Paul McGann

64 · Born: Nov 14, 1959

Personal Details

Born Nov 14, 1959 Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK

Parents

Clare McGann

Relatives

Joe McGann (Sibling)
Mark McGann (Sibling)
Stephen McGann (Sibling)
Clare McGann (Sibling)

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.

Career

acting

2023

Mia and the Dragon Princess

Mia and the Dragon Princess as Walsh

The Undertaker as Arthur

2022

Anne as Malcolm Thornton MP

McDonald & Dodds

McDonald & Dodds as Archie Addington

2021

Annika as Dr. Jake Strathearn

2019

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

Swans: Mystery of the Missing as Narrator (voice)

2017

B&B as Josh

Wildest Europe as Narrator

2016

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

Wildest Islands of Indonesia as Narrator

2015

Secret History as Narrator

Churchill: When Britain Said No

Churchill: When Britain Said No as Narrator (voice)

Secret History as Narrator

Secret History as Narrator

Secret History as Narrator (voice)

Wild Sri Lanka as Paul McGann

2014

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race as Narrator (Voice)

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

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

Secrets of the Castle

Secrets of the Castle as Narrator (Voice)

Wildest Middle East

Wildest Middle East as Narrator

2013

Brady and Hindley: Possession

Brady and Hindley: Possession as Narrator (voice)

Doctor Who as The Doctor

Art Is... as Lulu's Dad

2012

Save Our Souls: The Titanic Inquiry

Save Our Souls: The Titanic Inquiry as Sir Rufus Isaacs

A Mother's Son as David

Wildest Islands

Wildest Islands as Narrator

2011

New Tricks as D.C.I. James Larson

2010

The Day John Lennon Died

The Day John Lennon Died as Narrator

Godard & Others

Godard & Others as Torrence

Luther as Mark North

2009

Vampire Killers

Vampire Killers as Vicar

Collision as Richard Reeves

2007

World of Compulsive Hoarders

World of Compulsive Hoarders

Always Crashing in the Same Car

Always Crashing in the Same Car as Bill Mackinnon

True Dare Kiss as Nash McKinnon

2006

Tripping Over as Jeremy

2005

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

Electric Edwardians: The Lost Films of Mitchell & Kenyon

Electric Edwardians: The Lost Films of Mitchell & Kenyon as Narrator

Gypo as Paul

The Orangutan King

The Orangutan King as Narrator

Ghosts on the Underground

Ghosts on the Underground as Narrator

2004

Lie with Me as Gerry Henson

2003

Hornblower: Loyalty

Hornblower: Loyalty as Lieutenant Bush

Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Duty as Lieutenant Bush

Doctor Who: Shada

Doctor Who: Shada as The Doctor (voice)

Poirot as Dr. Peter Lord

2002

Queen of the Damned

Queen of the Damned as David Talbot

The Biographer as Andrew Morton

Blood Strangers

Blood Strangers as DC David Ingram

2001

Hornblower: Mutiny

Hornblower: Mutiny as Lieutenant Bush

Horatio Hornblower: Retribution

Horatio Hornblower: Retribution as Lt. Bush

Hotel! as Ben Carter

My Kingdom as Dean

2000

Nature Boy as Steve Witton

1998

Our Mutual Friend

Our Mutual Friend as Eugene Wrayburn

1997

FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story as Arthur Wright

Downtime as Rob

1996

The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away as Chris Ryan

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great as Potemkin

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice as Bassanio

Doctor Who as The Doctor (8)

Testament: The Bible in Animation

Testament: The Bible in Animation as David

1993

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers as Girard / Jussac

1992

Alien³ as Golic

Nice Town as Joe Thompson

1991

Afraid of the Dark

Afraid of the Dark as Tony

1990

The Monk as Father Lorenzo Rojas

Paper Mask as Matthew Harris

Screen Two as Colin

1989

Streets of Yesterday

Streets of Yesterday as Joseph

The Rainbow as Anton Skrebensky

Dealers as Daniel Pascoe

Innocent Victim

Innocent Victim as Barry

1987

Withnail & I as ...& I

1986

Theatre Night as John Worthing

The Monocled Mutineer

The Monocled Mutineer as Percy Toplis

1982

Play for Today as Norman

appearances

2023

Talking Doctor Who

Talking Doctor Who

2022

Doctor Who Am I

Doctor Who Am I

The Man with a Penis on His Arm

The Man with a Penis on His Arm

2021

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

2019

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

2015

2014

2013

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

2012

Wildest Latin America

Wildest Latin America

2007

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

2004

Bible Mysteries

Bible Mysteries

1999

Withnail and Us

Withnail and Us

1996

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary