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Paul McGann

Paul McGann

ActingBorn: November 14, 1959in Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK

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.

Triesverse: Cataclysm

Triesverse: Cataclysm

as The Doctor

Good Behaviour

Good Behaviour

as Richard

The Marbles

The Marbles

2025Documentary

as Lord Byron (voice)

Bookish

Bookish

as Mr. Kind

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

2025Science Fiction

as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor Who at the Proms

Doctor Who at the Proms

as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Churchill’s Forgotten War

Churchill’s Forgotten War

2024Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

The Day of the Sun Dog

The Day of the Sun Dog

as Jaggers

The Undertaker

Fandango At Home

The Undertaker

as Arthur

Talking Doctor Who

Talking Doctor Who

2023Documentary

as Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Mia and the Dragon Princess

Mia and the Dragon Princess

as Walsh

Doctor Who Am I

Doctor Who Am I

2022Documentary

as Self

Swallow Your Dreams

Swallow Your Dreams

as James

Anne

Anne

as Malcolm Thornton MP

Annika

Annika

as Jake Strathearn

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

2021Documentary

as Self - Narrator

The Big Night In

The Big Night In

as Self

McDonald & Dodds

McDonald & Dodds

as Archie Addington

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

2019Documentary

as Unknown

Victorian Sensations

Victorian Sensations

2019Documentary

as Self - Presenter

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

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The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

2019Documentary

as Self

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

2019Documentary

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Picasso's Last Stand

Picasso's Last Stand

2018Documentary

as Narrator

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

2018Documentary

as Himself

Perplexed Music

Perplexed Music

as Man

Brakes

Brakes

as Peter

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

2017Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

Nero's Sunken City

PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel

Nero's Sunken City

as Narrator (English Voice)

B&B

B&B

as Josh

Wildest Europe

Wildest Europe

2017Documentary

as Narrator

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

2016Documentary

as Narrator

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

2016Documentary

as Narrator (Voice)

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

as The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

2015Documentary

as Narrator

Absence

Absence

as Man

The Other Prince William

2015Documentary

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

2015Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

Churchill: When Britain Said No

Churchill: When Britain Said No

2015Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

Shark: Beneath the Surface

Shark: Beneath the Surface

2015Documentary

as self, narrator

Shark

Shark

2015Documentary

as Himself - Narrator

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

2015Documentary

as narrator

Super Powered Owls

Super Powered Owls

2015Documentary

as Narrator

Wild Sri Lanka

Wild Sri Lanka

2015Documentary

as Paul McGann

Wildest Middle East

Wildest Middle East

2014Documentary

as Narrator

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

as Himself

Secrets of the Castle

Secrets of the Castle

2014Documentary

as Narrator (Voice)

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

as Durian

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

2014Documentary

as Narrator (Voice)

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

2014Documentary

as Self

Wildest Indochina

Wildest Indochina

2014Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

France: The Wild Side

France: The Wild Side

2014Documentary

as Narrator

Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

2014Documentary

as Unknown

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

as James Craven

The Musketeers

The Musketeers

as St Pierre

The Musketeers

The Musketeers

as Saint Pierre

Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting

Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting

2014Documentary

as Narrator

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

as Self

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013Science Fiction

as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

as The Doctor

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

2013Documentary

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Brady and Hindley: Possession

Brady and Hindley: Possession

2013Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

Art Is...

Art Is...

as Lulu's Dad

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

2013Documentary

as Self

Wildest Islands

Wildest Islands

2012Documentary

as Narrator

Ripper Street

Ripper Street

as Stanley Bone

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

2012Documentary

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

The Bletchley Circle

The Bletchley Circle

as John Richards

A Mother's Son

A Mother's Son

as David

Tiger Island

2012Documentary

as Narrator

Wildest Latin America

Wildest Latin America

2012Documentary

as Self - Narrator (voice)

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

as Sir Rufus Isaacs

Digging The Great Escape

Digging The Great Escape

2011Documentary

as narrator

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

2011Documentary

as Unknown

Gadaffi and the IRA

as Narrator

The 9/11 Surfer

The 9/11 Surfer

2011Documentary

as Narrator

The Day John Lennon Died

The Day John Lennon Died

2010Documentary

as Narrator

Godard & Others

as Torrence

Luther

Luther

as Mark North

Collision

Collision

as Richard Reeves

Moving On

Moving On

as Phil

Lesbian Vampire Killers

Lesbian Vampire Killers

as Vicar

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

2008Science Fiction

as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Fables of Forgotten Things

Fables of Forgotten Things

as Clarence

My Dad Was a Communist

My Dad Was a Communist

2008Documentary

as Narrator

The True Story

The True Story

2008Documentary

as Narrator

The Ties That Bind Us

The Ties That Bind Us

2008Documentary

as Self - Narrator

Davros Connections

Davros Connections

2007Documentary

as (archival audio)

