6.4
Movie
Acting
Paul McGann
- Born
- (age 66)
- Birthplace
- Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK
- Credits
- 173 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
6.4
Movie
7.5
Movie
Empire of the Sun
7.9
TV
Luther
6.1
Movie
Queen of the Damned
6.4
Movie
The Three Musketeers
7.2
Movie
Withnail & I
8.2
TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
5.2
Movie
Lesbian Vampire Killers
6.2
Movie
Doctor Who
7.1
TV
The Musketeers
7.4
TV
Ripper Street
7.8
TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
7.6
TV
The Bletchley Circle
6.4
Movie
FairyTale: A True Story
7.0
TV
Annika
8.0
Movie
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
7.3
TV
New Tricks
7.6
TV
McDonald & Dodds
Acting credits 173
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Triesverse: Cataclysm Film | The Doctor |
| 2026 | Good Behaviour Film | Richard |
| 2025 | The Marbles Film | Lord Byron (voice) |
| 2025 | Bookish TV | Mr. Kind (2 ep) |
| 2025 | Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War Film | The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2024 | Doctor Who at the Proms Film | The Doctor (8) (archive footage) |
| 2024 | Churchill’s Forgotten War Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 2023 | The Day of the Sun Dog Film | Jaggers |
| 2023 | The Undertaker Film | Arthur |
| 2023 | Talking Doctor Who Film | Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Mia and the Dragon Princess Film | Walsh |
| 2022 | Doctor Who Am I Film | Self |
| 2022 | Swallow Your Dreams Film | James |
| 2022 | Anne TV | Malcolm Thornton MP (4 ep) |
| 2021 | Annika TV | Jake Strathearn (6 ep) |
| 2021 | Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World TV | Self - Narrator (3 ep) |
| 2020 | The Big Night In Film | Self |
| 2020 | McDonald & Dodds TV | Archie Addington (1 ep) |
| 2019 | The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years Film | |
| 2019 | Victorian Sensations TV | Self - Presenter (1 ep) |
| 2019 | The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On Film | Self |
| 2019 | Swans: Mystery of the Missing Film | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | Picasso's Last Stand Film | Narrator |
| 2018 | Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land Film | Himself |
| 2017 | Perplexed Music Film | Man |
| 2017 | Brakes Film | Peter |
| 2017 | Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Nero's Sunken City Film | Narrator (English Voice) |
| 2017 | B&B Film | Josh |
| 2017 | Wildest Europe TV | Narrator (5 ep) |
| 2016 | Wildest Islands of Indonesia TV | Narrator (5 ep) |
| 2016 | China: Between Clouds and Dreams TV | Self – Narrator (5 ep) |
| 2016 | Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack Film | Narrator (Voice) |
| 2015 | Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song Film | The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited) |
| 2015 | China - Treasures of the Jade Empire Film | Narrator |
| 2015 | Absence Film | Man |
| 2015 | The Other Prince William Film | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Churchill: When Britain Said No Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Shark: Beneath the Surface Film | self, narrator |
| 2015 | Shark TV | Himself - Narrator (3 ep) |
| 2015 | Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace Film | narrator |
| 2015 | Super Powered Owls Film | Narrator |
| 2015 | Wild Sri Lanka TV | Paul McGann (3 ep) |
| 2014 | Wildest Middle East TV | Narrator (5 ep) |
| 2014 | The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story Film | Himself |
| 2014 | Secrets of the Castle TV | Narrator (Voice) (5 ep) |
| 2014 | The Minister of Chance: Prologue Film | Durian |
| 2014 | Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race Film | Narrator (Voice) |
| 2014 | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison Film | Self |
| 2014 | Wildest Indochina TV | Narrator (voice) (5 ep) |
| 2014 | France: The Wild Side Film | Narrator |
| 2014 | Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius Film | |
| 2014 | A Little Place Off the Edgware Road Film | James Craven |
| 2014 | The Musketeers TV | St Pierre, Saint Pierre (1 ep) |
| 2014 | Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting Film | Narrator |
| 2013 | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot Film | Self |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor Film | The Doctor (8) (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor Film | The Doctor |
| 2013 | JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence Film | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
Crew credits 2
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | China: Between Clouds and Dreams TV | Commissioning Editor (5 ep) |
| 2009 | Moving On TV | Director (1 ep) |