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.

Casted

Alien³

Played Golic

Average Rating

6.4

6113 votes

Release Date

May 22, 1992

34 years ago
Empire of the Sun

Played Lieutenant Price

Average Rating

7.5

2041 votes

Release Date

Dec 09, 1987

38 years ago
Queen of the Damned

Played David Talbot

Average Rating

6.1

1123 votes

Release Date

Feb 10, 2002

24 years ago
The Three Musketeers

Played Girard / Jussac

Average Rating

6.4

1009 votes

Release Date

Nov 11, 1993

32 years ago
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Played The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Average Rating

8.2

762 votes

Release Date

Nov 23, 2013

12 years ago
Withnail & I

Played ...& I

Average Rating

7.3

596 votes

Release Date

Jun 19, 1987

39 years ago
Lesbian Vampire Killers

Played Vicar

Average Rating

5.2

413 votes

Release Date

Mar 16, 2009

17 years ago
Doctor Who

Played The Doctor

Average Rating

6.2

232 votes

Release Date

May 12, 1996

30 years ago
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Played The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Average Rating

7.4

223 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 2008

17 years ago
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Played The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)

Average Rating

8.0

159 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 2015

10 years ago
FairyTale: A True Story

Played Arthur Wright

Average Rating

6.4

114 votes

Release Date

Oct 24, 1997

28 years ago
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

Played The Doctor

Average Rating

8.0

65 votes

Release Date

Nov 14, 2013

12 years ago
B&B

Played Josh

Average Rating

6.3

62 votes

Release Date

Apr 13, 2017

9 years ago
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Played Self

Average Rating

7.8

58 votes

Release Date

Nov 23, 2013

12 years ago
Hornblower: Mutiny

Played Lieutenant Bush

Average Rating

7.3

41 votes

Release Date

Apr 08, 2001

25 years ago
Hornblower: Retribution

Played Lt. Bush

Average Rating

7.4

37 votes

Release Date

Apr 15, 2001

25 years ago
Hornblower: Loyalty

Played Lieutenant Bush

Average Rating

7.2

36 votes

Release Date

Jan 05, 2003

23 years ago
Afraid of the Dark

Played Tony

Average Rating

5.4

34 votes

Release Date

Oct 10, 1991

34 years ago
The Rainbow

Played Anton Skrebensky

Average Rating

5.6

33 votes

Release Date

May 05, 1989

37 years ago
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Played Himself - Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

5.9

33 votes

Release Date

Oct 17, 2012

13 years ago
Hornblower: Duty

Played Lieutenant Bush

Average Rating

7.4

32 votes

Release Date

Jan 06, 2003

23 years ago
Catherine the Great

Played Potemkin

Average Rating

5.5

32 votes

Release Date

Apr 28, 1996

30 years ago
Paper Mask

Played Matthew Harris

Average Rating

5.6

22 votes

Release Date

Sep 14, 1990

36 years ago
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Played Self

Average Rating

7.8

22 votes

Release Date

Dec 02, 2003

22 years ago
Gypo

Played Paul

Average Rating

5.2

15 votes

Release Date

Aug 24, 2005

20 years ago
Brakes

Played Peter

Average Rating

5.6

14 votes

Release Date

Nov 24, 2017

8 years ago
Mia and the Dragon Princess

Played Walsh

Average Rating

6.6

13 votes

Release Date

Apr 21, 2023

3 years ago
My Kingdom

Played Dean

Average Rating

5.1

7 votes

Release Date

Sep 10, 2001

24 years ago
Otherworld

Played King Matholwch (voice)

Average Rating

5.1

7 votes

Release Date

Jun 26, 2003

23 years ago
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

Played Himself

Average Rating

5.9

7 votes

Release Date

Nov 30, 2014

11 years ago
The One That Got Away

Played Chris Ryan

Average Rating

5.8

6 votes

Release Date

Feb 18, 1996

30 years ago
Dealers

Played Daniel Pascoe

Average Rating

4.8

6 votes

Release Date

Nov 03, 1989

36 years ago
The Importance of Being Earnest

Played John Worthing

Average Rating

4.7

6 votes

Release Date

May 29, 1988

38 years ago
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

Played Narrator (Voice)

Average Rating

7.4

6 votes

Release Date

Oct 13, 2014

11 years ago
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Played The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Average Rating

5.0

6 votes

Release Date

May 31, 2025

10 months ago
Doctor Who Am I

Played Self

Average Rating

4.8

5 votes

Release Date

Oct 27, 2022

3 years ago
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry

Played Sir Rufus Isaacs

Average Rating

6.4

5 votes

Release Date

Apr 16, 2012

14 years ago
Nero's Sunken City

Played Narrator (English Voice)

Average Rating

4.3

4 votes

Release Date

Apr 16, 2017

9 years ago
Withnail and Us

Played Self

Average Rating

6.2

4 votes

Release Date

Aug 04, 1999

27 years ago
Hotel!

