Paul McGann
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 14, 1959
- Birthplace
- Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK
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
Triesverse: Cataclysm 2026
as The Doctor
Good Behaviour 2026
as Richard
The Marbles 2025
as Lord Byron (voice)
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War 2025
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who at the Proms 2024
as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
Churchill’s Forgotten War 2024
as Narrator (voice)
The Day of the Sun Dog 2023
as Jaggers
The Undertaker 2023
as Arthur
Talking Doctor Who 2023
as Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
Mia and the Dragon Princess 2023
as Walsh
Doctor Who Am I 2022
as Self
Swallow Your Dreams 2022
as James
The Big Night In 2020
as Self
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years 2019
Actor
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On 2019
as Self
Swans: Mystery of the Missing 2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Picasso's Last Stand 2018
as Narrator
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land 2018
as Himself
Perplexed Music 2017
as Man
Brakes 2017
as Peter
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence 2017
as Narrator (voice)
Nero's Sunken City 2017
as Narrator (English Voice)
B&B 2017
as Josh
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack 2016
as Narrator (Voice)
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song 2015
as The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)
Shark 2015
as 配音
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire 2015
as Narrator
Absence 2015
as Man
- The Other Prince William
The Other Prince William 2015
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden 2015
as Narrator (voice)
Churchill: When Britain Said No 2015
as Narrator (voice)
Shark: Beneath the Surface 2015
as self, narrator
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace 2015
as narrator
Super Powered Owls 2015
as Narrator
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story 2014
as Himself
The Minister of Chance: Prologue 2014
as Durian
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race 2014
as Narrator (Voice)
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison 2014
as Self
France: The Wild Side 2014
as Narrator
Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius 2014
Actor
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road 2014
as James Craven
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting 2014
as Narrator
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor 2013
as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot 2013
as Self
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor 2013
as The Doctor
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence 2013
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Brady and Hindley: Possession 2013
as Narrator (voice)
Art Is... 2013
as Lulu's Dad
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker 2012
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- Tiger Island
Tiger Island 2012
as Narrator
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry 2012
as Sir Rufus Isaacs
Digging The Great Escape 2011
as narrator
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time 2011
Actor
- Gadaffi and the IRA
Gadaffi and the IRA 2011
as Narrator
The 9/11 Surfer 2011
as Narrator
The Day John Lennon Died 2010
as Narrator
- Godard & Others
Godard & Others 2010
as Torrence
Lesbian Vampire Killers 2009
as Vicar
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor 2008
as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
Fables of Forgotten Things 2008
as Clarence
My Dad Was a Communist 2008
as Narrator
The Ties That Bind Us 2008
as Self - Narrator
Davros Connections 2007
as (archival audio)
Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover 2007
as Narrator
Always Crashing in the Same Car 2007
as Bill Mackinnon
World of Compulsive Hoarders 2007
Actor
If I Had You 2006
as Philip Andrews
Ghosts on the Underground 2005
as Narrator
The Orangutan King 2005
as Narrator
Gypo 2005
as Paul
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK 2005
Actor
Death of an Idealist 2005
as Narrator
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' 2003
as Self
- Listening
Listening 2003
as Man
Otherworld 2003
as King Matholwch (voice)
Doctor Who: Shada 2003
as The Doctor (voice)
Hornblower: Duty 2003
as Lieutenant Bush
Hornblower: Loyalty 2003
as Lieutenant Bush
The Biographer 2002
as Andrew Morton
Queen of the Damned 2002
as David Talbot
My Kingdom 2001
as Dean
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story 2001
as Self- Narrator
Hornblower: Retribution 2001
as Lt. Bush
Hornblower: Mutiny 2001
as Lieutenant Bush
Hotel! 2001
as Ben Carter
Withnail and Us 1999
as Self
The Dance of Shiva 1998
as Captain Greville
FairyTale: A True Story 1997
as Arthur Wright
Downtime 1997
as Rob
Star Trek Story 1996
as Self - Commentary (voice)
Doctor Who 1996
as The Doctor
Catherine the Great 1996
as Potemkin
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary 1996
as Self
The One That Got Away 1996
as Chris Ryan
The Merchant of Venice 1996
as Bassanio
The Hanging Gale 1995
as Liam Phelan
The Three Musketeers 1993
as Girard / Jussac
Alien³ 1992
as Golic
Afraid of the Dark 1992
as Tony
The Making of 'Alien³' 1992
as Self
Paper Mask 1990
as Matthew Harris
Drowning in the Shallow End 1990
as Colin
The Monk 1990
as Father Lorenzo Rojas
Dealers 1989
as Daniel Pascoe
The Rainbow 1989
as Anton Skrebensky
Streets of Yesterday 1989
as Joseph
Tree of Hands 1989
as Barry
The Importance of Being Earnest 1988
as John Worthing
Empire of the Sun 1987
as Lieutenant Price
Cariani and the Courtesans 1987
as Giovanni Cariani
Withnail & I 1987
as ...& I
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle 1984
as Mo Morris
Gaskin 1983
as Graham Gaskin
Whistling Wally 1982
as Norman
Credits from TMDB.