ACTOR
Paul McGann
Known for Agatha Christie's Poirot · Holby City · Play for Today
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.
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- Born
- Nov 14, 1959
- Birthplace
- Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK
- Known For
- Acting
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.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
Whistling WallyNorman
1982
GaskinGraham Gaskin
1983
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and MuscleMo Morris
1984
Cariani and the CourtesansGiovanni Cariani
1987
Empire of the SunLieutenant Price
1987
Withnail & I...& I
1987
The Importance of Being EarnestJohn Worthing
1988
DealersDaniel Pascoe
1989
Streets of YesterdayJoseph
1989
The RainbowAnton Skrebensky
1989
Tree of HandsBarry
1989
Drowning in the Shallow EndColin
1990
Paper MaskMatthew Harris
1990
The MonkFather Lorenzo Rojas
1990
Afraid of the DarkTony
1992
Alien³Golic
1992
The Making of 'Alien³'Self
1992
The Three MusketeersGirard / Jussac
1993
The Hanging GaleLiam Phelan
1995
Bidding Adieu: A Video DiarySelf
1996
Catherine the GreatPotemkin
1996
Doctor WhoThe Doctor
1996
Star Trek StorySelf - Commentary (voice)
1996
The Merchant of VeniceBassanio
1996
The One That Got AwayChris Ryan
1996
DowntimeRob
1997
FairyTale: A True StoryArthur Wright
1997
The Dance of ShivaCaptain Greville
1998
Withnail and UsSelf
1999
Hornblower: MutinyLieutenant Bush
2001
Hornblower: RetributionLt. Bush
2001
Hotel!Ben Carter
2001
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins StorySelf- Narrator
2001
My KingdomDean
2001
Queen of the DamnedDavid Talbot
2002
The BiographerAndrew Morton
2002
Doctor Who: ShadaThe Doctor (voice)
2003
Hornblower: DutyLieutenant Bush
2003
Hornblower: LoyaltyLieutenant Bush
2003L
ListeningMan
2003
OtherworldKing Matholwch (voice)
2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'Self
2003
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK
2005
Death of an IdealistNarrator
2005
Ghosts on the UndergroundNarrator
2005
GypoPaul
2005
The Orangutan KingNarrator
2005
If I Had YouPhilip Andrews
2006
Always Crashing in the Same CarBill Mackinnon
2007
Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal TakeoverNarrator
2007
Davros Connections(archival audio)
2007
World of Compulsive Hoarders
2007
Doctor Who: The Next DoctorThe Doctor (8) (archive footage)
2008
Fables of Forgotten ThingsClarence
2008
My Dad Was a CommunistNarrator
2008
The Ties That Bind UsSelf - Narrator
2008
Lesbian Vampire KillersVicar
2009G&
Godard & OthersTorrence
2010
The Day John Lennon DiedNarrator
2010
Digging The Great Escapenarrator
2011
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011GA
Gadaffi and the IRANarrator
2011
The 9/11 SurferNarrator
2011
Britain's Greatest CodebreakerHimself - Narrator (voice)
2012
SOS: The Titanic InquirySir Rufus Isaacs
2012TI
Tiger IslandNarrator
2012
Art Is...Lulu's Dad
2013
Brady and Hindley: PossessionNarrator (voice)
2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorThe Doctor (8) (archive footage)
2013
Doctor Who: The Night of the DoctorThe Doctor
2013
JFK's Secret Killer: The EvidenceHimself - Narrator (voice)
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors RebootSelf
2013
A Little Place Off the Edgware RoadJames Craven
2014
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life PaintingNarrator
2014
Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius
2014
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space RaceNarrator (Voice)
2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter DavisonSelf
2014
France: The Wild SideNarrator
2014
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden StoryHimself
2014
The Minister of Chance: PrologueDurian
2014
AbsenceMan
2015
China - Treasures of the Jade EmpireNarrator
2015
Churchill: When Britain Said NoNarrator (voice)
2015
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peacenarrator
2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongThe Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
