Paul McGann

Acting

Paul McGann

Born November 14, 1959Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK168 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

Good Behaviour

Good Behaviour

Movie

2026

The Marbles

The Marbles

Movie

2025

Bookish
6.8

Bookish

TV

2025

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
5.4

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Movie

2025

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

Movie

2024

Doctor Who at the Proms
7.2

Doctor Who at the Proms

Movie

2024

Filmography

Good Behaviour
2026Good Behaviouras RichardMovie
The Marbles
2025The Marblesas Lord Byron (voice)Movie
Bookish
2025Bookishas Mr. KindTV
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality Waras The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show
2024Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Showas The DoctorMovie
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024Doctor Who at the Promsas The Doctor (8) (archive footage)Movie
Churchill’s Forgotten War
2024Churchill’s Forgotten Waras Narrator (voice)Movie
The Day of the Sun Dog
2023The Day of the Sun Dogas JaggersMovie
The Undertaker
2023The Undertakeras ArthurMovie
Talking Doctor Who
2023Talking Doctor Whoas Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)Movie
Mia and the Dragon Princess
2023Mia and the Dragon Princessas WalshMovie
Doctor Who Am I
2022Doctor Who Am Ias SelfMovie
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
2022Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctoras The DoctorMovie
Swallow Your Dreams
2022Swallow Your Dreamsas JamesMovie
Anne
2022Anneas Malcolm Thornton MPTV
Annika
2021Annikaas Jake StrathearnTV
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
2021Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the Worldas Self - NarratorTV
The Big Night In
2020The Big Night Inas SelfMovie
McDonald & Dodds
2020McDonald & Doddsas Archie AddingtonTV
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
2019The Doctors: The Paul McGann YearsMovie
Victorian Sensations
2019Victorian Sensationsas Self - PresenterTV
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On
2019The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes Onas SelfMovie
Swans: Mystery of the Missing
2019Swans: Mystery of the Missingas Narrator (voice)Movie
Picasso's Last Stand
2018Picasso's Last Standas NarratorMovie
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land
2018Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Landas HimselfMovie
Brakes
2017Brakesas PeterMovie
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence
2017Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidenceas Narrator (voice)Movie
Nero's Sunken City
2017Nero's Sunken Cityas Narrator (English Voice)Movie
B&B
2017B&Bas JoshMovie
Wildest Europe
2017Wildest Europeas NarratorTV
Perplexed Music
2017Perplexed Musicas ManMovie
Wildest Islands of Indonesia
2016Wildest Islands of Indonesiaas NarratorTV
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack
2016Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attackas Narrator (Voice)Movie
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Songas The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)Movie
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire
2015China - Treasures of the Jade Empireas NarratorMovie
Absence
2015Absenceas ManMovie
T
2015The Other Prince Williamas Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden
2015Finding Babylon's Hanging Gardenas Narrator (voice)Movie
Churchill: When Britain Said No
2015Churchill: When Britain Said Noas Narrator (voice)Movie
Shark: Beneath the Surface
2015Shark: Beneath the Surfaceas self, narratorMovie
Shark
2015Sharkas Himself - NarratorTV
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
2015Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peaceas narratorMovie
Super Powered Owls
2015Super Powered Owlsas NarratorMovie
Wild Sri Lanka
2015Wild Sri Lankaas Paul McGannTV
Wildest Middle East
