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
Alien³
(1992)
Golic
The Three Musketeers
(1993)
Girard / Jussac
Empire of the Sun
(1987)
Lieutenant Price
Queen of the Damned
(2002)
David Talbot
Lesbian Vampire Killers
(2009)
Vicar
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
(2013)
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
Withnail & I
(1987)
...& I
Doctor Who
(1996)
The Doctor
FairyTale: A True Story
(1997)
Arthur Wright
B&B
(2017)
Josh
Doctor Who Am I
(2022)
Self
Full Filmography
Acting
Whistling Wally
(1982)
Norman
Gaskin
(1983)
Graham Gaskin
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
(1984)
Mo Morris
Withnail & I
(1987)
...& I
Cariani and the Courtesans
(1987)
Giovanni Cariani
Empire of the Sun
(1987)
Lieutenant Price
The Importance of Being Earnest
(1988)
John Worthing
The Rainbow
(1989)
Anton Skrebensky
Tree of Hands
(1989)
Barry
Dealers
(1989)
Daniel Pascoe
Streets of Yesterday
(1989)
Joseph
Paper Mask
(1990)
Matthew Harris
Drowning in the Shallow End
(1990)
Colin
The Monk
(1990)
Father Lorenzo Rojas
Afraid of the Dark
(1991)
Tony
Alien³
(1992)
Golic
The Three Musketeers
(1993)
Girard / Jussac
The Hanging Gale
(1995)
Liam Phelan
Catherine the Great
(1996)
Potemkin
Star Trek Story
(1996)
Self - Commentary (voice)
Doctor Who
(1996)
The Doctor
The One That Got Away
(1996)
Chris Ryan
The Merchant of Venice
(1996)
Bassanio
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
(1996)
Self
Downtime
(1997)
Rob
FairyTale: A True Story
(1997)
Arthur Wright
The Dance of Shiva
(1998)
Captain Greville
Withnail and Us
(1999)
Self
Hotel!
(2001)
Ben Carter
Hornblower: Retribution
(2001)
Lt. Bush
My Kingdom
(2001)
Dean
Hornblower: Mutiny
(2001)
Lieutenant Bush
The Biographer
(2002)
Andrew Morton
Blood Strangers
(2002)
DC David Ingram
Queen of the Damned
(2002)
David Talbot
Hornblower: Duty
(2003)
Lieutenant Bush
Doctor Who: Shada
(2003)
The Doctor (voice)
Listening
(2003)
Man
Otherworld
(2003)
King Matholwch (voice)
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
(2003)
Self
Hornblower: Loyalty
(2003)
Lieutenant Bush
Lie with Me
(2004)
Gerry Henson
Kidnapped
(2005)
Colonel MacNab
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK
(2005)
Death of an Idealist
(2005)
Narrator
Gypo
(2005)
Paul
The Orangutan King
(2005)
Narrator
Ghosts on the Underground
(2005)
Narrator
If I Had You
(2006)
Philip Andrews
Always Crashing in the Same Car
(2007)
Bill Mackinnon
World of Compulsive Hoarders
(2007)
Davros Connections
(2007)
(archival audio)
Fables of Forgotten Things
(2008)
Clarence
My Dad Was a Communist
(2008)
Narrator
Lesbian Vampire Killers
(2009)
Vicar
Godard & Others
(2010)
Torrence
The Day John Lennon Died
(2010)
Narrator
The 9/11 Surfer
(2011)
Narrator
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
(2011)
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
(2012)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Tiger Island
(2012)
Narrator
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry
(2012)
Sir Rufus Isaacs
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
(2013)
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
Art Is...
(2013)
Lulu's Dad
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence
(2013)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Brady and Hindley: Possession
(2013)
Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
(2013)
The Doctor
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
(2013)
Himself
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
(2014)
Narrator
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story
(2014)
Himself
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race
(2014)
Narrator (Voice)
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
(2014)
Self
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
(2014)
James Craven
Churchill: When Britain Said No
(2015)
Narrator (voice)
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire
(2015)
Narrator
The Other Prince William
(2015)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden
(2015)
Narrator
Absence
(2015)
Man
Super Powered Owls
(2015)
Narrator
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack
(2016)
Narrator (Voice)
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence
(2017)
Narrator (voice)
Perplexed Music
(2017)
Man
B&B
(2017)
Josh
Brakes
(2017)
Peter
Nero's Sunken City
(2017)
Narrator (English Voice)
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land
(2018)
Himself
Picasso's Last Stand
(2018)
Narrator
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On
(2019)
Self
Myth Makers 142: Paul McGann
(2019)
Swans: Mystery of the Missing
(2019)
Narrator (voice)
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
(2019)
Swallow Your Dreams
(2022)
James
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
(2022)
The Doctor (8)
Doctor Who Am I
(2022)
Self
The Day of the Sun Dog
(2023)
Jaggers
Mia and the Dragon Princess
(2023)
Walsh
Talking Doctor Who
(2023)
Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
The Undertaker
(2023)
Arthur
Chinatown: A World in the Heart of the City
(2024)
Self (Archive Footage)