Paul McGann

Paul McGann

Acting • Born 1959-11-14

Acting2Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK

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 his incarnation of the character.

Filmography

167 credits
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

Movie • 2019

Nero's Sunken City

Nero's Sunken City

Movie • 2017

Narrator (English Voice)

The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

Movie • 1996

Chris Ryan

Gypo

Gypo

Movie • 2005

Paul

Alien³

Alien³

Movie • 1992

Golic

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

Movie • 2019

Narrator (voice)

Withnail & I

Withnail & I

Movie • 1987

...& I

The Rainbow

The Rainbow

Movie • 1989

Anton Skrebensky

Hornblower: Mutiny

Hornblower: Mutiny

Movie • 2001

Lieutenant Bush

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Movie • 1996

The Doctor

Tiger Island

Tiger Island

Movie • 2012

Narrator

Super Powered Owls

Super Powered Owls

Movie • 2015

Narrator

Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting

Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting

Movie • 2014

Narrator

The Orangutan King

The Orangutan King

Movie • 2005

Narrator

Hornblower: Loyalty

Hornblower: Loyalty

Movie • 2003

Lieutenant Bush

Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Duty

Movie • 2003

Lieutenant Bush

Mia and the Dragon Princess

Mia and the Dragon Princess

Movie • 2023

Walsh

Lesbian Vampire Killers

Lesbian Vampire Killers

Movie • 2009

Vicar

My Kingdom

My Kingdom

Movie • 2001

Dean

Godard & Others

Godard & Others

Movie • 2010

Torrence

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Movie • 2012

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Movie • 2014

Self

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

Movie • 1996

Potemkin

Dealers

Dealers

Movie • 1989

Daniel Pascoe

Paper Mask

Paper Mask

Movie • 1990

Matthew Harris

Hornblower: Retribution

Hornblower: Retribution

Movie • 2001

Lt. Bush

Downtime

Downtime

Movie • 1997

Rob

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

Movie • 2014

James Craven

Swallow Your Dreams

Swallow Your Dreams

Movie • 2022

James

Otherworld

Otherworld

Movie • 2003

King Matholwch (voice)

Withnail and Us

Withnail and Us

Movie • 1999

Self

Drowning in the Shallow End

Drowning in the Shallow End

Movie • 1990

Colin

The Day of the Sun Dog

The Day of the Sun Dog

Movie • 2023

Jaggers

If I Had You

If I Had You

Movie • 2006

Philip Andrews

Brady and Hindley: Possession

Brady and Hindley: Possession

Movie • 2013

Narrator (voice)

Hotel!

Hotel!

Movie • 2001

Ben Carter

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

Movie • 1988

John Worthing

Star Trek Story

Star Trek Story

Movie • 1996

Self - Commentary (voice)

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Movie • 2013

Self

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

Movie • 1996

Bassanio

The Undertaker

The Undertaker

Movie • 2023

Arthur

Talking Doctor Who

Talking Doctor Who

Movie • 2023

Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Doctor Who Am I

Doctor Who Am I

Movie • 2022

Self

My Dad Was a Communist

My Dad Was a Communist

Movie • 2008

Narrator

Lie with Me

Lie with Me

Movie • 2004

Gerry Henson

Cariani and the Courtesans

Cariani and the Courtesans

Movie • 1987

Giovanni Cariani

Death of an Idealist

Death of an Idealist

Movie • 2005

Narrator

Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

Movie • 1987

Lieutenant Price

Afraid of the Dark

Afraid of the Dark

Movie • 1991

Tony

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Movie • 2013

The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

Movie • 2005

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

Movie • 2014

Narrator (Voice)

Gaskin

Gaskin

Movie • 1983

Graham Gaskin

Queen of the Damned

Queen of the Damned

Movie • 2002

David Talbot

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Movie • 1984

Mo Morris

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

Movie • 1993

Girard / Jussac

The Dance of Shiva

The Dance of Shiva

Movie • 1998

Captain Greville

The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale

Movie • 1995

Liam Phelan

Brakes

Brakes

Movie • 2017

Peter

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

Movie • 2013

The Doctor

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

Movie • 2014

Himself

Always Crashing in the Same Car

Always Crashing in the Same Car

Movie • 2007

Bill Mackinnon

Absence

Absence

Movie • 2015

Man

The 9/11 Surfer

The 9/11 Surfer

Movie • 2011

Narrator

Fables of Forgotten Things

Fables of Forgotten Things

Movie • 2008

Clarence

Blood Strangers

Blood Strangers

Movie • 2002

DC David Ingram

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

Movie • 2016

Narrator (Voice)

B&B

B&B

Movie • 2017

Josh

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Movie • 1996

Self

FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story

Movie • 1997

Arthur Wright

The Monk

The Monk

Movie • 1990

Father Lorenzo Rojas

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

Movie • 2011

The Other Prince William

The Other Prince William

Movie • 2015

Self - Narrator (voice)

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

Movie • 2015

Narrator (voice)

Picasso's Last Stand

Picasso's Last Stand

Movie • 2018

Narrator

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

Movie • 2013

Himself - Narrator (voice)

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

Movie • 2015

Narrator

World of Compulsive Hoarders

World of Compulsive Hoarders

Movie • 2007

Art Is...

Art Is...

