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Paul McGann
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In short · Acting since 1983, 5 decades active, 90 credits.
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Paul John McGann is an English actor known for his roles in film and television. He gained prominence for his performance in the 1987 black comedy *Withnail and I*. McGann is also recognized for portraying the eighth incarnation of the Doctor in the 1996 television film *Doctor Who*. He later reprised the role in licensed audio dramas starting in 2001, and appeared as the Doctor on screen again in 2013 and 2022.
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64 creditsBookish(2025)
Mr. Kind
TV
The Undertaker(2023)
Arthur
Film
Annika(2021)
Jake Strathearn
TVPDoctor Who: The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller(2019)
The Doctor
TV
Picasso's Last Stand(2018)
Narrator
FilmWWI: The Last Tommies(2018)
Narrator
TV
Big Pacific(2017)
Narrator
TV
B&B(2017)
Josh
Film
Wildest Islands of Indonesia(2016)
Narrator
TVWildest Europe(2016)
Narrator
TV
Absence(2015)
Man
FilmLuther(2015)
Mark North (10 Episodes)
TV
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race(2014)
Narrator
Film
Wildest Indochina(2014)
Narrator
TV
Secrets of the Castle(2014)
Narrator
TV
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor(2013)
The Doctor
Film
Art Is...(2013)
Lulu's Dad
Film
Wildest India(2012)
Narrator
TV
Wildest Arctic(2012)
Narrator
TV
Wildest Islands(2012)
Narrator
TV
Wildest Latin America(2012)
Narrator
TV
A Mother's Son(2012)
David
TV
Save Our Souls: The Titanic Inquiry(2012)
Sir Rufus Isaacs
FilmGodard & Others(2010)
Torrence
Film
Luther(2010)
Mark North
TV
Vampire Killers(2009)
Vicar
Film
Collision(2009)
Richard Reeves
TV
Tribal Wives(2008)
Narrator
TV
Always Crashing in the Same Car(2007)
Bill Mackinnon
Film
True Dare Kiss(2007)
Nash McKinnon
TV
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- Unexplained IslandSelf - Narrator · 2025
- Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (8) (archive footage) · 2024
- Talking Doctor WhoSelf · 2023
- Italia 90: Four Weeks That Changed The WorldSelf · 2022
- Doctor Who Am ISelf · 2022
- Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the WorldSelf - Narrator · 2021
- Oi for England: Summer of '82Self · 2021
- The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes OnSelf - Presenter · 2019
- Victorian SensationsSelf - Presenter · 2019
- Surge of Power: Big City ChroniclesSelf · 2017
- Swans: Mystery of the MissingSelf - Narrator · 2016
- China: Between Clouds and DreamsSelf - Narrator · 2016
- EdenSelf · 2016
- SharkSelf - Narrator · 2015
- Wild Sri LankaSelf - Narrator · 2015
- Her Majesty's Prison: AylesburySelf - Narrator · 2013
- CodebreakerSelf - Narrator · 2011
- PsychoSelf - Narrator · 2005
- CathedralSelf - Narrator · 2005
- I Shouldn't Be AliveSelf - Narrator · 2005
- Zero HourSelf - Narrator · 2004
- Bible MysteriesSelf - Narrator · 2004
- Crowded SkiesSelf - Narrator · 2003
- Real CrimeSelf - Narrator · 2001
- the-cavern-club-the-beat-goes-on-2000Self · 2000
- Withnail and UsSelf · 1999
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