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Paul McGann

Actor, Director
Born November 14, 1959 (64 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Collision
  • B&B
  • Jimmy McGovern's Moving On
Known For
  • Alien³
  • Doctor Who
  • Luther
  • Withnail & I
  • Doctor Who
  • Queen of the Damned
  • The Three Musketeers
  • Lesbian Vampire Killers
  • Our Mutual Friend
  • Collision
  • FairyTale: A True Story
  • Annika (2021)
  • Hornblower: Loyalty
  • Hornblower: Duty
  • Hornblower: Mutiny
  • The Rainbow
  • Horatio Hornblower: Retribution
  • Paper Mask
  • Catherine the Great
  • A Mother's Son
  • Gypo
  • The One That Got Away
  • Dealers
  • If I Had You

Filmography

2023
The Undertaker · as Arthur
2023
2022
Anne (2022) (TV Series) · as Malcolm Thornton Mp
2021
Annika (2021) (TV Series) · as Jake Strathearn
2020
McDonald & Dodds (TV Series) · as Archie Addington
2019
2019
2019
Swans: Mystery of the Missing · as Narrator (voice)
2019
2018
Picasso's Last Stand · as Narrator
2017
B&B · as Josh
2017
Big Pacific (TV Series) · as Narrator
2017
Nero's Sunken City · as Narrator (english Voice)
2017
Perplexed Music · as Man
2016
Brakes · as Peter
2016
Wildest Islands of Indonesia (TV Series) · as Narrator
2016
Letters from Baghdad · as Henry Cadogan
2016
Wildest Europe (TV Series) · as Narrator
2016
Eden (2016) (TV Series) · as Cast
2016
Churchill's Secret · as Narrator
2015
2015
2015
2015
Wildest Middle East (TV Series) · as Narrator
2014
Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
2014
2014
Wildest Indochina (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
2014
The Musketeers (TV Series) · as Saint Pierre
2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor · as The Doctor (8) (archive Footage)
2013
The Night of the Doctor · as The Doctor
2013
2013
Being a Girl · as The Doctor
2012
Wildest Islands (TV Series) · as Narrator
2012
Ripper Street (TV Series) · as Stanley Bone
2012
Wildest Arctic (TV Series) · as Narrator
2012
The Bletchley Circle (TV Series) · as John Richards
2012
A Mother's Son (TV Series) · as David
2012
Wildest India (TV Series) · as Narrator
2012
2011
2011
Exposure (2011) (TV Series) · as Narrator
2011
Sonnet 155 · as Performer
2010
2010
Luther (TV Series) · as Mark North
2010
2009
Collision (TV Series) · as Richard Reeves
2009
2009
2008
2008
Tribal Wives (TV Series) · as Narrator
2007
True Dare Kiss (TV Series) · as Nash Mckinnon
2007
2006
Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures (TV Series) · as The Doctor
2006
Tripping Over (TV Series) · as Jeremy
2006
If I Had You · as Philip Andrews
2006
Poppies · as Tony Hudson
2005
2005
Gypo · as Paul
2005
2005
Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as The Doctor
2005
Kidnapped (2005) (TV Series)
2005
Kidnapped · as Colonel Macnab
2005
2005
Twisted Tales (UK) (TV Series)
2005
The Passionate Eye (TV Series) · as Narrator
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Dickie Erskine
2004
Lie with Me · as Gerry Henson
2004
Sea of Souls (TV Series) · as Christopher Chambers
2003
Otherworld · as King Matholwch (voice)
2003
Doctor Who: Shada (TV Series) · as Doctor Who
2003
New Tricks (TV Series) · as D.c.i. James Larson
2003
Hornblower: Duty · as Lieutenant Bush
2003
Hornblower: Loyalty · as Lieutenant Bush
2002
The Real Story (2002) (TV Series) · as Narrator
2002
The Biographer · as Andrew Morton
2002
Queen of the Damned · as David Talbot
2001
Sweet Revenge (TV Series) · as Patrick Vine
2001
My Kingdom · as Dean
2001
2001
Hornblower: Mutiny · as Lieutenant Bush
2001
Hotel! · as Ben Carter
2000
Waking the Dead (TV Series) · as Acc Tony Nicholson
2000
Nature Boy (TV Series) · as Steve Witton
1999
Forgotten (TV Series) · as Ben Turner
1999
Holby City (TV Series) · as John Gaskell
1998
Hornblower (TV Series) · as William Bush
1998
Our Mutual Friend (TV Series) · as Eugene Wrayburn
1997
Downtime · as Rob
1997
FairyTale: A True Story · as Arthur Wright
1997
Jonathan Creek (TV Series) · as Hugo Dore
1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation (TV Series) · as David (voice)
1996
Doctor Who · as The Doctor
1996
The One That Got Away · as Chris Ryan
1995
Catherine the Great · as Potemkin
1995
The Hanging Gale (TV Series) · as Liam Phelan
1993
The Three Musketeers · as Girard / Jussac
1992
Alien³ · as Golic
1991
Secret History (TV Series) · as Narrator
1991
1990
Paper Mask · as Matthew Harris
1990
The Monk · as Father Lorenzo Rojas
1989
Dealers · as Daniel Pascoe
1989
The Rainbow · as Anton Skrebensky
1989
Innocent Victim · as Barry
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Dr. Peter Lord
1988
1987
Empire of the Sun · as Lieutenant Price
1987
Dispatches (TV Series) · as Narrator
1987
Withnail & I · as ...& I
1986
The Monocled Mutineer (TV Series) · as Percy Toplis
1986
Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Giovanni Cariani
1985
Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Jack
1984
Screen Two (TV Series) · as Colin
1983
Natural World (TV Series) · as Narrator
1983
Give us a Break (TV Series) · as Mo Morris
1977
Fish (TV Series)
1970
Play for Today (TV Series) · as Norman
1965
Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller
1963
Doctor Who (TV Series) · as The Eighth Doctor
1953
Panorama (TV Series) · as Jamrozek

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