Paul McGann
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Dr. Peter Lord
1989
Series
Holby City
John Gaskell
1999
Series
Play for Today
Norman
1970
Series
Horizon
Himself
1964
Series
Natural World
Narrator
1983
Series
Screen Two
Colin
1985
Series
Waking the Dead
ACC Tony Nicholson
2001
Series
Agatha Christie's Marple
Dickie Erskine
2004
Series
New Tricks
D.C.I. James Larson
2004
Series
McDonald & Dodds
Archie Addington
2020
Series
Ripper Street
Stanley Bone
2012
Series
ScreenPlay
Giovanni Cariani
1986
Series
Luther
Mark North
2010
Series
The Musketeers
St Pierre
2014
Series
The Musketeers
Saint Pierre
2014
Series
Hornblower
William Bush
1998
Series
Sea of Souls
Christopher Chambers
2004
Series
Moving On
Phil
2009
Film
Alien³
Golic
1992
Film
Empire of the Sun
Lieutenant Price
1987
Series
Bookish
Mr. Kind
2025
Series
Annika
Jake Strathearn
2021
Film
The Three Musketeers
Girard / Jussac
1993
Film
Queen of the Damned
David Talbot
2002
Series
Fish
1977
Series
The Bletchley Circle
John Richards
2012
Series
Zero Hour
Narrator (Voice)
2004
Series
Twisted Tales
Phone (voice)
2005
Series
Our Mutual Friend
Eugene Wrayburn
1998
Series
Testament: The Bible in Animation
David (voice)
1996
Film
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land
Himself
2018
Series
Tripping Over
Jeremy
2006
Series
Collision
Richard Reeves
2009
Film
Withnail & I
...& I
1987
Series
Anne
Malcolm Thornton MP
2022
Series
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
Self - Narrator
2021
Film
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
2013
Film
Doctor Who
The Doctor
1996
Series
Blood Strangers
DC David Ingram
2002
Series
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self
2013
Series
Nature Boy
Steve Witton
2000
Series
Wildest Islands
Narrator
2012
Film
Lesbian Vampire Killers
Vicar
2009
Series
A Mother's Son
David
2012
Series
The True Story
Narrator
2008
Film
FairyTale: A True Story
Arthur Wright
1997
Series
The Hanging Gale
Liam Phelan
1995
Sunday Premiere
Percy Toplis
1986
Film
The Importance of Being Earnest
John Worthing
1988
Series
Bible Mysteries
Himself-Narrator
2004
Nice Town
Joe Thompson
1992
Film
Picasso's Last Stand
Narrator
2018
Film
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
2013
Sweet Revenge
Patrick Vine
2001
Series
Shark
Himself - Narrator
2015
Series
The Monocled Mutineer
Percy Toplis
1986
Series
Wildest Europe
Narrator
2017
Film
Good Behaviour
Richard
2026
Series
Kidnapped
2005
Film
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Film
The Undertaker
Arthur
2023
Series
Secrets of the Castle
Narrator (Voice)
2014
Film
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
2024
Film
Doctor Who Am I
Self
2022
Series
True Dare Kiss
Nash McKinnon
2007
Series
Give us a Break
Mo Morris
1983
Series
The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2007
Film
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
Film
Catherine the Great
Potemkin
1996
Film
Downtime
Rob
1997
Series
Wild Sri Lanka
Paul McGann
2015
Film
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
The Doctor
2013
Series
Lie with Me
Gerry Henson
2004
Film
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self
2003
Series
Victorian Sensations
Self - Presenter
2019
Psycho
Narrator
2005
Fish
Jonathan Vishnevski
2000
Series
Wildest Latin America
Self - Narrator (voice)
2012
Series
Forgotten
Ben Turner
1999
Film
Afraid of the Dark
Tony
1992
Film
Hornblower: Mutiny
Lieutenant Bush
2001
Film
The Big Night In
Self
2020
Film
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
Series
Wildest Indochina
Narrator (voice)
2014
Film
The Rainbow
Anton Skrebensky
1989
Film
The Ties That Bind Us
Self - Narrator
2008
Film
Churchill’s Forgotten War
Narrator (voice)
2024
Film
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
2008
Film
Star Trek Story
Self - Commentary (voice)
1996
Series
Wildest Islands of Indonesia
Narrator
2016
Film
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Self
2014
Film
The Dance of Shiva
Captain Greville
