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Paul McGann

Born 1959-11-14Kensington, 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.

Screen work

Movies & roles

2026Triesverse: CataclysmThe Doctor 2026Good BehaviourRichard 2025The MarblesLord Byron (voice)2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarThe Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)2024Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (8) (archive footage)2024Churchill’s Forgotten WarNarrator (voice)2023The Day of the Sun DogJaggers 2023The UndertakerArthur 2023Talking Doctor WhoSelf / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)2023Mia and the Dragon PrincessWalsh 2022Doctor Who Am ISelf 2022Swallow Your DreamsJames 2020The Big Night InSelf 2019The Doctors: The Paul McGann YearsRole 2019The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes OnSelf 2019Swans: Mystery of the MissingSelf - Narrator (voice)2018Picasso's Last StandNarrator 2018Oi For England's Green and Pleasant LandHimself 2017Perplexed MusicMan 2017BrakesPeter 2017Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New EvidenceNarrator (voice)2017Nero's Sunken CityNarrator (English Voice)2017B&BJosh 2016Unfinished: The Making of Massive AttackNarrator (Voice)