Paul McGann
Known for acting · Born 14 November 1959 · 66 · Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK
173 credits
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
Alien³
1992
Withnail & I
1987
Holby City
1999
Queen of the Damned
2002
Doctor Who
1996
Luther
2010
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
Lesbian Vampire Killers
2009
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
2013
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
Hornblower: Duty
2003
The Rainbow
1989
Acting (171)
2026Good BehaviourRichardFilm
2026Triesverse: CataclysmThe DoctorFilm
2025BookishMr. Kind · 2 episodesSeries
2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarThe Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2025The MarblesLord Byron (voice)Film
2024Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (8) (archive footage)Film
2024Churchill’s Forgotten WarNarrator (voice)Film
2023Mia and the Dragon PrincessWalshFilm
2023The UndertakerArthurFilm
2023Talking Doctor WhoSelf / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)Film
2023The Day of the Sun DogJaggersFilm
2022AnneMalcolm Thornton MP · 4 episodesSeries
2022Doctor Who Am ISelfFilm
2022Swallow Your DreamsJamesFilm
2021AnnikaJake Strathearn · 6 episodesSeries
2021Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the WorldSelf - Narrator · 3 episodesSeries
2020McDonald & DoddsArchie AddingtonSeries
2020The Big Night InSelfFilm
2019The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes OnSelfFilm
2019The Doctors: The Paul McGann YearsFilm
2019Swans: Mystery of the MissingSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
2019Victorian SensationsSelf - PresenterSeries
2018Picasso's Last StandNarratorFilm
2018Oi For England's Green and Pleasant LandHimselfFilm
2017B&BJoshFilm
2017BrakesPeterFilm
2017Nero's Sunken CityNarrator (English Voice)Film
2017Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New EvidenceNarrator (voice)Film
2017Perplexed MusicManFilm
2017Wildest EuropeNarrator · 5 episodesSeries
2016Wildest Islands of IndonesiaNarrator · 5 episodesSeries
2016Unfinished: The Making of Massive AttackNarrator (Voice)Film
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongThe Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)Film
2015SharkHimself - Narrator · 3 episodesSeries
2015Wild Sri LankaPaul McGann · 3 episodesSeries
2015AbsenceManFilm
2015China - Treasures of the Jade EmpireNarratorFilm
2015Finding Babylon's Hanging GardenNarrator (voice)Film
2015Churchill: When Britain Said NoNarrator (voice)Film
2015Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the PeacenarratorFilm
2015Super Powered OwlsNarratorFilm
2015The Other Prince WilliamSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
2015Shark: Beneath the Surfaceself, narratorFilm
2014The MusketeersSt Pierre, Saint PierreSeries
2014Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space RaceNarrator (Voice)Film
2014The Great Wall of China: The Hidden StoryHimselfFilm
2014Wildest IndochinaNarrator (voice) · 5 episodesSeries
2014Secrets of the CastleNarrator (Voice) · 5 episodesSeries
2014Wildest Middle EastNarrator · 5 episodesSeries
2014Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life PaintingNarratorFilm
2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter DavisonSelfFilm
2014A Little Place Off the Edgware RoadJames CravenFilm
2014The Minister of Chance: PrologueDurianFilm
2014Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A GeniusFilm
2014France: The Wild SideNarratorFilm
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorThe Doctor (8) (archive footage)Film
2013Doctor Who: The Night of the DoctorThe DoctorFilm
2013The Five(ish) Doctors RebootSelfFilm
2013Doctor Who: The Doctors RevisitedSelf · 11 episodesSeries
2013JFK's Secret Killer: The EvidenceHimself - Narrator (voice)Film
2013Brady and Hindley: PossessionNarrator (voice)Film
2013Art Is...Lulu's DadFilm
2012Ripper StreetStanley BoneSeries
2012The Bletchley CircleJohn RichardsSeries
2012Britain's Greatest CodebreakerHimself - Narrator (voice)Film
2012A Mother's SonDavid · 2 episodesSeries
2012Wildest IslandsNarrator · 10 episodesSeries
2012SOS: The Titanic InquirySir Rufus IsaacsFilm
2012Wildest Latin AmericaSelf - Narrator (voice) · 5 episodesSeries
2012Tiger IslandNarratorFilm
2011Doctor Who: Tales Lost in TimeFilm
