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
all 171
Movies 109
TV Shows 62
self 30
Narrator 30
Voice 13
Director 1
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)
Movie
Narrator (voice)

Churchill’s Forgotten War (2024)
Movie
Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Talking Doctor Who (2023)
Movie
Self - Narrator

The Man With a Penis on His Arm (2022)
Movie
Malcolm Thornton MP

Anne (2022)
TV
Jake Strathearn

Annika (2021)
TV
Self - Narrator

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World (2021)
TV
Archie Addington

McDonald & Dodds (2020)
TV
Self - Presenter

Victorian Sensations (2019)
TV
Narrator (voice)

Swans: Mystery of the Missing (2019)
Movie
Narrator

Picasso's Last Stand (2018)
Movie
Peter

Brakes (2017)
Movie
Narrator (voice)

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence (2017)
Movie
Narrator

Big Pacific (2017)
TV
Narrator (English Voice)

Nero's Sunken City (2017)
Movie
Josh

B&B (2017)
Movie
Narrator

Wildest Europe (2017)
TV
Commissioning Editor

China: Between Clouds and Dreams (2016)
TV
Narrator (Voice)

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack (2016)
Movie
Actor

Eden (2016)
TV
The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)

The Other Prince William (2015)
Movie
Narrator (voice)

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden (2015)
Movie
Narrator (voice)

Churchill: When Britain Said No (2015)
Movie
Himself - Narrator

Shark (2015)
TV
1
Narrator

Super Powered Owls (2015)
Movie
Paul McGann

Wild Sri Lanka (2015)
TV
Narrator

Wildest Middle East (2014)
TV
Narrator (Voice)

Secrets of the Castle (2014)
TV
Narrator (Voice)

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race (2014)
Movie
Narrator (voice)

Wildest Indochina (2014)
TV
James Craven

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road (2014)
Movie
St Pierre / Saint Pierre

The Musketeers (2014)
TV
6.78
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
Movie
6
Himself - Narrator (voice)

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence (2013)
Movie
Narrator (voice)

Brady and Hindley: Possession (2013)
Movie
Lulu's Dad

Art Is... (2013)
Movie
Narrator

Wildest Islands (2012)
TV
7.33
Stanley Bone

Ripper Street (2012)
TV
6.5
Himself - Narrator (voice)

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker (2012)
Movie
Narrator

Wildest Arctic (2012)
TV
Narrator

Tiger Island (2012)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)

Wildest Latin America (2012)
TV
Narrator

Wildest India (2012)
TV
Sir Rufus Isaacs

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry (2012)
Movie
Narrator

ITV Exposure (2011)
TV
Narrator

The 9/11 Surfer (2011)
Movie
Torrence

Godard & Others (2010)
Movie
Mark North

Luther (2010)
TV
6.83
Richard Reeves

Collision (2009)
TV
3.5
Phil / Director

Moving On (2009)
TV
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008)
Movie
Narrator

The Real Story (2008)
TV
Narrator

Tribal Wives (2008)
TV
Self - Narrator

How to Kill a Human Being (2008)
Movie
(archival audio)

Davros Connections (2007)
Movie
Himself - Narrator (voice)

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest (2007)
TV
Nash McKinnon

True Dare Kiss (2007)
TV
Bill Mackinnon

Always Crashing in the Same Car (2007)
Movie
Jeremy

Tripping Over (2006)
TV
Philip Andrews

If I Had You (2006)
Movie
Self - Narrator

Brainman (2005)
Movie
Self - Narrator

I Shouldn't Be Alive (2005)
TV
Narrator

The Orangutan King (2005)
Movie
Paul

Gypo (2005)
Movie
Narrator

Psycho (2005)
TV
Colonel MacNab

Kidnapped (2005)
Movie
Narrator

Death of an Idealist (2005)
Movie
Dickie Erskine

Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
TV
6.11
Gerry Henson

Lie with Me (2004)
Movie
Self - Narrator

Zero Hour (2004)
TV
Himself-Narrator

Bible Mysteries (2004)
TV
Christopher Chambers

Sea of Souls (2004)
TV
D.C.I. James Larson

New Tricks (2004)
TV
King Matholwch (voice)

Otherworld (2003)
Movie
The Doctor (voice)

Doctor Who: Shada (2003)
Movie
Lieutenant Bush

Hornblower: Duty (2003)
Movie
7
Lieutenant Bush

Hornblower: Loyalty (2003)
Movie
Self - Narrator

Crowded Skies (2003)
TV
Andrew Morton

The Biographer (2002)
Movie
David Talbot

Queen of the Damned (2002)
Movie
1
DC David Ingram

Blood Strangers (2002)
Movie
Patrick Vine

Sweet Revenge (2001)
TV
ACC Tony Nicholson

Waking the Dead (2001)
TV
4.67
Self - Narrator

Real Crime (2001)
TV
Lieutenant Bush

Hornblower: Mutiny (2001)
Movie
Ben Carter

Hotel! (2001)
Movie
Jonathan Vishnevski

Fish (2000)
TV
Steve Witton

Nature Boy (2000)
TV
Ben Turner

Forgotten (1999)
TV
Captain Greville

The Dance of Shiva (1998)
Movie
William Bush

Hornblower (1998)
TV
Eugene Wrayburn

Our Mutual Friend (1998)
TV
Arthur Wright

FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
Movie
David (voice)

Testament: The Bible in Animation (1996)
TV
Self - Commentary (voice)

Star Trek Story (1996)
Movie
The Doctor

Doctor Who (1996)
Movie
9
Potemkin

Catherine the Great (1996)
Movie
Chris Ryan

The One That Got Away (1996)
Movie
6
Liam Phelan

The Hanging Gale (1995)
TV
Liam Phelan

The Hanging Gale (1995)
Movie
Girard / Jussac

The Three Musketeers (1993)
Movie
1
Joe Thompson

Nice Town (1992)
TV
Narrator

Secret History (1991)
TV
Matthew Harris

Paper Mask (1990)
Movie
Father Lorenzo Rojas

The Monk (1990)
Movie
Daniel Pascoe

Dealers (1989)
Movie
Anton Skrebensky

The Rainbow (1989)
Movie
Dr. Peter Lord

Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
TV
6.24
John Worthing

The Importance of Being Earnest (1988)
Movie
Lieutenant Price

Empire of the Sun (1987)
Movie
3.5
Giovanni Cariani

Cariani and the Courtesans (1987)
Movie
Percy Toplis

The Monocled Mutineer (1986)
TV
Narrator

Natural World (1983)
TV
6
Mo Morris

Give us a Break (1983)
TV
Graham Gaskin

Gaskin (1983)
Movie
Norman

Play for Today (1970)
TV
Himself

Horizon (1964)
TV
5.5
Self - Narrator

That'll Teach 'Em
TV
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1959-11-14 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceKensington, United Kingdom
RelationshipsSusannah Harker (2006 - 2008)
ChildrenJoseph McGann, Jake McGann
SiblingsMark McGann, Stephen McGann, Joe McGann
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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