BeamFlip Logo
User
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.

Born

Nov 14, 1959

Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK

Known For

Acting

Movies

114 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.2

movie

Known For

Alien³

Alien³

1992

as Golic
Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

1987

as Lieutenant Price
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1993

as Girard / Jussac
Queen of the Damned

Queen of the Damned

2002

as David Talbot
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013

as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1996

as The Doctor
Withnail & I

Withnail & I

1987

as ...& I
Lesbian Vampire Killers

Lesbian Vampire Killers

2009

as Vicar
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

2015

as The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)
FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story

1997

as Arthur Wright
Alien³
Alien³
1992 • as Golic
★ 6.4
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun
1987 • as Lieutenant Price
★ 7.5
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers
1993 • as Girard / Jussac
★ 6.4
Queen of the Damned
Queen of the Damned
2002 • as David Talbot
★ 6.1
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013 • as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
★ 8.2
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
1996 • as The Doctor
★ 6.2
Withnail & I
Withnail & I
1987 • as ...& I
★ 7.2
Lesbian Vampire Killers
Lesbian Vampire Killers
2009 • as Vicar
★ 5.2
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015 • as The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)
★ 8.0
FairyTale: A True Story
FairyTale: A True Story
1997 • as Arthur Wright
★ 6.4
Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great
1996 • as Potemkin
★ 5.6
Doctor Who at the Proms
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024 • as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
★ 7.2
Lie with Me
Lie with Me
2004 • as Gerry Henson
★ 5.7
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013 • as Self
★ 7.8
Hotel!
Hotel!
2001 • as Ben Carter
★ 5.2
Paper Mask
Paper Mask
1990 • as Matthew Harris
★ 5.7
My Kingdom
My Kingdom
2001 • as Dean
★ 5.5
The Monk
The Monk
1990 • as Father Lorenzo Rojas
★ 3.2
The Rainbow
The Rainbow
1989 • as Anton Skrebensky
★ 5.6
Hornblower: Duty
Hornblower: Duty
2003 • as Lieutenant Bush
★ 7.3
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025 • as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 5.0
Afraid of the Dark
Afraid of the Dark
1991 • as Tony
★ 5.6
Hornblower: Loyalty
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003 • as Lieutenant Bush
★ 7.2
Hornblower: Mutiny
Hornblower: Mutiny
2001 • as Lieutenant Bush
★ 7.4
Blood Strangers
Blood Strangers
2002 • as DC David Ingram
★ 5.8
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008 • as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
★ 7.4
The Marbles
The Marbles
2025 • as Lord Byron (voice)
If I Had You
If I Had You
2006 • as Philip Andrews
★ 7.0
B&B
B&B
2017 • as Josh
★ 6.3
Good Behaviour
Good Behaviour
2026 • as Richard
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story
2014 • as Himself
★ 5.9
The Big Night In
The Big Night In
2020 • as Self
★ 9.0
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
2012 • as Himself - Narrator (voice)
★ 5.9
Hornblower: Retribution
Hornblower: Retribution
2001 • as Lt. Bush
★ 7.3
The One That Got Away
The One That Got Away
1996 • as Chris Ryan
★ 6.2
Star Trek Story
Star Trek Story
1996 • as Self - Commentary (voice)
★ 0.8
The Day John Lennon Died
The Day John Lennon Died
2010 • as Narrator
★ 8.0
Otherworld
Otherworld
2003 • as King Matholwch (voice)
★ 5.8
The Undertaker
The Undertaker
2023 • as Arthur
★ 5.5
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
2014 • as Self
movie
Listening
2003 • as Man
★ 7.5
Always Crashing in the Same Car
Always Crashing in the Same Car
2007 • as Bill Mackinnon
★ 6.7
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003 • as Self
★ 7.8
Brakes
Brakes
2017 • as Peter
★ 5.6
Dealers
Dealers
1989 • as Daniel Pascoe
★ 5.6
The Hanging Gale
The Hanging Gale
1995 • as Liam Phelan
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
2005 • as Colonel MacNab
Gaskin
Gaskin
1983 • as Graham Gaskin
★ 5.0
The Ties That Bind Us
The Ties That Bind Us
2008 • as Self - Narrator
Drowning in the Shallow End
Drowning in the Shallow End
1990 • as Colin
★ 7.0
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984 • as Mo Morris
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden
Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden
2015 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 9.0
Downtime
Downtime
1997 • as Rob
★ 7.0
Doctor Who Am I
Doctor Who Am I
2022 • as Self
