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Paul McGann

Paul McGann

ActingBorn 1959-11-14 (66)Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK

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

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

The Orangutan King

The Orangutan King

Swallow Your Dreams

Swallow Your Dreams

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

Secrets of the Castle

Secrets of the Castle

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

The Big Night In

The Big Night In

Wildest Middle East

Wildest Middle East

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

Wildest Indochina

Wildest Indochina

Filmography

158 credits

The Marbles

The Marbles

Bookish

Bookish

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show

Doctor Who at the Proms

Doctor Who at the Proms

Churchill’s Forgotten War

Churchill’s Forgotten War

The Day of the Sun Dog

The Day of the Sun Dog

The Undertaker

The Undertaker

Talking Doctor Who

Talking Doctor Who

Mia and the Dragon Princess

Mia and the Dragon Princess

Doctor Who Am I

Doctor Who Am I

Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor

Swallow Your Dreams

Swallow Your Dreams

Anne

Anne

Annika

Annika

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

The Big Night In

The Big Night In

McDonald & Dodds

McDonald & Dodds

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

Victorian Sensations

Victorian Sensations

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

Swans: Mystery of the Missing

Picasso's Last Stand

Picasso's Last Stand

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

Brakes

Brakes

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

Nero's Sunken City

Nero's Sunken City

B&B

B&B

Wildest Europe

Wildest Europe

Perplexed Music

Perplexed Music

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

Wildest Islands of Indonesia

China: Between Clouds and Dreams

China: Between Clouds and Dreams

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

Absence

Absence

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

Churchill: When Britain Said No

Churchill: When Britain Said No

Shark: Beneath the Surface

Shark: Beneath the Surface

Shark

Shark

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

Super Powered Owls

Super Powered Owls

Wild Sri Lanka

Wild Sri Lanka

Wildest Middle East

Wildest Middle East

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

Secrets of the Castle

Secrets of the Castle

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Wildest Indochina

Wildest Indochina

France: The Wild Side

France: The Wild Side

Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

The Musketeers

The Musketeers

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

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

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

Brady and Hindley: Possession

Brady and Hindley: Possession

Art Is...

Art Is...

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

Wildest Islands

Wildest Islands

Ripper Street

Ripper Street

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

The Bletchley Circle

The Bletchley Circle

A Mother's Son

A Mother's Son

Wildest Latin America

Wildest Latin America

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

Digging The Great Escape

Digging The Great Escape

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

The 9/11 Surfer

The 9/11 Surfer

The Day John Lennon Died

The Day John Lennon Died

Luther

Luther

Collision

Collision

Moving On

Moving On

Lesbian Vampire Killers

Lesbian Vampire Killers

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Fables of Forgotten Things

Fables of Forgotten Things

My Dad Was a Communist

My Dad Was a Communist

The Ties That Bind Us

The Ties That Bind Us

Davros Connections

Davros Connections

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest

True Dare Kiss

True Dare Kiss

Always Crashing in the Same Car

Always Crashing in the Same Car

World of Compulsive Hoarders

World of Compulsive Hoarders

Tripping Over

Tripping Over

If I Had You

If I Had You

Ghosts on the Underground

Ghosts on the Underground

The Orangutan King

The Orangutan King

Gypo

Gypo

Kidnapped

Kidnapped

Kidnapped

Kidnapped

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales

Death of an Idealist

Death of an Idealist

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

Lie with Me

Lie with Me

Bible Mysteries

Bible Mysteries

Sea of Souls

Sea of Souls

New Tricks

New Tricks

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Otherworld

Otherworld

Doctor Who: Shada

Doctor Who: Shada

Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Loyalty

Hornblower: Loyalty

The Biographer

The Biographer

Queen of the Damned

Queen of the Damned

Blood Strangers

Blood Strangers

My Kingdom

My Kingdom

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story

Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story

Hornblower: Retribution

Hornblower: Retribution

Hornblower: Mutiny

Hornblower: Mutiny

Hotel!

Hotel!

Nature Boy

Nature Boy

Withnail and Us

Withnail and Us

Forgotten

Forgotten

Holby City

Holby City

The Dance of Shiva

The Dance of Shiva

Hornblower

Hornblower

Our Mutual Friend

Our Mutual Friend

FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story

Downtime

Downtime

Testament: The Bible in Animation

Testament: The Bible in Animation

Star Trek Story

Star Trek Story

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

Nice Town

Nice Town

Alien³

Alien³

Afraid of the Dark

Afraid of the Dark

Paper Mask

Paper Mask

Drowning in the Shallow End

Drowning in the Shallow End

The Monk

The Monk

Dealers

Dealers

The Rainbow

The Rainbow

Streets of Yesterday

Streets of Yesterday

Tree of Hands

Tree of Hands

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

Cariani and the Courtesans

Cariani and the Courtesans

Withnail & I

Withnail & I

The Monocled Mutineer

The Monocled Mutineer

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Natural World

Natural World

Give us a Break

Give us a Break

Gaskin

Gaskin

Whistling Wally

Whistling Wally

Fish

Fish

Play for Today

Play for Today

Horizon

Horizon

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