Finding Babylon's Hanging GardenNarrator (voice)
2015
Shark: Beneath the Surfaceself, narrator
2015
Super Powered OwlsNarrator
2015TO
The Other Prince WilliamSelf - Narrator (voice)
2015
Unfinished: The Making of Massive AttackNarrator (Voice)
2016
B&BJosh
2017
BrakesPeter
2017
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New EvidenceNarrator (voice)
2017
Nero's Sunken CityNarrator (English Voice)
2017
Perplexed MusicMan
2017
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant LandHimself
2018
Picasso's Last StandNarrator
2018
Swans: Mystery of the MissingSelf - Narrator (voice)
2019
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes OnSelf
2019
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
2019
The Big Night InSelf
2020
Doctor Who Am ISelf
2022
Swallow Your DreamsJames
2022
Mia and the Dragon PrincessWalsh
2023
Talking Doctor WhoSelf / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
2023
The Day of the Sun DogJaggers
2023
The UndertakerArthur
2023
Churchill’s Forgotten WarNarrator (voice)
2024
Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (8) (archive footage)
2024
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarThe Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
The MarblesLord Byron (voice)
2025
Good BehaviourRichard
2026
Triesverse: CataclysmThe Doctor
2026Television
HorizonHimself · 1 eps
1964
Play for TodayNorman · 1 eps
1970
Fish13 eps
1977
Give us a BreakMo Morris · 8 eps
1983
Natural WorldNarrator · 5 eps
1983
Screen TwoColin · 1 eps
1985
ScreenPlayGiovanni Cariani · 1 eps
1986SP
Sunday PremierePercy Toplis · 4 eps
1986
The Monocled MutineerPercy Toplis · 4 eps
1986
Agatha Christie's PoirotDr. Peter Lord · 1 eps
1989NT
Nice TownJoe Thompson · 3 eps
1992
The Hanging GaleLiam Phelan · 4 eps
1995
Testament: The Bible in AnimationDavid (voice) · 1 eps
1996
HornblowerWilliam Bush · 4 eps
1998
Our Mutual FriendEugene Wrayburn · 4 eps
1998
ForgottenBen Turner · 3 eps
1999
Holby CityJohn Gaskell · 52 eps
1999F
FishJonathan Vishnevski · 6 eps
2000
Nature BoySteve Witton · 4 eps
2000
Real Crime11 eps
2001SR
Sweet RevengePatrick Vine · 2 eps
2001
Waking the DeadACC Tony Nicholson · 2 eps
2001
Blood StrangersDC David Ingram · 2 eps
2002
Agatha Christie's MarpleDickie Erskine · 1 eps
2004
Bible MysteriesHimself-Narrator · 9 eps
2004
Lie with MeGerry Henson · 2 eps
2004
New TricksD.C.I. James Larson · 1 eps
2004
Sea of SoulsChristopher Chambers · 1 eps
2004
Zero HourNarrator (Voice) · 6 eps
2004
Kidnapped3 eps
2005P
PsychoNarrator · 4 eps
2005
Twisted TalesPhone (voice) · 1 eps
2005
Tripping OverJeremy · 6 eps
2006
The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the RestHimself - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
2007
True Dare KissNash McKinnon · 6 eps
2007
The True StoryNarrator · 8 eps
2008
CollisionRichard Reeves · 5 eps
2009
Moving OnPhil · 1 eps
2009Moving OnDirector
2009
LutherMark North · 10 eps
2010
A Mother's SonDavid · 2 eps
2012
Ripper StreetStanley Bone · 1 eps
2012
The Bletchley CircleJohn Richards · 1 eps
2012
Wildest IslandsNarrator · 10 eps
2012
Wildest Latin AmericaSelf - Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
2012
Doctor Who: The Doctors RevisitedSelf · 11 eps
2013
Secrets of the CastleNarrator (Voice) · 5 eps
2014
The MusketeersSt Pierre · 1 eps
2014The MusketeersSaint Pierre · 1 eps
2014
Wildest IndochinaNarrator (voice) · 5 eps
2014
Wildest Middle EastNarrator · 5 eps
2014
SharkHimself - Narrator · 3 eps
2015
Wild Sri LankaPaul McGann · 3 eps
2015
China: Between Clouds and DreamsSelf – Narrator · 5 eps
2016China: Between Clouds and DreamsCommissioning Editor
2016
Wildest Islands of IndonesiaNarrator · 5 eps
2016
Wildest EuropeNarrator · 5 eps
2017
Victorian SensationsSelf - Presenter · 1 eps
2019
McDonald & DoddsArchie Addington · 1 eps
2020
AnnikaJake Strathearn · 6 eps
2021
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the WorldSelf - Narrator · 3 eps
2021
AnneMalcolm Thornton MP · 4 eps
2022
BookishMr. Kind · 2 eps
2025Photos
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