Person Details

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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 87

TV Involvements: 43


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Play for Today
Average
6

Play for Today

(1970) Norman
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Average
8

Agatha Christie's Poirot

(1989) Dr. Peter Lord
Natural World
Average
7

Natural World

(1983) Narrator
Waking the Dead
Average
7

Waking the Dead

(2001) ACC Tony Nicholson
Agatha Christie's Marple
Average
8

Agatha Christie's Marple

(2004) Dickie Erskine
Ripper Street
Average
7

Ripper Street

(2012) Stanley Bone
Luther
Average
8

Luther

(2010) Mark North
The Musketeers
Average
7

The Musketeers

(2014) Saint Pierre

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024 The Doctor
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
Narrator (voice)
2023 Jaggers
Arthur
Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
Walsh
2022 Self
James
Malcolm Thornton MP
2021 Jake Strathearn
Self - Narrator
2020 Archie Addington
2019 Self - Presenter
Self
N/A
Narrator (voice)
N/A
2018 Narrator
Himself
2017 Peter
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (English Voice)
Josh
Narrator
Man
2016 Narrator
Narrator (Voice)
2015 The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)
Narrator
Man
Self - Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Himself - Narrator
Narrator
Paul McGann
2014 Narrator
Himself
Narrator (Voice)
Narrator (Voice)
Self
Narrator (voice)
James Craven
St Pierre
Saint Pierre
Narrator
2013 Self
The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
The Doctor
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Lulu's Dad
Self
2012 Narrator
Stanley Bone
Himself - Narrator (voice)
David
Narrator
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sir Rufus Isaacs
2011 narrator
N/A
Narrator
2010 Narrator
Torrence
Mark North
2009 Richard Reeves
Phil
Vicar
2008 The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
Clarence
Narrator
2007 (archival audio)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Nash McKinnon
Bill Mackinnon
N/A
2006 Jeremy
Philip Andrews
2005 Narrator
Narrator
Paul
Narrator
N/A
Colonel MacNab
N/A
N/A
Narrator
2004 Dickie Erskine
Gerry Henson
Himself-Narrator
Christopher Chambers
D.C.I. James Larson
2003 Self
Man
King Matholwch (voice)
The Doctor (voice)
Lieutenant Bush
Lieutenant Bush
2002 Andrew Morton
David Talbot
DC David Ingram
2001 Patrick Vine
Dean
ACC Tony Nicholson
Lt. Bush
Lieutenant Bush
Ben Carter
2000 Jonathan Vishnevski
Steve Witton
1999 Self
Ben Turner
1998 Captain Greville
William Bush
Eugene Wrayburn
1997 Arthur Wright
Rob
1996 David (voice)
Self - Commentary (voice)
The Doctor
Potemkin
Self
Chris Ryan
Bassanio
1995 Liam Phelan
Liam Phelan
1993 Girard / Jussac
1992 Joe Thompson
Golic
1991 Tony
1990 Matthew Harris
Colin
Father Lorenzo Rojas
1989 Daniel Pascoe
Anton Skrebensky
Joseph
Barry
Dr. Peter Lord
1988 John Worthing
1987 Lieutenant Price
Giovanni Cariani
...& I
1986 Percy Toplis
1984 Mo Morris
1983 Narrator
Mo Morris
Graham Gaskin
1982 Norman
1977 N/A
1970 Norman
1964 Himself
Year Character Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2016 Commissioning Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2009 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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