1998
Film
The One That Got Away
Chris Ryan
1996
Film
The Day John Lennon Died
Narrator
2010
Film
Streets of Yesterday
Joseph
1989
Film
Drowning in the Shallow End
Colin
1990
Film
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
2023
Film
Swans: Mystery of the Missing
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Film
The Marbles
Lord Byron (voice)
2025
Tiger Island
Narrator
2012
Film
Hornblower: Retribution
Lt. Bush
2001
Film
Mia and the Dragon Princess
Walsh
2023
Film
The Biographer
Andrew Morton
2002
Film
Hornblower: Loyalty
Lieutenant Bush
2003
Film
If I Had You
Philip Andrews
2006
Listening
Man
2003
Film
Paper Mask
Matthew Harris
1990
Film
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
2019
Film
The Minister of Chance: Prologue
Durian
2014
Film
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2012
Film
The Merchant of Venice
Bassanio
1996
Film
Dealers
Daniel Pascoe
1989
Film
Digging The Great Escape
narrator
2011
Film
Doctor Who: Shada
The Doctor (voice)
2003
Film
Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius
2014
Film
Cariani and the Courtesans
Giovanni Cariani
1987
Film
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story
Self- Narrator
2001
The Other Prince William
Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
Film
The Day of the Sun Dog
Jaggers
2023
Film
B&B
Josh
2017
Film
The 9/11 Surfer
Narrator
2011
Film
Hornblower: Duty
Lieutenant Bush
2003
Film
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry
Sir Rufus Isaacs
2012
Film
Fables of Forgotten Things
Clarence
2008
Film
Withnail and Us
Self
1999
Film
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence
Narrator (voice)
2017
Film
Hotel!
Ben Carter
2001
Film
Tree of Hands
Barry
1989
Film
Brady and Hindley: Possession
Narrator (voice)
2013
Film
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Self
1996
Film
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
James Craven
2014
Film
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK
2005
Series
Wildest Middle East
Narrator
2014
Series
China: Between Clouds and Dreams
Self – Narrator
2016
Film
The Hanging Gale
Liam Phelan
1995
Film
Ghosts on the Underground
Narrator
2005
Film
Churchill: When Britain Said No
Narrator (voice)
2015
Film
Perplexed Music
Man
2017
Film
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden
Narrator (voice)
2015
Film
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story
Himself
2014
Film
Nero's Sunken City
Narrator (English Voice)
2017
Film
Always Crashing in the Same Car
Bill Mackinnon
2007
Godard & Others
Torrence
2010
Film
Triesverse: Cataclysm
The Doctor
2026
Film
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Mo Morris
1984
Film
Death of an Idealist
Narrator
2005
Film
My Kingdom
Dean
2001
Film
Brakes
Peter
2017
Film
Shark: Beneath the Surface
self, narrator
2015
Film
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2013
Film
Davros Connections
(archival audio)
2007
Gadaffi and the IRA
Narrator
2011
Film
My Dad Was a Communist
Narrator
2008
Film
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
narrator
2015
Film
Otherworld
King Matholwch (voice)
2003
Film
The Orangutan King
Narrator
2005
Film
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire
Narrator
2015
Film
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack
Narrator (Voice)
2016
Film
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
Narrator
2014
Film
France: The Wild Side
Narrator
2014
Film
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On
Self
2019
Series
Real Crime
2001
Film
The Monk
Father Lorenzo Rojas
1990
Film
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race
Narrator (Voice)
2014
Film
Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover
Narrator
2007
Film
Gaskin
Graham Gaskin
1983
Film
World of Compulsive Hoarders
2007
Film
Gypo
Paul
2005
Film
Super Powered Owls
Narrator
2015
Film
Swallow Your Dreams
James
2022
Film
Whistling Wally
Norman
1982
Film
Absence
Man
2015
Film
Art Is...
Lulu's Dad
2013