Paul McGann

Paul McGann

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.

KNOWN FOR
CREDITS
PHOTOS

TV Series

Luther

Luther

7.855
Tripping Over

Tripping Over

0
True Dare Kiss

True Dare Kiss

7
Collision

Collision

7
Fish

Fish

5.7
Play for Today

Play for Today

6.333
The Monocled Mutineer

The Monocled Mutineer

7
Our Mutual Friend

Our Mutual Friend

7.8
Sea of Souls

Sea of Souls

7.6
Fish

Fish

0
Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales

7.5
Wildest Middle East

Wildest Middle East

8.5
Annika

Annika

7.2
Wildest Latin America

Wildest Latin America

7
Forgotten

Forgotten

7.3
Secrets of the Castle

Secrets of the Castle

9.4
Wildest Islands

Wildest Islands

7.9
Natural World

Natural World

7.1
A Mother's Son

A Mother's Son

6.8
Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge

0
Moving On

Moving On

7.1
Hornblower

Hornblower

7.7
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

3.857
New Tricks

New Tricks

7.4
Shark

Shark

8.2
Bible Mysteries

Bible Mysteries

7.5
The Musketeers

The Musketeers

7
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

7.244
Anne

Anne

6.8
Nature Boy

Nature Boy

8
The Musketeers

The Musketeers

7
Ripper Street

Ripper Street

7.401
Wild Sri Lanka

Wild Sri Lanka

7.4
Kidnapped

Kidnapped

6
The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

7
Nice Town

Nice Town

5.5
Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

7.694
Horizon

Horizon

7.516
McDonald & Dodds

McDonald & Dodds

7.6
Wildest Islands of Indonesia

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

8
Victorian Sensations

Victorian Sensations

0
Psycho

Psycho

0
Wildest Europe

Wildest Europe

0
Give us a Break

Give us a Break

6.5
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

6.4
Wildest Indochina

Wildest Indochina

8.25
Testament: The Bible in Animation

Testament: The Bible in Animation

6.4
The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale

4.3
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

8.156

Movies

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

2
Nero's Sunken City

Nero's Sunken City

5
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

5.5
Gypo

Gypo

5.5
Alien³

Alien³

6.4
Swans: Mystery of the Missing

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

10
Withnail & I

Withnail & I

7.3
The Rainbow

The Rainbow

5.717
Hornblower: Mutiny

Hornblower: Mutiny

7.403
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

6.194
Tiger Island

Tiger Island

0
Super Powered Owls

Super Powered Owls

0
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting

Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting

8.5
The Orangutan King

The Orangutan King

0
Hornblower: Loyalty

Hornblower: Loyalty

7.141
Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Duty

7.293
Mia and the Dragon Princess

Mia and the Dragon Princess

6.583
Lesbian Vampire Killers

Lesbian Vampire Killers

5.247
My Kingdom

My Kingdom

5.1
Godard & Others

Godard & Others

5.2
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

6.094
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

0
Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

5.7
Dealers

Dealers

5.4
Paper Mask

Paper Mask

5.738
Hornblower: Retribution

Hornblower: Retribution

7.439
Downtime

Downtime

5
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

0
Swallow Your Dreams

Swallow Your Dreams

10
Otherworld

Otherworld

5.1
Withnail and Us

Withnail and Us

6.2
Drowning in the Shallow End

Drowning in the Shallow End

0
The Day of the Sun Dog

The Day of the Sun Dog

0
If I Had You

If I Had You

7
Brady and Hindley: Possession

Brady and Hindley: Possession

6.5
Hotel!

Hotel!

4.5
The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

4.7
Star Trek Story

Star Trek Story

0.8
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

7.9
The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

1
The Undertaker

The Undertaker

5
Talking Doctor Who

Talking Doctor Who

5
Doctor Who Am I

Doctor Who Am I

4.7
My Dad Was a Communist

My Dad Was a Communist

0
Myth Makers 142: Paul McGann

Myth Makers 142: Paul McGann

0
Lie with Me

Lie with Me

4.5
Cariani and the Courtesans

Cariani and the Courtesans

0
Death of an Idealist

Death of an Idealist

0
Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

7.502
Afraid of the Dark

Afraid of the Dark

5.313
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

8.194
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

0
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

7.417
Gaskin

Gaskin

0
Queen of the Damned

Queen of the Damned

6.1
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

0
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

6.405
The Dance of Shiva

The Dance of Shiva

0
The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale

0
Brakes

Brakes

5.9
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

8
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

5.9
Always Crashing in the Same Car

Always Crashing in the Same Car

6.7
Absence

Absence

7
The 9/11 Surfer

The 9/11 Surfer

6
Fables of Forgotten Things

Fables of Forgotten Things

4
Blood Strangers

Blood Strangers

5.7
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

0
B&B

B&B

6.361
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

6
FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story

6.4
The Monk

The Monk

1.5
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

8
The Other Prince William

The Other Prince William

0
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

9
Picasso's Last Stand

Picasso's Last Stand

0
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

7.3
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

8
World of Compulsive Hoarders

World of Compulsive Hoarders

0
Art Is...

Art Is...

0
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

0
Churchill: When Britain Said No

Churchill: When Britain Said No

8
Davros Connections

Davros Connections

0
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

6.4
Ghosts on the Underground

Ghosts on the Underground

7
The Biographer

The Biographer

0
Doctor Who: Shada

Doctor Who: Shada

7
The Day John Lennon Died

The Day John Lennon Died

8
Streets of Yesterday

Streets of Yesterday

7
Whistling Wally

Whistling Wally

0
Listening

Listening

7.3
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

7.75
Tree of Hands

Tree of Hands

0
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

7.773
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

8
Perplexed Music

Perplexed Music

0
Kidnapped

Kidnapped

0
Digging The Great Escape

Digging The Great Escape

0
Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

0
Doctor Who at the Proms

Doctor Who at the Proms

7
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

7.374
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

8
Churchill’s Forgotten War

Churchill’s Forgotten War

8
The Ties That Bind Us

The Ties That Bind Us

0
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

3.6
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

10