Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
14 novembre 1959 (66)
Place of birth
Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK
Also known as
Paul John McGann
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.
Connu(e) pour
6.4
Film
Alien³
Golic
1992
7.8
Series
Hornblower
William Bush
1998–2003
0.0
Series
Blood Strangers
DC David Ingram
2002
6.1
Film
Queen of the Damned
David Talbot
2002
10.0
Film
The Orangutan King
Narrator
2005
0.0
Film
Digging The Great Escape
narrator
2011
9.0
Film
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden
Narrator (voice)
2015
0.0
Film
Good Behaviour
Richard
2026
8.2
Film
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
2013
7.2
Film
Withnail & I
...& I
1987
6.4
Film
The Three Musketeers
Girard / Jussac
1993
6.2
Film
Doctor Who
The Doctor
1996
7.0
Series
Collision
Richard Reeves
2009
7.8
Series
Our Mutual Friend
Eugene Wrayburn
1998
7.1
Series
Anne
Malcolm Thornton MP
2022
6.8
Series
A Mother's Son
David
2012
7.0
Series
True Dare Kiss
Nash McKinnon
2007
6.4
Series
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self
2013
7.3
Series
Nature Boy
Steve Witton
2000
5.8
Series
The Hanging Gale
Liam Phelan
1995
8.0
Series
Sweet Revenge
Patrick Vine
2001
8.1
Series
Wildest Islands
Narrator
2012–2013
6.7
Series
Nice Town
Joe Thompson
1992
7.5
Series
Bible Mysteries
Himself-Narrator
2004
7.7
Series
The Monocled Mutineer
Percy Toplis
1986
8.0
Series
Wildest Latin America
Self - Narrator (voice)
2012
7.6
Series
Forgotten
Ben Turner
1999
0.0
Film
Triesverse: Cataclysm
The Doctor
2026
3.9
Series
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
Self - Narrator
2021
6.8
Series
Kidnapped
2005
7.3
Series
Give us a Break
Mo Morris
1983–1984
8.0
Series
Wildest Islands of Indonesia
Narrator
2016
9.4
Series
Secrets of the Castle
Narrator (Voice)
2014
7.8
Series
Wild Sri Lanka
Paul McGann
2015
8.2
Series
Shark
Himself - Narrator
2015
6.3
Film
B&B
Josh
2017
10.0
Film
Swans: Mystery of the Missing
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
8.6
Series
Wildest Indochina
Narrator (voice)
2014
7.0
Series
The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2007
4.8
Film
Doctor Who Am I
Self
2022
5.6
Film
Brakes
Peter
2017
9.0
Series
Wildest Middle East
Narrator
2014
5.5
Film
The Undertaker
Arthur
2023
5.0
Film
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
2023
8.0
Film
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence
Narrator (voice)
2017
5.0
Film
Nero's Sunken City
Narrator (English Voice)
2017
6.4
Film
Mia and the Dragon Princess
Walsh
2023
8.0
Film
Churchill’s Forgotten War
Narrator (voice)
2024
7.8
Film
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On
Self
2019
10.0
Film
Swallow Your Dreams
James
2022
Acting credits 50 titles
Good Behaviour
as Richard
0.0
2026
Triesverse: Cataclysm
as The Doctor
0.0
2026
Churchill’s Forgotten War
as Narrator (voice)
8.0
2024
The Undertaker
as Arthur
5.5
2023
Mia and the Dragon Princess
as Walsh
6.4
2023
Talking Doctor Who
as Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
5.0
2023
Swallow Your Dreams
as James
10.0
2022
Doctor Who Am I
as Self
4.8
2022
Anne
as Malcolm Thornton MP
7.1
2022
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
as Self - Narrator
3.9
2021
Swans: Mystery of the Missing
as Self - Narrator (voice)
10.0
2019
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On
as Self
7.8
2019
Nero's Sunken City
as Narrator (English Voice)
5.0
2017
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence
as Narrator (voice)
8.0
2017
B&B
as Josh
6.3
2017
Brakes
as Peter
5.6
2017
Wildest Islands of Indonesia
as Narrator
8.0
2016
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden
as Narrator (voice)
9.0
2015
Wild Sri Lanka
as Paul McGann
7.8
2015
Shark
as Himself - Narrator
8.2
2015
Wildest Middle East
as Narrator
9.0
2014
Wildest Indochina
as Narrator (voice)
8.6
2014
Secrets of the Castle
as Narrator (Voice)
9.4
2014
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
as Self
6.4
2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
8.2
2013
Wildest Islands
as Narrator
8.1
2012–2013
Wildest Latin America
as Self - Narrator (voice)
8.0
2012
A Mother's Son
as David
6.8
2012
Digging The Great Escape
as narrator
0.0
2011
Collision
as Richard Reeves
7.0
2009
The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
7.0
2007
True Dare Kiss
as Nash McKinnon
7.0
2007
The Orangutan King
as Narrator
10.0
2005
Kidnapped
6.8
2005
Bible Mysteries
as Himself-Narrator
7.5
2004
Blood Strangers
as DC David Ingram
0.0
2002
Queen of the Damned
as David Talbot
6.1
2002
Sweet Revenge
as Patrick Vine
8.0
2001
Nature Boy
as Steve Witton
7.3
2000
Forgotten
as Ben Turner
7.6
1999
Hornblower
as William Bush
7.8
1998–2003
Our Mutual Friend
as Eugene Wrayburn
7.8
1998
Doctor Who
as The Doctor
6.2
1996
The Hanging Gale
as Liam Phelan
5.8
1995
The Three Musketeers
as Girard / Jussac
6.4
1993
Nice Town
as Joe Thompson
6.7
1992
Alien³
as Golic
6.4
1992
Withnail & I
as ...& I
7.2
1987
The Monocled Mutineer
as Percy Toplis
7.7
1986
Give us a Break
as Mo Morris
7.3
1983–1984