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.
Acted in 106
2020s
- 2026
Triesverse: Cataclysm
The Doctor
- 2025
The Marbles
Lord Byron (voice)
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
- 2023
The Day of the Sun Dog
Jaggers
Mia and the Dragon Princess
Walsh
- 2022
Swallow Your Dreams
James
Anne
Malcolm Thornton MP · 4 episodes
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
Movie
- 2017
Perplexed Music
Man
Brakes
Peter
B&B
Josh
- 2015
Shark
配音
Absence
Man
Wild Sri Lanka
Paul McGann · 3 episodes
- 2014
The Minister of Chance: Prologue
Durian
Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius
Movie
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
James Craven
- 2013
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
The Doctor
Art Is...
Lulu's Dad
- 2012
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry
Sir Rufus Isaacs
- 2011
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
Movie
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Collision
Richard Reeves · 5 episodes
- 2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
Fables of Forgotten Things
Clarence
- 2007
Davros Connections
(archival audio)
True Dare Kiss
Nash McKinnon · 6 episodes
Always Crashing in the Same Car
Bill Mackinnon
World of Compulsive Hoarders
Movie
- 2006
Tripping Over
Jeremy · 6 episodes
If I Had You
Philip Andrews
- 2005
Gypo
Paul
Kidnapped
TV
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK
Movie
Twisted Tales
Phone (voice) · 1 episode
- 2004
Lie with Me
Gerry Henson · 2 episodes
- 2003
Otherworld
King Matholwch (voice)
Spine Chillers
Voice of the Phone · 1 episode
Doctor Who: Shada
The Doctor (voice)
Hornblower: Duty
Lieutenant Bush
Hornblower: Loyalty
Lieutenant Bush
- 2002
The Biographer
Andrew Morton
- 2001
Hornblower: Retribution
Lt. Bush
Hornblower: Mutiny
Lieutenant Bush
Hotel!
Ben Carter
- 2000
Nature Boy
Steve Witton · 4 episodes
1990s
- 1999
Forgotten
Ben Turner · 3 episodes
- 1998
The Dance of Shiva
Captain Greville
- 1997
FairyTale: A True Story
Arthur Wright
- 1996
Catherine the Great
Potemkin
The One That Got Away
Chris Ryan
The Merchant of Venice
Bassanio
- 1995
The Hanging Gale
Liam Phelan · 4 episodes
The Hanging Gale
Liam Phelan
- 1993
- 1992
- 1990
Paper Mask
Matthew Harris
Drowning in the Shallow End
Colin
The Monk
Father Lorenzo Rojas
1980s
- 1989
Dealers
Daniel Pascoe
Streets of Yesterday
Joseph
Tree of Hands
Barry
- 1988
The Importance of Being Earnest
John Worthing
- 1987
Cariani and the Courtesans
Giovanni Cariani
- 1986
The Monocled Mutineer
Percy Toplis · 4 episodes
- 1985
- 1984
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Mo Morris
- 1983
Give us a Break
Mo Morris · 8 episodes
Gaskin
Graham Gaskin
- 1982
Whistling Wally
Norman
1970s
- 1977
Fish
TV
- 1970
Directed 1
2000s
- 2009
Other crew 1
2010s
- 2016
China: Between Clouds and Dreams
Commissioning Editor
Appearances59
2020s
- 2024
Churchill’s Forgotten War
Narrator (voice)
- 2023
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
The Big Night In
Self
2010s
- 2019
Victorian Sensations
Self - Presenter · 1 episode
Swans: Mystery of the Missing
Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2018
Picasso's Last Stand
Narrator
- 2017
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence
Narrator (voice)
Nero's Sunken City
Narrator (English Voice)
Wildest Europe
Narrator · 5 episodes
- 2016
Wildest Islands of Indonesia
Narrator · 5 episodes
China: Between Clouds and Dreams
Self – Narrator · 5 episodes
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack
Narrator (Voice)
- 2015
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire
Narrator
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden
Narrator (voice)
Churchill: When Britain Said No
Narrator (voice)
Shark: Beneath the Surface
self, narrator
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
narrator
Super Powered Owls
Narrator
- 2014
Wildest Middle East
Narrator · 5 episodes
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story
Himself
Secrets of the Castle
Narrator (Voice) · 5 episodes
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race
Narrator (Voice)
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Self
Wildest Indochina
Narrator (voice) · 5 episodes
France: The Wild Side
Narrator
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
Narrator
- 2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Brady and Hindley: Possession
Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self · 11 episodes
- 2012
Wildest Islands
Narrator · 10 episodes
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Wildest Latin America
Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 episodes
- 2011
Digging The Great Escape
narrator
The 9/11 Surfer
Narrator
- 2010
The Day John Lennon Died
Narrator
2000s
- 2008
My Dad Was a Communist
Narrator
The True Story
Narrator · 8 episodes
The Ties That Bind Us
Self - Narrator
- 2007
The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest
Himself - Narrator (voice) · 3 episodes
Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover
Narrator
- 2005
Ghosts on the Underground
Narrator
The Orangutan King
Narrator
Death of an Idealist
Narrator
- 2004
Zero Hour
Narrator (Voice) · 6 episodes
Bible Mysteries
Himself-Narrator · 9 episodes
- 2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self
- 2001
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story
Self- Narrator
1990s
- 1999
Withnail and Us
Self
- 1996
Star Trek Story
Self - Commentary (voice)
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Self
- 1992
The Making of 'Alien³'
Self
1980s
- 1983
1960s
- 1964