2014Wildest Middle Eastas NarratorTV
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story
2014The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Storyas HimselfMovie
Secrets of the Castle
2014Secrets of the Castleas Narrator (Voice)TV
The Minister of Chance: Prologue
2014The Minister of Chance: Prologueas DurianMovie
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race
2014Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Raceas Narrator (Voice)Movie
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davisonas SelfMovie
Wildest Indochina
2014Wildest Indochinaas Narrator (voice)TV
France: The Wild Side
2014France: The Wild Sideas NarratorMovie
Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius
2014Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A GeniusMovie
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
2014A Little Place Off the Edgware Roadas James CravenMovie
The Musketeers
2014The Musketeersas St PierreTV
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
2014Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Paintingas NarratorMovie
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013The Five(ish) Doctors Rebootas SelfMovie
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctoras The Doctor (8) (archive footage)Movie
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
2013Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctoras The DoctorMovie
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence
2013JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidenceas Himself - Narrator (voice)Movie
Brady and Hindley: Possession
2013Brady and Hindley: Possessionas Narrator (voice)Movie
Art Is...
2013Art Is...as Lulu's DadMovie
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisitedas SelfTV
Wildest Islands
2012Wildest Islandsas NarratorTV
Ripper Street
2012Ripper Streetas Stanley BoneTV
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
2012Britain's Greatest Codebreakeras Himself - Narrator (voice)Movie
The Bletchley Circle
2012The Bletchley Circleas John RichardsTV
A Mother's Son
2012A Mother's Sonas DavidTV
T
2012Tiger Islandas NarratorMovie
Wildest Latin America
2012Wildest Latin Americaas Self - Narrator (voice)TV
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry
2012SOS: The Titanic Inquiryas Sir Rufus IsaacsMovie
Digging The Great Escape
2011Digging The Great Escapeas narratorMovie
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011Doctor Who: Tales Lost in TimeMovie
G
2011Gadaffi and the IRAas NarratorMovie
The 9/11 Surfer
2011The 9/11 Surferas NarratorMovie
The Day John Lennon Died
2010The Day John Lennon Diedas NarratorMovie
G
2010Godard & Othersas TorrenceMovie
Luther
2010Lutheras Mark NorthTV
Collision
2009Collisionas Richard ReevesTV
Moving On
2009Moving Onas PhilTV
Lesbian Vampire Killers
2009Lesbian Vampire Killersas VicarMovie
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008Doctor Who: The Next Doctoras The Doctor (8) (archive footage)Movie
Fables of Forgotten Things
2008Fables of Forgotten Thingsas ClarenceMovie
My Dad Was a Communist
2008My Dad Was a Communistas NarratorMovie
The Ties That Bind Us
2008The Ties That Bind Usas Self - NarratorMovie
Davros Connections
2007Davros Connectionsas (archival audio)Movie
The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest
2007The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Restas Himself - Narrator (voice)TV
True Dare Kiss
2007True Dare Kissas Nash McKinnonTV
Always Crashing in the Same Car
2007Always Crashing in the Same Caras Bill MackinnonMovie
World of Compulsive Hoarders
2007World of Compulsive HoardersMovie
Tripping Over
2006Tripping Overas JeremyTV
If I Had You
2006If I Had Youas Philip AndrewsMovie
Ghosts on the Underground
2005Ghosts on the Undergroundas NarratorMovie
The Orangutan King
2005The Orangutan Kingas NarratorMovie
Gypo
2005Gypoas PaulMovie
P
2005Psychoas NarratorTV
Kidnapped
2005Kidnappedas Colonel MacNabMovie
Kidnapped
2005KidnappedTV
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK
