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Paul McGann

Actor

Paul McGann

Born November 14, 1959 in Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK59 films

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.

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Empire of the Sun posterFirst watchEmpire of the Sun19877.5as Lieutenant PriceJamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps.View film

Essential films

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Alien³ poster6.4Alien³1992Withnail & I poster7.2Withnail & I1987The Three Musketeers poster6.4The Three Musketeers1993Queen of the Damned poster6.1Queen of the Damned2002Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song poster8.0Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song2015Doctor Who poster6.2Doctor Who1996Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor poster8.0Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor2013Lesbian Vampire Killers poster5.2Lesbian Vampire Killers2009

Filmography

59 films as actor
  1. 2026Triesverse: CataclysmThe Doctor
  2. 2026Good BehaviourRichard
  3. 2023The Day of the Sun DogJaggers
  4. 2023The UndertakerArthur
  5. 2023Mia and the Dragon PrincessWalsh
  6. 2022Swallow Your DreamsJames
  7. 2017Perplexed MusicMan
  8. 2017BrakesPeter
  9. 2017B&BJosh
  10. 2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongThe Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)
  11. 2015AbsenceMan
  12. 2014The Minister of Chance: PrologueDurian
  13. 2014A Little Place Off the Edgware RoadJames Craven
  14. 2013Doctor Who: The Night of the DoctorThe Doctor
  15. 2013Art Is...Lulu's Dad
  16. 2012SOS: The Titanic InquirySir Rufus Isaacs
  17. 2011Gadaffi and the IRANarrator
  18. 2010Godard & OthersTorrence
  19. 2009Lesbian Vampire KillersVicar
  20. 2008Fables of Forgotten ThingsClarence
  21. 2007Always Crashing in the Same CarBill Mackinnon
  22. 2006If I Had YouPhilip Andrews
  23. 2005GypoPaul
  24. 2003ListeningMan
  25. 2003OtherworldKing Matholwch (voice)
  26. 2003Doctor Who: ShadaThe Doctor (voice)
  27. 2003Hornblower: DutyLieutenant Bush
  28. 2003Hornblower: LoyaltyLieutenant Bush
  29. 2002The BiographerAndrew Morton
  30. 2002Queen of the DamnedDavid Talbot
  31. 2001My KingdomDean
  32. 2001Hornblower: RetributionLt. Bush
  33. 2001Hornblower: MutinyLieutenant Bush
  34. 2001Hotel!Ben Carter
  35. 1998The Dance of ShivaCaptain Greville
  36. 1997FairyTale: A True StoryArthur Wright
  37. 1997DowntimeRob
  38. 1996Doctor WhoThe Doctor
  39. 1996Catherine the GreatPotemkin
  40. 1996The One That Got AwayChris Ryan
  41. 1996The Merchant of VeniceBassanio
  42. 1995The Hanging GaleLiam Phelan
  43. 1993The Three MusketeersGirard / Jussac
  44. 1992Alien³Golic
  45. 1992Afraid of the DarkTony
  46. 1990Paper MaskMatthew Harris
  47. 1990Drowning in the Shallow EndColin
  48. 1990The MonkFather Lorenzo Rojas
  49. 1989DealersDaniel Pascoe
  50. 1989The RainbowAnton Skrebensky
  51. 1989Streets of YesterdayJoseph
  52. 1989Tree of HandsBarry
  53. 1988The Importance of Being EarnestJohn Worthing
  54. 1987Empire of the SunLieutenant Price
  55. 1987Cariani and the CourtesansGiovanni Cariani
  56. 1987Withnail & I...& I
  57. 1984Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and MuscleMo Morris
  58. 1983GaskinGraham Gaskin
  59. 1982Whistling WallyNorman