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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959-11-14 |
Movies
Chinatown: A World in the Heart of the City
as Self (Archive Footage)
2024
The Day of the Sun Dog
as Jaggers
2023
The Undertaker
as Arthur
2023
Talking Doctor Who
as Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
2023
Mia and the Dragon Princess
as Walsh
2023
Doctor Who Am I
as Self
2022
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
as The Doctor (8)
2022
Swallow Your Dreams
as James
2022
2019
Swans: Mystery of the Missing
as Narrator (voice)
2019
Picasso's Last Stand
as Narrator
2018
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land
as Himself
2018
Brakes
as Peter
2017
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Nero's Sunken City
as Narrator (English Voice)
2017
B&B
as Josh
2017
Perplexed Music
as Man
2017
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack
as Narrator (Voice)
2016
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire
as Narrator
2015
Absence
as Man
2015
The Other Prince William
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden
as Narrator
2015
Churchill: When Britain Said No
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Super Powered Owls
as Narrator
2015
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story
as Himself
2014
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race
as Narrator (Voice)
2014
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
as James Craven
2014
2014
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Himself
2013
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
as The Doctor
2013
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
2013
Brady and Hindley: Possession
as Narrator (voice)
2013
Art Is...
as Lulu's Dad
2013
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
2012
Tiger Island
as Narrator
2012
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry
as Sir Rufus Isaacs
2012
The 9/11 Surfer
as Narrator
2011
The Day John Lennon Died
as Narrator
2010
Godard & Others
as Torrence
2010
Lesbian Vampire Killers
as Vicar
2009
Fables of Forgotten Things
as Clarence
2008
My Dad Was a Communist
as Narrator
2008
Davros Connections
as (archival audio)
2007
Always Crashing in the Same Car
as Bill Mackinnon
2007
If I Had You
as Philip Andrews
2006
Ghosts on the Underground
as Narrator
2005
The Orangutan King
as Narrator
2005
Gypo
as Paul
2005
Kidnapped
as Colonel MacNab
2005
Death of an Idealist
as Narrator
2005
Lie with Me
as Gerry Henson
2004
2003
Listening
as Man
2003
Otherworld
as King Matholwch (voice)
2003
Doctor Who: Shada
as The Doctor (voice)
2003
Hornblower: Duty
as Lieutenant Bush
2003
Hornblower: Loyalty
as Lieutenant Bush
2003
The Biographer
as Andrew Morton
2002
Queen of the Damned
as David Talbot
2002
Blood Strangers
as DC David Ingram
2002
My Kingdom
as Dean
2001
Hornblower: Retribution
as Lt. Bush
2001
Hornblower: Mutiny
as Lieutenant Bush
2001
Hotel!
as Ben Carter
2001
Withnail and Us
as Self
1999
The Dance of Shiva
as Captain Greville
1998
FairyTale: A True Story
as Arthur Wright
1997
Downtime
as Rob
1997
Star Trek Story
as Self - Commentary (voice)
1996
Doctor Who
as The Doctor
1996
Catherine the Great
as Potemkin
1996
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
as Self
1996
The One That Got Away
as Chris Ryan
1996
The Merchant of Venice
as Bassanio
1996
The Hanging Gale
as Liam Phelan
1995
The Three Musketeers
as Girard / Jussac
1993
Alien³
as Golic
1992
Afraid of the Dark
as Tony
1991
Paper Mask
as Matthew Harris
1990
Drowning in the Shallow End
as Colin
1990
The Monk
as Father Lorenzo Rojas
1990
Dealers
as Daniel Pascoe
1989
The Rainbow
as Anton Skrebensky
1989
Streets of Yesterday
as Joseph
1989
Tree of Hands
as Barry
1989
Empire of the Sun
as Lieutenant Price
1987
Cariani and the Courtesans
as Giovanni Cariani
1987
Withnail & I
as ...& I
1987
The Importance of Being Earnest
as John Worthing
1986
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
as Mo Morris
1984
Gaskin
as Graham Gaskin
1983
Whistling Wally
as Norman
1982