2005Daphne Ashbrook in the UKMovie
Twisted Tales
2005Twisted Talesas Phone (voice)TV
Death of an Idealist
2005Death of an Idealistas NarratorMovie
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004Agatha Christie's Marpleas Dickie ErskineTV
Lie with Me
2004Lie with Meas Gerry HensonMovie
Zero Hour
2004Zero Houras Narrator (Voice)TV
Bible Mysteries
2004Bible Mysteriesas Himself-NarratorTV
Sea of Souls
2004Sea of Soulsas Christopher ChambersTV
New Tricks
2004New Tricksas D.C.I. James LarsonTV
Sad Cypress
2003Sad Cypressas Dr. Peter LordMovie
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'as SelfMovie
L
2003Listeningas ManMovie
Otherworld
2003Otherworldas King Matholwch (voice)Movie
Doctor Who: Shada
2003Doctor Who: Shadaas The Doctor (voice)Movie
Hornblower: Duty
2003Hornblower: Dutyas Lieutenant BushMovie
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003Hornblower: Loyaltyas Lieutenant BushMovie
The Biographer
2002The Biographeras Andrew MortonMovie
Queen of the Damned
2002Queen of the Damnedas David TalbotMovie
Blood Strangers
2002Blood Strangersas DC David IngramMovie
S
2001Sweet Revengeas Patrick VineTV
My Kingdom
2001My Kingdomas DeanMovie
Waking the Dead
2001Waking the Deadas ACC Tony NicholsonTV
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story
2001Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Storyas Self- NarratorMovie
Hornblower: Retribution
2001Hornblower: Retributionas Lt. BushMovie
Hornblower: Mutiny
2001Hornblower: Mutinyas Lieutenant BushMovie
Hotel!
2001Hotel!as Ben CarterMovie
F
2000Fishas Jonathan VishnevskiTV
Nature Boy
2000Nature Boyas Steve WittonTV
Withnail and Us
1999Withnail and Usas SelfMovie
Forgotten
1999Forgottenas Ben TurnerTV
Holby City
1999Holby Cityas John GaskellTV
The Dance of Shiva
1998The Dance of Shivaas Captain GrevilleMovie
Hornblower
1998Hornbloweras William BushTV
Our Mutual Friend
1998Our Mutual Friendas Eugene WrayburnTV
FairyTale: A True Story
1997FairyTale: A True Storyas Arthur WrightMovie
Downtime
1997Downtimeas RobMovie
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996Testament: The Bible in Animationas David (voice)TV
Star Trek Story
1996Star Trek Storyas Self - Commentary (voice)Movie
Doctor Who
1996Doctor Whoas The DoctorMovie
Catherine the Great
1996Catherine the Greatas PotemkinMovie
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
1996Bidding Adieu: A Video Diaryas SelfMovie
The One That Got Away
1996The One That Got Awayas Chris RyanMovie
The Merchant of Venice
1996The Merchant of Veniceas BassanioMovie
The Hanging Gale
1995The Hanging Galeas Liam PhelanTV
The Hanging Gale
1995The Hanging Galeas Liam PhelanMovie
The Three Musketeers
1993The Three Musketeersas Girard / JussacMovie
N
1992Nice Townas Joe ThompsonTV
Alien³
1992Alien³as GolicMovie
Afraid of the Dark
1991Afraid of the Darkas TonyMovie
Paper Mask
1990Paper Maskas Matthew HarrisMovie
Drowning in the Shallow End
1990Drowning in the Shallow Endas ColinMovie
The Monk
1990The Monkas Father Lorenzo RojasMovie
Dealers
1989Dealersas Daniel PascoeMovie
The Rainbow
1989The Rainbowas Anton SkrebenskyMovie
Streets of Yesterday
1989Streets of Yesterdayas JosephMovie
Tree of Hands
1989Tree of Handsas BarryMovie
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989Agatha Christie's Poirotas Dr. Peter LordTV
The Importance of Being Earnest
1988The Importance of Being Earnestas John WorthingMovie
Empire of the Sun
1987Empire of the Sunas Lieutenant PriceMovie
Cariani and the Courtesans
1987Cariani and the Courtesansas Giovanni CarianiMovie
Withnail & I
1987Withnail & Ias ...& IMovie
The Monocled Mutineer
1986The Monocled Mutineeras Percy ToplisTV
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscleas Mo MorrisMovie
Natural World
1983Natural Worldas NarratorTV
Give us a Break
1983Give us a Breakas Mo MorrisTV
Gaskin
1983Gaskinas Graham GaskinMovie
Whistling Wally
1982Whistling Wallyas NormanMovie
Fish
1977FishTV
Play for Today
1970Play for Todayas NormanTV
Horizon
1964Horizonas HimselfTV