Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1959-11-14 (65 years)
- Place of BirthKensington, Liverpool, England, UK
- Also Known As-
Paul McGann
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.
Acting Career
- 2024
Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show
As: The Doctor
- 2024
Churchill’s Forgotten War
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2023
The Day of the Sun Dog
As: Jaggers
- 2023
The Undertaker
As: Arthur
- 2023
Mia and the Dragon Princess
As: Walsh
- 2022
Swallow Your Dreams
As: James
- 2022
Anne
As: Malcolm Thornton MP
- 2021
Annika
As: Jake Strathearn
2020McDonald & Dodds
As: Archie Addington
2019Swans: Mystery of the Missing
As: Narrator (voice)
2018Picasso's Last Stand
As: Narrator
2017Brakes
As: Peter
2017Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence
As: Narrator (voice)
2017Nero's Sunken City
As: Narrator (English Voice)
2017B&B
As: Josh
2017Wildest Europe
As: Narrator
2017Perplexed Music
As: Man
2016Wildest Islands of Indonesia
As: Narrator
2016Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack
As: Narrator (Voice)
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
As: The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)
2015China - Treasures of the Jade Empire
As: Narrator
2015Absence
As: Man
2015Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden
As: Narrator (voice)
2015Churchill: When Britain Said No
As: Narrator (voice)
2015Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
As: narrator
2015Super Powered Owls
As: Narrator
2015Wild Sri Lanka
As: Paul McGann
2014Wildest Middle East
As: Narrator
2014Secrets of the Castle
As: Narrator (Voice)
2014Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race
As: Narrator (Voice)
2014Wildest Indochina
As: Narrator (voice)
2014A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
As: James Craven
2014The Musketeers
As: St Pierre
- 2014
The Musketeers
As: Saint Pierre
2014Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
As: Narrator
2013Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
As: The Doctor
2013Brady and Hindley: Possession
As: Narrator (voice)
2013Art Is...
As: Lulu's Dad
2012Wildest Islands
As: Narrator
2012Ripper Street
As: Stanley Bone
2012A Mother's Son
As: David
2012SOS: The Titanic Inquiry
As: Sir Rufus Isaacs
2011Digging The Great Escape
As: narrator
2011The 9/11 Surfer
As: Narrator
2010The Day John Lennon Died
As: Narrator
2010Luther
As: Mark North
2009Collision
As: Richard Reeves
2009Moving On
As: Phil
2009Lesbian Vampire Killers
As: Vicar
2008My Dad Was a Communist
As: Narrator
2008The Ties That Bind Us
As: Narrator
2007Davros Connections
As: (archival audio)
2007True Dare Kiss
As: Nash McKinnon
2007Always Crashing in the Same Car
As: Bill Mackinnon
2006Tripping Over
As: Jeremy
2006If I Had You
As: Philip Andrews
2005Ghosts on the Underground
As: Narrator
2005The Orangutan King
As: Narrator
2005Gypo
As: Paul
2005Kidnapped
As: Colonel MacNab
2005Death of an Idealist
As: Narrator
2004Agatha Christie's Marple
As: Dickie Erskine
2004Lie with Me
As: Gerry Henson
2004Sea of Souls
As: Christopher Chambers
2004New Tricks
As: D.C.I. James Larson
2003Doctor Who: Shada
As: The Doctor (voice)
2003Hornblower: Duty
As: Lieutenant Bush
2003Hornblower: Loyalty
As: Lieutenant Bush
2002The Biographer
As: Andrew Morton
- 2002
Queen of the Damned
As: David Talbot
2002Blood Strangers
As: DC David Ingram
2001My Kingdom
As: Dean
2001Waking the Dead
As: ACC Tony Nicholson
2001Hornblower: Retribution
As: Lt. Bush
2001Hornblower: Mutiny
As: Lieutenant Bush
2001Hotel!
As: Ben Carter
2000Nature Boy
As: Steve Witton
1999Forgotten
As: Ben Turner
1998The Dance of Shiva
As: Captain Greville
1998Hornblower
As: William Bush
1998Our Mutual Friend
As: Eugene Wrayburn
1997FairyTale: A True Story
As: Arthur Wright
1997Downtime
As: Rob
1996Testament: The Bible in Animation
As: David (voice)
1996Doctor Who
As: The Doctor
1996Catherine the Great
As: Potemkin
1996The One That Got Away
As: Chris Ryan
1995The Hanging Gale
As: Liam Phelan
1995The Hanging Gale
As: Liam Phelan
- 1993
The Three Musketeers
As: Girard / Jussac
1992Nice Town
As: Joe Thompson
- 1992
Alien³
As: Golic
1991Afraid of the Dark
As: Tony
1990Paper Mask
As: Matthew Harris
1990Drowning in the Shallow End
As: Colin
1990The Monk
As: Father Lorenzo Rojas
1989Dealers
As: Daniel Pascoe
1989The Rainbow
As: Anton Skrebensky
1989Streets of Yesterday
As: Joseph
1989Tree of Hands
As: Barry
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot
As: Dr. Peter Lord
1988The Importance of Being Earnest
As: John Worthing
- 1987
Empire of the Sun
As: Lieutenant Price
1987Cariani and the Courtesans
As: Giovanni Cariani
1987Withnail & I
As: ...& I
1986The Monocled Mutineer
As: Percy Toplis
1984Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
As: Mo Morris
1983Natural World
As: Narrator
1983Give us a Break
As: Mo Morris
1983Gaskin
As: Graham Gaskin
1982Whistling Wally
As: Norman
1970Play for Today
As: Norman