Played Ben Carter

Average Rating

4.5

4 votes

Release Date

Feb 17, 2001

25 years ago
Lie with Me

Played Gerry Henson

Average Rating

4.5

4 votes

Release Date

Nov 15, 2004

21 years ago
Absence

Played Man

Average Rating

7.0

4 votes

Release Date

Oct 16, 2015

10 years ago
Blood Strangers

Played DC David Ingram

Average Rating

4.8

4 votes

Release Date

Feb 03, 2002

24 years ago
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

Played Self

Average Rating

7.8

4 votes

Release Date

Apr 24, 2019

7 years ago
Doctor Who at the Proms

Played The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Average Rating

7.2

4 votes

Release Date

Dec 24, 2024

1 year ago
Talking Doctor Who

Played Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Average Rating

5.0

3 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 2023

2 years ago
Always Crashing in the Same Car

Played Bill Mackinnon

Average Rating

6.7

3 votes

Release Date

Jun 03, 2007

19 years ago
The Monk

Played Father Lorenzo Rojas

Average Rating

1.7

3 votes

Release Date

Jan 17, 1990

36 years ago
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

Played Himself - Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.3

3 votes

Release Date

Nov 13, 2013

12 years ago
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

Played Narrator

Average Rating

8.7

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 18, 2015

10 years ago
Listening

Played Man

Average Rating

7.3

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 03, 2003

22 years ago
Godard & Others

Played Torrence

Average Rating

5.2

2 votes

Release Date

Aug 01, 2010

15 years ago
If I Had You

Played Philip Andrews

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

May 01, 2006

20 years ago
Brady and Hindley: Possession

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

6.5

2 votes

Release Date

Jul 11, 2013

12 years ago
Star Trek Story

Played Self - Commentary (voice)

Average Rating

0.8

2 votes

Release Date

Aug 26, 1996

30 years ago
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

Average Rating

8.0

2 votes

Release Date

Oct 31, 2011

14 years ago
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

9.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jul 12, 2015

10 years ago
Churchill: When Britain Said No

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

8.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jun 02, 2015

11 years ago
Ghosts on the Underground

Played Narrator

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

Oct 31, 2005

20 years ago
Doctor Who: Shada

Played The Doctor (voice)

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

May 02, 2003

23 years ago
The Day John Lennon Died

Played Narrator

Average Rating

8.0

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 06, 2010

15 years ago
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

8.0

2 votes

Release Date

Sep 24, 2017

8 years ago
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years

Average Rating

2.0

1 votes

Release Date

Sep 02, 2019

6 years ago
Swans: Mystery of the Missing

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 01, 2019

7 years ago
The Orangutan King

Played Narrator

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 19, 2005

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

Played Narrator

Average Rating

8.5

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 05, 2014

12 years ago
Downtime

Played Rob

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 21, 1997

28 years ago
Swallow Your Dreams

Played James

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

Sep 12, 2022

3 years ago
The Merchant of Venice

Played Bassanio

Average Rating

1.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1996

30 years ago
The Undertaker

Played Arthur

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 03, 2023

2 years ago
The 9/11 Surfer

Played Narrator

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Sep 10, 2011

14 years ago
Fables of Forgotten Things

Played Clarence

Average Rating

4.0

1 votes

Release Date

Sep 01, 2008

17 years ago
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Played Self

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Apr 01, 1996

30 years ago
Streets of Yesterday

Played Joseph

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 01, 1989

37 years ago
Churchill’s Forgotten War

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 04, 2024

1 year ago
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

Played narrator

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 01, 2015

11 years ago
Tiger Island

Played Narrator

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 26, 2012

13 years ago
Super Powered Owls

Played Narrator

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 03, 2015

11 years ago
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Aug 01, 2014

11 years ago
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

Played James Craven

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 03, 2014

12 years ago
Drowning in the Shallow End

Played Colin

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 28, 1990

36 years ago
The Day of the Sun Dog

Played Jaggers

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 26, 2023

2 years ago
My Dad Was a Communist

Played Narrator

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Aug 23, 2008

17 years ago
Myth Makers 142: Paul McGann

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 23, 2019

7 years ago
Cariani and the Courtesans

Played Giovanni Cariani

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Aug 05, 1987

39 years ago
Death of an Idealist

Played Narrator

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2005

21 years ago
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 01, 2005

21 years ago
Gaskin

Played Graham Gaskin

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1983

43 years ago
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Played Mo Morris

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1984

41 years ago
The Dance of Shiva

Played Captain Greville

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 18, 1998

27 years ago
The Hanging Gale

Played Liam Phelan

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1995

31 years ago
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack

Played Narrator (Voice)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 05, 2016

9 years ago
The Other Prince William

Played Self - Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Aug 27, 2015

10 years ago
Picasso's Last Stand

Played Narrator

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 24, 2018

8 years ago
World of Compulsive Hoarders

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 02, 2007

19 years ago
Art Is...

Played Lulu's Dad

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 01, 2013

13 years ago
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

Played Himself

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2018

8 years ago
Davros Connections

Played (archival audio)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 26, 2007

18 years ago
The Biographer

Played Andrew Morton

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 01, 2002

23 years ago
Whistling Wally

Played Norman

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 06, 1982

44 years ago

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