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

2007Documentary

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover

Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover

2007Documentary

as Narrator

True Dare Kiss

True Dare Kiss

as Nash McKinnon

Always Crashing in the Same Car

Always Crashing in the Same Car

as Bill Mackinnon

World of Compulsive Hoarders

World of Compulsive Hoarders

2007Documentary

as Unknown

Tripping Over

Tripping Over

as Jeremy

If I Had You

If I Had You

as Philip Andrews

Ghosts on the Underground

Ghosts on the Underground

2005Documentary

as Narrator

The Orangutan King

The Orangutan King

2005Documentary

as Narrator

Gypo

Gypo

as Paul

Psycho

2005Documentary

as Narrator

Kidnapped

Kidnapped

as Colonel MacNab

Kidnapped

Kidnapped

as Unknown

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

2005Documentary

as Unknown

Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales

as Phone (voice)

Death of an Idealist

Death of an Idealist

2005Documentary

as Narrator

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Dickie Erskine

Lie with Me

Lie with Me

as Gerry Henson

Lie with Me

Lie with Me

as Gerry Henson

Zero Hour

Zero Hour

2004Documentary

as Narrator (Voice)

Bible Mysteries

Bible Mysteries

2004Documentary

as Himself-Narrator

Sea of Souls

Sea of Souls

as Christopher Chambers

New Tricks

New Tricks

as D.C.I. James Larson

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

2003Documentary

as Self

Listening

as Man

Otherworld

Otherworld

as King Matholwch (voice)

Doctor Who: Shada

Doctor Who: Shada

2003Science Fiction

as The Doctor (voice)

Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Duty

as Lieutenant Bush

Hornblower: Loyalty

Hornblower: Loyalty

as Lieutenant Bush

The Biographer

The Biographer

as Andrew Morton

Queen of the Damned

Queen of the Damned

as David Talbot

Blood Strangers

Blood Strangers

as DC David Ingram

Blood Strangers

Blood Strangers

as DC David Ingram

Sweet Revenge

as Patrick Vine

My Kingdom

My Kingdom

as Dean

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

as ACC Tony Nicholson

Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story

Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story

2001Documentary

as Self- Narrator

Hornblower: Retribution

Hornblower: Retribution

as Lt. Bush

Hornblower: Mutiny

Hornblower: Mutiny

as Lieutenant Bush

Hotel!

Hotel!

as Ben Carter

Fish

as Jonathan Vishnevski

Nature Boy

Nature Boy

as Steve Witton

Withnail and Us

Withnail and Us

1999Documentary

as Self

Forgotten

Forgotten

as Ben Turner

Holby City

Holby City

as John Gaskell

The Dance of Shiva

The Dance of Shiva

as Captain Greville

Hornblower

Hornblower

as William Bush

Our Mutual Friend

Our Mutual Friend

as Eugene Wrayburn

FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story

as Arthur Wright

Downtime

Downtime

as Rob

Testament: The Bible in Animation

Testament: The Bible in Animation

as David (voice)

Star Trek Story

Star Trek Story

1996Documentary

as Self - Commentary (voice)

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as The Doctor

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

as Potemkin

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

1996Documentary

as Self

The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

as Chris Ryan

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

as Bassanio

The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale

as Liam Phelan

The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale

as Liam Phelan

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

as Girard / Jussac

Nice Town

as Joe Thompson

Alien³

Alien³

1992Science Fiction

as Golic

Afraid of the Dark

Afraid of the Dark

as Tony

Paper Mask

Paper Mask

as Matthew Harris

Drowning in the Shallow End

Drowning in the Shallow End

as Colin

The Monk

The Monk

as Father Lorenzo Rojas

Dealers

Dealers

as Daniel Pascoe

The Rainbow

The Rainbow

as Anton Skrebensky

Streets of Yesterday

Streets of Yesterday

as Joseph

Tree of Hands

Tree of Hands

as Barry

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Dr. Peter Lord

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

as John Worthing

Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

as Lieutenant Price

Cariani and the Courtesans

Cariani and the Courtesans

as Giovanni Cariani

Withnail & I

Withnail & I

as ...& I

The Monocled Mutineer

The Monocled Mutineer

as Percy Toplis

Sunday Premiere

as Percy Toplis

ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay

as Giovanni Cariani

Screen Two

Screen Two

as Colin

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

as Mo Morris

Natural World

Britbox Apple TV Channel

Natural World

1983Documentary

as Narrator

Give us a Break

Give us a Break

as Mo Morris

Gaskin

Gaskin

as Graham Gaskin

Whistling Wally

Whistling Wally

as Norman

Fish

Fish

as Unknown

Play for Today

Play for Today

as Norman

Horizon

Horizon

1964Documentary

as Himself