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Paul McGann

Paul McGann

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 14, 1959 (65)
Birthplace Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 hi ... s incarnation of the character.

Known For

Filmography

The Undertaker

The Undertaker

2023

as Arthur

Swallow Your Dreams

Swallow Your Dreams

2022

as James

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

2019

as Narrator (voice)

Perplexed Music

Perplexed Music

2017

as Man

B&B

B&B

2017

as Josh

Brakes

Brakes

2017

as Peter

Absence

Absence

2015

as Man

Churchill: When Britain Said No

Churchill: When Britain Said No

2015

as Narrator (voice)

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

2015

as Narrator (voice)

Super Powered Owls

Super Powered Owls

2015

as Narrator

Art Is...

Art Is...

2013

as Lulu's Dad

Brady and Hindley: Possession

Brady and Hindley: Possession

2013

as Narrator (voice)

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013

as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

2012

as Sir Rufus Isaacs

The Day John Lennon Died

The Day John Lennon Died

2010

as Narrator

Lesbian Vampire Killers

Lesbian Vampire Killers

2009

as Vicar

Fables of Forgotten Things

Fables of Forgotten Things

2008

as Clarence

Always Crashing in the Same Car

Always Crashing in the Same Car

2007

as Bill Mackinnon

If I Had You

If I Had You

2006

as Philip Andrews

Ghosts on the Underground

Ghosts on the Underground

2005

as Narrator

The Orangutan King

The Orangutan King

2005

as Narrator

Gypo

Gypo

2005

as Paul

Lie with Me

Lie with Me

2004

as Gerry Henson

Listening

Listening

2003

as Man

Doctor Who: Shada

Doctor Who: Shada

2003

as The Doctor (voice)

Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Duty

2003

as Lieutenant Bush

Hornblower: Loyalty

Hornblower: Loyalty

2003

as Lieutenant Bush

Otherworld

Otherworld

2003

as King Matholwch (voice)

The Biographer

The Biographer

2002

as Andrew Morton

Blood Strangers

Blood Strangers

2002

as DC David Ingram

Queen of the Damned

Queen of the Damned

2002

as David Talbot

Hotel!

Hotel!

2001

as Ben Carter

Hornblower: Retribution

Hornblower: Retribution

2001

as Lt. Bush

Hornblower: Mutiny

Hornblower: Mutiny

2001

as Lieutenant Bush

My Kingdom

My Kingdom

2001

as Dean

The Dance of Shiva

The Dance of Shiva

1998

as Captain Greville

Downtime

Downtime

1997

as Rob

FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story

1997

as Arthur Wright

The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1996

as Chris Ryan

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1996

as The Doctor

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

1996

as Potemkin

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

1996

as Bassanio

The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale

1995

as Liam Phelan

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1993

as Girard / Jussac

Alien³

Alien³

1992

as Golic

Afraid of the Dark

Afraid of the Dark

1991

as Tony

Paper Mask

Paper Mask

1990

as Matthew Harris

The Monk

The Monk

1990

as Father Lorenzo Rojas

Dealers

Dealers

1989

as Daniel Pascoe

The Rainbow

The Rainbow

1989

as Anton Skrebensky

Streets of Yesterday

Streets of Yesterday

1989

as Joseph

Tree of Hands

Tree of Hands

1989

as Barry

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

1988

as John Worthing

Cariani and the Courtesans

Cariani and the Courtesans

1987

as Giovanni Cariani

Withnail & I

Withnail & I

1987

as ...& I

Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

1987

as Lieutenant Price

Whistling Wally

Whistling Wally

1982

as Norman

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Luther

as Mark North

Episodes: 10

First Aired: May 04, 2010

Wildest Islands

as Narrator

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Dec 31, 2012

Give us a Break

as Mo Morris

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Sep 22, 1983

Tripping Over

as Jeremy

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 25, 2006

True Dare Kiss

as Nash McKinnon

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jun 28, 2007

Fish

as Jonathan Vishnevski

Episodes: 6

First Aired: May 02, 2000

Annika

as Jake Strathearn

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Aug 17, 2021

Collision

as Richard Reeves

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 09, 2009

Wildest Middle East

as Narrator

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Dec 02, 2014

Secrets of the Castle

as Narrator (Voice)

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 18, 2014

Natural World

as Narrator

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Oct 30, 1983

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

as Narrator

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 27, 2016

Wildest Europe

as Narrator

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Feb 08, 2017

Wildest Indochina

as Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jun 25, 2014

The Monocled Mutineer

as Percy Toplis

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Aug 31, 1986

Our Mutual Friend

as Eugene Wrayburn

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Mar 09, 1998

Hornblower

as William Bush

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 07, 1998

Anne

as Malcolm Thornton MP

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 02, 2022

Nature Boy

as Steve Witton

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Feb 14, 2000

Psycho

as Narrator

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Aug 23, 2005

The Hanging Gale

as Liam Phelan

Episodes: 4

First Aired: May 14, 1995

Forgotten

as Ben Turner

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 15, 1999

Wild Sri Lanka

as Paul McGann

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 14, 2015

Nice Town

as Joe Thompson

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 18, 1992

A Mother's Son

as David

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 03, 2012

Sweet Revenge

as Patrick Vine

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 15, 2001

Waking the Dead

as ACC Tony Nicholson

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 18, 2001

Doctor Who

as The Doctor

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 26, 2005

Play for Today

as Norman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1970

Sea of Souls

as Christopher Chambers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 2004

Moving On

as Phil

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 18, 2009

New Tricks

as D.C.I. James Larson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 2004

Jonathan Creek

as Hugo Dore

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 09, 1997

The Musketeers

as St Pierre

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 2014

The Musketeers

as Saint Pierre

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 2014

Doctor Who

as The Doctor (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 26, 2005

Ripper Street

as Stanley Bone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 30, 2012

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Dickie Erskine

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 12, 2004

Doctor Who

as The Doctor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 23, 1963

McDonald & Dodds

as Archie Addington

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 01, 2020

Testament: The Bible in Animation

as David (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 11, 1996

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Dr. Peter Lord

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 1989

Fish

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Feb 05, 1977

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

as Self

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Jan 27, 2013

Bible Mysteries

as Himself-Narrator

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Feb 15, 2004

Wildest Latin America

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jun 05, 2012

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

as Self - Narrator

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 12, 2021

Shark

as Himself - Narrator

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 07, 2015

Kidnapped

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 27, 2005

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 10, 2007

Twisted Tales

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 2005

Horizon

as Himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 04, 1964

Victorian Sensations

as Self - Presenter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 22, 2019

Popularity Metrics

Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 6 10 17 6
2024 7 22 34 9
2024 8 16 28 8
2024 9 12 22 5
2024 10 8 14 5
2024 11 7 12 3
2024 12 10 16 5
2025 1 14 36 7
2025 2 8 13 2
2025 3 6 10 1
2025 4 1 1 1
2025 5 2 3 1
2025 6 1 3 0
2025 7 1 1 0
2025 8 1 1 0
2025 9 0 0 0
2025 10 1 1 0

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2025 1 614 435
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