor: David
TV
Luther
2010
Actor: Mark North
TV
Collision
2009
Actor: Richard Reeves
TV
Moving On
2009
Actor: PhilDirector
Lesbian Vampire Killers
2009
Actor: Vicar
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
Actor: The Doctor (8) (ar…
Gypo
2005
Actor: Paul
TV
Twisted Tales
2005
Actor: Phone (voice)
TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Actor: Dickie Erskine
TV
Zero Hour
2004
Actor: Narrator (Voice)
TV
Sea of Souls
2004
Actor: Christopher Chambe…
TV
New Tricks
2004
Actor: D.C.I. James Larso…
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
Actor
Otherworld
2003
Actor: King Matholwch (vo…
Hornblower: Duty
2003
Actor: Lieutenant Bush
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
Actor: Lieutenant Bush
Queen of the Damned
2002
Actor: David Talbot
My Kingdom
2001
Actor: Dean
TV
Waking the Dead
2001
Actor: ACC Tony Nicholson
Hornblower: Retribution
2001
Actor: Lt. Bush
Hornblower: Mutiny
2001
Actor: Lieutenant Bush
TV
Holby City
1999
Actor: John Gaskell
TV
Hornblower
1998
Actor: William Bush
TV
Our Mutual Friend
1998
Actor: Eugene Wrayburn
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
Actor: Arthur Wright
TV
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996
Actor: David (voice)
Doctor Who
1996
Actor: The Doctor
Catherine the Great
1996
Actor: Potemkin
The One That Got Away
1996
Actor: Chris Ryan
The Three Musketeers
1993
Actor: Girard / Jussac
Alien³
1992
Actor: Golic
Afraid of the Dark
1991
Actor: Tony
Paper Mask
1990
Actor: Matthew Harris
Dealers
1989
Actor: Daniel Pascoe
The Rainbow
1989
Actor: Anton Skrebensky
TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Actor: Dr. Peter Lord
The Importance of Being Earnest
1988
Actor: John Worthing
Empire of the Sun
1987
Actor: Lieutenant Price
Withnail & I
1987
Actor: ...& I
TV
Natural World
1983
Actor: Narrator
TV
Fish
1977
Actor
TV
Play for Today
1970
Actor: Norman
TV
Horizon
1964
Actor: Himself