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.
Filmography
Cast Credits

The Marbles
Character: Lord Byron (voice)
MOVIE • 2025

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Character: The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 2025

Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show
Character: The Doctor
MOVIE • 2024

Doctor Who at the Proms
Character: The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2024

Churchill’s Forgotten War
Character: Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 2024

The Day of the Sun Dog
Character: Jaggers
MOVIE • 2023

The Undertaker
Character: Arthur
MOVIE • 2023

Talking Doctor Who
Character: Self / The Doctor (8) (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2023

Mia and the Dragon Princess
Character: Walsh
MOVIE • 2023

Doctor Who Am I
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2022

Swallow Your Dreams
Character: James
MOVIE • 2022

Anne
Character: Malcolm Thornton MP
TV • 2022

Annika
Character: Jake Strathearn
TV • 2021

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
Character: Self - Narrator
TV • 2021

McDonald & Dodds
Character: Archie Addington
TV • 2020

The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years
Character:
MOVIE • 2019

Victorian Sensations
Character: Self - Presenter
TV • 2019

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2019

Myth Makers 142: Paul McGann
Character:
MOVIE • 2019

Swans: Mystery of the Missing
Character: Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 2019
Crew