Paul McGann

Paul McGann

Acting

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.

Filmography

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Good Behaviour Good Behaviour 2026 The Marbles The Marbles 2025 Bookish ★ 6.1 Bookish 2025 Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War ★ 5.0 Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War 2025 Doctor Who at the Proms ★ 7.2 Doctor Who at the Proms 2024 Churchill’s Forgotten War ★ 8.0 Churchill’s Forgotten War 2024 The Day of the Sun Dog The Day of the Sun Dog 2023 The Undertaker ★ 5.5 The Undertaker 2023 Mia and the Dragon Princess ★ 6.4 Mia and the Dragon Princess 2023 Swallow Your Dreams ★ 10.0 Swallow Your Dreams 2022 Anne ★ 7.1 Anne 2022 Annika ★ 7.0 Annika 2021 McDonald & Dodds ★ 7.6 McDonald & Dodds 2020 The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years ★ 2.0 The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years 2019 Picasso's Last Stand Picasso's Last Stand 2018 Perplexed Music Perplexed Music 2017 Brakes ★ 5.6 Brakes 2017 Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence ★ 8.0 Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence 2017 Nero's Sunken City ★ 5.0 Nero's Sunken City 2017 B&B ★ 6.3 B&B 2017 Wildest Europe Wildest Europe 2017 Wildest Islands of Indonesia ★ 8.0 Wildest Islands of Indonesia 2016 China: Between Clouds and Dreams China: Between Clouds and Dreams 2016 Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack Unfinished: The Making of Massive Attack 2016 Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song ★ 8.0 Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song 2015 China - Treasures of the Jade Empire ★ 8.7 China - Treasures of the Jade Empire 2015 Absence ★ 7.0 Absence 2015 Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden ★ 9.0 Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden 2015 Churchill: When Britain Said No ★ 8.0 Churchill: When Britain Said No 2015 Shark: Beneath the Surface Shark: Beneath the Surface 2015 Shark ★ 8.2 Shark 2015 Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace ★ 10.0 Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace 2015 Super Powered Owls Super Powered Owls 2015 Wild Sri Lanka ★ 7.8 Wild Sri Lanka 2015 Wildest Middle East ★ 9.0 Wildest Middle East 2014 Secrets of the Castle ★ 9.4 Secrets of the Castle 2014 The Minister of Chance: Prologue The Minister of Chance: Prologue 2014 Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race ★ 7.4 Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race 2014 Wildest Indochina ★ 8.6 Wildest Indochina 2014 France: The Wild Side France: The Wild Side 2014 Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius 2014 A Little Place Off the Edgware Road A Little Place Off the Edgware Road 2014 The Musketeers ★ 7.1 The Musketeers 2014 Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting ★ 8.5 Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting 2014 Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor ★ 8.2 Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor 2013 Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor ★ 8.0 Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor 2013 JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence ★ 7.3 JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence 2013 Brady and Hindley: Possession ★ 6.5 Brady and Hindley: Possession 2013 Art Is... Art Is... 2013 Wildest Islands ★ 8.1 Wildest Islands 2012 Ripper Street ★ 7.4 Ripper Street 2012 Britain's Greatest Codebreaker ★ 5.9 Britain's Greatest Codebreaker 2012 The Bletchley Circle ★ 7.6 The Bletchley Circle 2012 A Mother's Son ★ 6.8 A Mother's Son 2012 Tiger Island Tiger Island 2012 SOS: The Titanic Inquiry ★ 6.4 SOS: The Titanic Inquiry 2012 Digging The Great Escape Digging The Great Escape 2011 Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time ★ 8.0 Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time 2011 Gadaffi and the IRA Gadaffi and the IRA 2011 The 9/11 Surfer ★ 6.0 The 9/11 Surfer 2011 The Day John Lennon Died ★ 8.0 The Day John Lennon Died 2010 Godard & Others ★ 5.2 Godard & Others 2010 Luther ★ 7.9 Luther 2010 Collision ★ 7.0 Collision 2009 Moving On ★ 7.4 Moving On 2009 Lesbian Vampire Killers ★ 5.2 Lesbian Vampire Killers 2009 Doctor Who: The Next Doctor ★ 7.4 Doctor Who: The Next Doctor 2008 Fables of Forgotten Things ★ 4.0 Fables of Forgotten Things 2008 My Dad Was a Communist My Dad Was a Communist 2008 Davros Connections Davros Connections 2007 The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest ★ 7.0 The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest 2007 Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover ★ 6.2 Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover 2007 True Dare Kiss ★ 7.0 True Dare Kiss 2007 Always Crashing in the Same Car ★ 6.7 Always Crashing in the Same Car 2007 World of Compulsive Hoarders World of Compulsive Hoarders 2007 Tripping Over Tripping Over 2006 If I Had You ★ 7.0 If I Had You 2006 Ghosts on the Underground ★ 7.0 Ghosts on the Underground 2005 The Orangutan King ★ 10.0 The Orangutan King 2005 Gypo ★ 5.3 Gypo 2005