Movie • 2013

Lulu's Dad

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

Movie • 2018

Himself

Churchill: When Britain Said No

Churchill: When Britain Said No

Movie • 2015

Narrator (voice)

Davros Connections

Davros Connections

Movie • 2007

(archival audio)

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

Movie • 2012

Sir Rufus Isaacs

Ghosts on the Underground

Ghosts on the Underground

Movie • 2005

Narrator

The Biographer

The Biographer

Movie • 2002

Andrew Morton

Doctor Who: Shada

Doctor Who: Shada

Movie • 2003

The Doctor (voice)

The Day John Lennon Died

The Day John Lennon Died

Movie • 2010

Narrator

Streets of Yesterday

Streets of Yesterday

Movie • 1989

Joseph

Whistling Wally

Whistling Wally

Movie • 1982

Norman

Listening

Listening

Movie • 2003

Man

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

Movie • 2019

Self

Tree of Hands

Tree of Hands

Movie • 1989

Barry

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Movie • 2003

Self

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

Movie • 2017

Narrator (voice)

Perplexed Music

Perplexed Music

Movie • 2017

Man

Kidnapped

Kidnapped

Movie • 2005

Colonel MacNab

Digging The Great Escape

Digging The Great Escape

Movie • 2011

narrator

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

Movie • 2024

The Doctor

Doctor Who at the Proms

Doctor Who at the Proms

Movie • 2024

The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Movie • 2008

The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Movie • 2015

The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)

Churchill’s Forgotten War

Churchill’s Forgotten War

Movie • 2024

Narrator (voice)

The Ties That Bind Us

The Ties That Bind Us

Movie • 2008

Self - Narrator

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Movie • 2025

The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

Movie • 2015

narrator

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

Movie • 2014

Durian

Shark: Beneath the Surface

Shark: Beneath the Surface

Movie • 2015

self, narrator

Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

Movie • 2014

The Marbles

The Marbles

Movie • 2025

Lord Byron (voice)

Gadaffi and the IRA

Gadaffi and the IRA

Movie • 2011

Narrator

Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story

Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story

Movie • 2001

Self- Narrator

The Big Night In

The Big Night In

Movie • 2020

Self

Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor

Movie • 2022

The Doctor

France: The Wild Side

France: The Wild Side

Movie • 2014

Narrator

Luther

Luther

TV • 2010

Mark North

Tripping Over

Tripping Over

TV • 2006

Jeremy

True Dare Kiss

True Dare Kiss

TV • 2007

Nash McKinnon

Collision

Collision

TV • 2009

Richard Reeves

Fish

Fish

TV • 1977

Play for Today

Play for Today

TV • 1970

Norman

The Monocled Mutineer

The Monocled Mutineer

TV • 1986

Percy Toplis

Sea of Souls

Sea of Souls

TV • 2004

Christopher Chambers

Fish

Fish

TV • 2000

Jonathan Vishnevski

Wildest Middle East

Wildest Middle East

TV • 2014

Narrator

Annika

Annika

TV • 2021

Jake Strathearn

Wildest Latin America

Wildest Latin America

TV • 2012

Self - Narrator (voice)

Forgotten

Forgotten

TV • 1999

Ben Turner

Secrets of the Castle

Secrets of the Castle

TV • 2014

Narrator (Voice)

Wildest Islands

Wildest Islands

TV • 2012

Narrator

Natural World

Natural World

TV • 1983

Narrator

A Mother's Son

A Mother's Son

TV • 2012

David

Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge

TV • 2001

Patrick Vine

Moving On

Moving On

TV • 2009

Phil

Hornblower

Hornblower

TV • 1998

William Bush

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

TV • 2021

Self - Narrator

New Tricks

New Tricks

TV • 2004

D.C.I. James Larson

Shark

Shark

TV • 2015

Himself - Narrator

Bible Mysteries

Bible Mysteries

TV • 2004

Himself-Narrator

The Musketeers

The Musketeers

TV • 2014

St Pierre

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

TV • 2001

ACC Tony Nicholson

Anne

Anne

TV • 2022

Malcolm Thornton MP

Nature Boy

Nature Boy

TV • 2000

Steve Witton

The Musketeers

The Musketeers

TV • 2014

Saint Pierre

Ripper Street

Ripper Street

TV • 2012

Stanley Bone

Wild Sri Lanka

Wild Sri Lanka

TV • 2015

Paul McGann

Kidnapped

Kidnapped

TV • 2005

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

TV • 2007

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV • 2004

Dickie Erskine

Horizon

Horizon

TV • 1964

Himself

McDonald & Dodds

McDonald & Dodds

TV • 2020

Archie Addington

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

TV • 2016

Narrator

Victorian Sensations

Victorian Sensations

TV • 2019

Self - Presenter

Psycho

Psycho

TV • 2005

Narrator

Wildest Europe

Wildest Europe

TV • 2017

Narrator

Give us a Break

Give us a Break

TV • 1983

Mo Morris

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

TV • 2013

Self

Wildest Indochina

Wildest Indochina

TV • 2014

Narrator (voice)

Testament: The Bible in Animation

Testament: The Bible in Animation

TV • 1996

David (voice)

The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale

TV • 1995

Liam Phelan

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV • 1989

Dr. Peter Lord

Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales

TV • 2005

Phone (voice)

Our Mutual Friend

Our Mutual Friend

TV • 1998

Eugene Wrayburn

The Bletchley Circle

The Bletchley Circle

TV • 2012

John Richards

Bookish

Bookish

TV • 2025

Mr. Kind

Holby City

Holby City

TV • 1999

John Gaskell

Nice Town

Nice Town

TV • 1992

Joe Thompson

Zero Hour

Zero Hour

TV • 2004

Narrator (Voice)