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Paul McGann

Paul McGann

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

Good Behaviour

2026 • Richard

The Marbles

2025 • Lord Byron (voice)

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

2025 • The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

2024 • The Doctor

Doctor Who at the Proms

Doctor Who at the Proms

2024 • The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Churchill’s Forgotten War

Churchill’s Forgotten War

2024 • Narrator (voice)

The Day of the Sun Dog

The Day of the Sun Dog

2023 • Jaggers

The Undertaker

2023 • Arthur

Full filmography

Good Behaviour

2026 • Richard

The Marbles

2025 • Lord Byron (voice)

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

2025 • The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

2024 • The Doctor

Doctor Who at the Proms

Doctor Who at the Proms

2024 • The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Churchill’s Forgotten War

Churchill’s Forgotten War

2024 • Narrator (voice)

The Day of the Sun Dog

The Day of the Sun Dog

2023 • Jaggers

The Undertaker

2023 • Arthur

Talking Doctor Who

Talking Doctor Who

2023 • Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Mia and the Dragon Princess

Mia and the Dragon Princess

2023 • Walsh

Doctor Who Am I

Doctor Who Am I

2022 • Self

Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor

2022 • The Doctor

Swallow Your Dreams

Swallow Your Dreams

2022 • James

The Big Night In

The Big Night In

2020 • Self

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

2019

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

2019 • Self

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

2019 • Narrator (voice)

Picasso's Last Stand

Picasso's Last Stand

2018 • Narrator

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

2018 • Himself

Brakes

2017 • Peter

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

2017 • Narrator (voice)

Nero's Sunken City

Nero's Sunken City

2017 • Narrator (English Voice)

B&B

2017 • Josh

Perplexed Music

Perplexed Music

2017 • Man

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

2016 • Narrator (Voice)

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

2015 • The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

2015 • Narrator

Absence

2015 • Man

The Other Prince William

2015 • Self - Narrator (voice)

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

2015 • Narrator (voice)

Churchill: When Britain Said No

Churchill: When Britain Said No

2015 • Narrator (voice)

Shark: Beneath the Surface

Shark: Beneath the Surface

2015 • self, narrator

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

2015 • narrator

Super Powered Owls

Super Powered Owls

2015 • Narrator

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

2014 • Himself

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

2014 • Durian

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

2014 • Narrator (Voice)

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

2014 • Self

France: The Wild Side

France: The Wild Side

2014 • Narrator

Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

2014

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

2014 • James Craven

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

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

2014 • Narrator

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013 • The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

2013 • Self

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

2013 • The Doctor

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

2013 • Himself - Narrator (voice)

Brady and Hindley: Possession

Brady and Hindley: Possession

2013 • Narrator (voice)

Art Is...

2013 • Lulu's Dad

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

2012 • Himself - Narrator (voice)

2012 • Narrator

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

2012 • Sir Rufus Isaacs

Digging The Great Escape

Digging The Great Escape

2011 • narrator

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

2011

Gadaffi and the IRA

2011 • Narrator

The 9/11 Surfer

The 9/11 Surfer

2011 • Narrator

The Day John Lennon Died

The Day John Lennon Died

2010 • Narrator

Godard & Others

2010 • Torrence

Lesbian Vampire Killers

Lesbian Vampire Killers

2009 • Vicar

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

2008 • The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Fables of Forgotten Things

Fables of Forgotten Things

2008 • Clarence

My Dad Was a Communist

My Dad Was a Communist

2008 • Narrator

The Ties That Bind Us

The Ties That Bind Us

2008 • Self - Narrator

Davros Connections

Davros Connections

2007 • (archival audio)

Always Crashing in the Same Car

Always Crashing in the Same Car

2007 • Bill Mackinnon

World of Compulsive Hoarders

World of Compulsive Hoarders

2007

If I Had You

2006 • Philip Andrews

Ghosts on the Underground

Ghosts on the Underground

2005 • Narrator

The Orangutan King

The Orangutan King

2005 • Narrator

Gypo

2005 • Paul

Kidnapped

2005 • Colonel MacNab

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

2005

Death of an Idealist

Death of an Idealist

2005 • Narrator

Lie with Me

2004 • Gerry Henson

Sad Cypress

2003 • Dr. Peter Lord

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

2003 • Self

2003 • Man

Otherworld

2003 • King Matholwch (voice)

Doctor Who: Shada

Doctor Who: Shada

2003 • The Doctor (voice)

Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Duty

2003 • Lieutenant Bush

Hornblower: Loyalty

Hornblower: Loyalty

2003 • Lieutenant Bush

The Biographer

2002 • Andrew Morton

Queen of the Damned

Queen of the Damned

2002 • David Talbot

Blood Strangers

Blood Strangers

2002 • DC David Ingram

My Kingdom

2001 • Dean

Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story

Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story

2001 • Self- Narrator

Hornblower: Retribution

Hornblower: Retribution

2001 • Lt. Bush

Hornblower: Mutiny

Hornblower: Mutiny

2001 • Lieutenant Bush

Hotel!

2001 • Ben Carter

Withnail and Us

Withnail and Us

1999 • Self

The Dance of Shiva

The Dance of Shiva

1998 • Captain Greville

FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story

1997 • Arthur Wright

Downtime

1997 • Rob

Star Trek Story

Star Trek Story

1996 • Self - Commentary (voice)

Doctor Who

1996 • The Doctor

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

1996 • Potemkin

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

1996 • Self

The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1996 • Chris Ryan

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

1996 • Bassanio

The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale

1995 • Liam Phelan

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1993 • Girard / Jussac

Alien³

1992 • Golic

Afraid of the Dark

Afraid of the Dark

1991 • Tony

Paper Mask

1990 • Matthew Harris

Drowning in the Shallow End

Drowning in the Shallow End

1990 • Colin

The Monk

1990 • Father Lorenzo Rojas

Dealers

1989 • Daniel Pascoe

The Rainbow

1989 • Anton Skrebensky

Streets of Yesterday

Streets of Yesterday

1989 • Joseph

Tree of Hands

1989 • Barry

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

1988 • John Worthing

Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

1987 • Lieutenant Price

Cariani and the Courtesans

Cariani and the Courtesans

1987 • Giovanni Cariani

Withnail & I

1987 • ...& I

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

1984 • Mo Morris

Gaskin

1983 • Graham Gaskin

Whistling Wally

Whistling Wally

1982 • Norman