★ 4.8
Tree of Hands
Tree of Hands
1989 • as Barry
★ 8.0
Talking Doctor Who
Talking Doctor Who
2023 • as Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
★ 5.0
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence
Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence
2017 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
Gypo
Gypo
2005 • as Paul
★ 5.3
The Biographer
The Biographer
2002 • as Andrew Morton
★ 9.0
Art Is...
Art Is...
2013 • as Lulu's Dad
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
1988 • as John Worthing
★ 5.4
Nero's Sunken City
Nero's Sunken City
2017 • as Narrator (English Voice)
★ 5.0
Doctor Who: Shada
Doctor Who: Shada
2003 • as The Doctor (voice)
★ 7.3
Streets of Yesterday
Streets of Yesterday
1989 • as Joseph
★ 7.5
Withnail and Us
Withnail and Us
1999 • as Self
★ 6.4
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
★ 8.0
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race
2014 • as Narrator (Voice)
★ 7.4
Cariani and the Courtesans
Cariani and the Courtesans
1987 • as Giovanni Cariani
★ 7.0
Digging The Great Escape
Digging The Great Escape
2011 • as narrator
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land
Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land
2018 • as Himself
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry
SOS: The Titanic Inquiry
2012 • as Sir Rufus Isaacs
★ 6.4
Mia and the Dragon Princess
Mia and the Dragon Princess
2023 • as Walsh
★ 6.4
Perplexed Music
Perplexed Music
2017 • as Man
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
2019
★ 2.0
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
1996 • as Self
★ 7.5
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence
JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence
2013 • as Himself - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.3
Churchill: When Britain Said No
Churchill: When Britain Said No
2015 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
2013 • as The Doctor
★ 8.0
Picasso's Last Stand
Picasso's Last Stand
2018 • as Narrator
The Orangutan King
The Orangutan King
2005 • as Narrator
★ 10.0
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On
2019 • as Self
★ 7.8
Absence
Absence
2015 • as Man
★ 7.0
Davros Connections
Davros Connections
2007 • as (archival audio)
France: The Wild Side
France: The Wild Side
2014 • as Narrator
Swans: Mystery of the Missing
Swans: Mystery of the Missing
2019 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 10.0
The Dance of Shiva
The Dance of Shiva
1998 • as Captain Greville
★ 9.0
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
2014 • as James Craven
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
2015 • as narrator
★ 10.0
Churchill’s Forgotten War
Churchill’s Forgotten War
2024 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
Shark: Beneath the Surface
Shark: Beneath the Surface
2015 • as self, narrator
Whistling Wally
Whistling Wally
1982 • as Norman
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
1996 • as Bassanio
★ 5.5
Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius
Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius
2014
Swallow Your Dreams
Swallow Your Dreams
2022 • as James
★ 10.0
Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover
Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover
2007 • as Narrator
★ 6.2
The Day of the Sun Dog
The Day of the Sun Dog
2023 • as Jaggers
World of Compulsive Hoarders
World of Compulsive Hoarders
2007
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story
2001 • as Self- Narrator
★ 6.0
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK
Daphne Ashbrook in the UK
2005
★ 10.0
Ghosts on the Underground
Ghosts on the Underground
2005 • as Narrator
★ 7.0
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire
China - Treasures of the Jade Empire
2015 • as Narrator
★ 8.7
movie
Godard & Others
2010 • as Torrence
★ 5.2
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack
Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack
2016 • as Narrator (Voice)
Brady and Hindley: Possession
Brady and Hindley: Possession
2013 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.5
movie
The Other Prince William
2015 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
movie
Tiger Island
2012 • as Narrator
My Dad Was a Communist
My Dad Was a Communist
2008 • as Narrator
The Minister of Chance: Prologue
The Minister of Chance: Prologue
2014 • as Durian
Fables of Forgotten Things
Fables of Forgotten Things
2008 • as Clarence
★ 4.0
Super Powered Owls
Super Powered Owls
2015 • as Narrator
movie
Gadaffi and the IRA
2011 • as Narrator
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
2014 • as Narrator
★ 8.5
The 9/11 Surfer
The 9/11 Surfer
2011 • as Narrator
★ 6.0
Death of an Idealist
Death of an Idealist
2005 • as Narrator