2011The 9/11 SurferNarratorFilm
2011Digging The Great EscapenarratorFilm
2011Gadaffi and the IRANarratorFilm
2010LutherMark North · 10 episodesSeries
2010Godard & OthersTorrenceFilm
2010The Day John Lennon DiedNarratorFilm
2009Lesbian Vampire KillersVicarFilm
2009CollisionRichard Reeves · 5 episodesSeries
2009Moving OnPhilSeries
2008Doctor Who: The Next DoctorThe Doctor (8) (archive footage)Film
2008Fables of Forgotten ThingsClarenceFilm
2008My Dad Was a CommunistNarratorFilm
2008The Ties That Bind UsSelf - NarratorFilm
2008The True StoryNarrator · 8 episodesSeries
2007Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal TakeoverNarratorFilm
2007Always Crashing in the Same CarBill MackinnonFilm
2007True Dare KissNash McKinnon · 6 episodesSeries
2007World of Compulsive HoardersFilm
2007The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the RestHimself - Narrator (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2007Davros Connections(archival audio)Film
2006If I Had YouPhilip AndrewsFilm
2006Tripping OverJeremy · 6 episodesSeries
2005GypoPaulFilm
2005Kidnapped · 3 episodesSeries
2005Ghosts on the UndergroundNarratorFilm
2005Twisted TalesPhone (voice)Series
2005The Orangutan KingNarratorFilm
2005Daphne Ashbrook in the UKFilm
2005Death of an IdealistNarratorFilm
2005PsychoNarrator · 4 episodesSeries
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleDickie ErskineSeries
2004New TricksD.C.I. James LarsonSeries
2004Zero HourNarrator (Voice) · 6 episodesSeries
2004Sea of SoulsChristopher ChambersSeries
2004Bible MysteriesHimself-Narrator · 9 episodesSeries
2004Lie with MeGerry Henson · 2 episodesSeries
2003Hornblower: LoyaltyLieutenant BushFilm
2003Hornblower: DutyLieutenant BushFilm
2003Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'SelfFilm
2003OtherworldKing Matholwch (voice)Film
2003ListeningManFilm
2003Doctor Who: ShadaThe Doctor (voice)Film
2002Queen of the DamnedDavid TalbotFilm
2002The BiographerAndrew MortonFilm
2002Blood StrangersDC David Ingram · 2 episodesSeries
2001Hornblower: MutinyLieutenant BushFilm
2001Waking the DeadACC Tony Nicholson · 2 episodesSeries
2001Hornblower: RetributionLt. BushFilm
2001My KingdomDeanFilm
2001Hotel!Ben CarterFilm
2001Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins StorySelf- NarratorFilm
2001Sweet RevengePatrick Vine · 2 episodesSeries
2001Real Crime · 11 episodesSeries
2000Nature BoySteve Witton · 4 episodesSeries
2000FishJonathan Vishnevski · 6 episodesSeries
1999Holby CityJohn Gaskell · 52 episodesSeries
1999Withnail and UsSelfFilm
1999ForgottenBen Turner · 3 episodesSeries
1998HornblowerWilliam Bush · 4 episodesSeries
1998Our Mutual FriendEugene Wrayburn · 4 episodesSeries
1998The Dance of ShivaCaptain GrevilleFilm
1997FairyTale: A True StoryArthur WrightFilm
1997DowntimeRobFilm
1996Doctor WhoThe DoctorFilm
1996Catherine the GreatPotemkinFilm
1996The One That Got AwayChris RyanFilm
1996Testament: The Bible in AnimationDavid (voice)Series
1996Star Trek StorySelf - Commentary (voice)Film
1996The Merchant of VeniceBassanioFilm
1996Bidding Adieu: A Video DiarySelfFilm
1995The Hanging GaleLiam Phelan · 4 episodesSeries
1995The Hanging GaleLiam PhelanFilm
1993The Three MusketeersGirard / JussacFilm
1992Alien³GolicFilm
1992Afraid of the DarkTonyFilm
1992Nice TownJoe Thompson · 3 episodesSeries
1990Paper MaskMatthew HarrisFilm
1990The MonkFather Lorenzo RojasFilm
1990Drowning in the Shallow EndColinFilm
1989Agatha Christie's PoirotDr. Peter LordSeries
1989The RainbowAnton SkrebenskyFilm
1989DealersDaniel PascoeFilm
1989Streets of YesterdayJosephFilm
1989Tree of HandsBarryFilm
1988The Importance of Being EarnestJohn WorthingFilm
1987Empire of the SunLieutenant PriceFilm
1987Withnail & I...& IFilm
1987Cariani and the CourtesansGiovanni CarianiFilm
1986The Monocled MutineerPercy Toplis · 4 episodesSeries
1986ScreenPlayGiovanni CarianiSeries
1986Sunday PremierePercy Toplis · 4 episodesSeries
1985Screen TwoColinSeries
1984Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and MuscleMo MorrisFilm
1983Natural WorldNarrator · 5 episodesSeries
1983Give us a BreakMo Morris · 8 episodesSeries
1983GaskinGraham GaskinFilm
1982Whistling WallyNormanFilm
1977Fish · 13 episodesSeries
1970Play for TodayNormanSeries
1964HorizonHimselfSeries
Crew (1)
2016China: Between Clouds and DreamsCommissioning EditorSeries
Directing (1)
2009Moving OnDirectorSeries