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Paul McGann

Actor | * 11/14/1959 (64) | Kensington, Liverpool, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Paul John McGann ( mə-GAN; born 14 November 1959) is an English actor. He came to prominence for portraying Percy Toplis in the television serial The Monocled Mutineer (1986), then starred in the dark comedy Withnail and I (1987), which was a critical success and developed a cult following. McGann later became more widely known for portraying the eighth incarnation of the Doctor in the 1996 television film Doctor Who. He is also known for playing Lieutenant William Bush in the TV series Hornblower (1998–2003). ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | TV Movies

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Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When t ...

Withnail & I

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1987 | 3.7/5 | 1h 48min
Comedy, Drama
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Lestat de Lioncourt is awakened from his slumber. Bored with his existence, he has now become this generation's new Rock God. While in the course of time, another has arisen, Akasha, the Queen of the ...

Queen of the Damned

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2002 | 3.0/5 | 1h 41min
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
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After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive ...

Alien³

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1992 | 3.2/5 | 1h 54min
Science Fiction, Action, Horror
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D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving Cardinal Richelieu, who secretly ho ...

The Three Musketeers

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1993 | 3.2/5 | 1h 45min
Action, Adventure, Comedy
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Movies with Paul McGann as Actor(75)

as Arthur2023 The Undertaker
as Walsh2023 Mia and the Dragon Princess
as himself2023 Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land
as himself2022 Doctor Who Am I
as himself2019 The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On
as Narrator (English Voice)2017 Nero's Sunken City
as Peter2017 Brakes
as Josh2017 B&B
as Man2017 Perplexed Music
as Narrator (voice)2015 Churchill: When Britain Said No
as Narrator2015 Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden
as Man2015 Absence
as Narrator2015 China - Treasures of the Jade Empire
as Narrator2015 Super Powered Owls
as Narrator (voice)2015 The Other Prince William
as himself2014 The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story
as James Craven2014 A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
as Narrator (Voice)2014 Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race
as himself2014 Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
as Lulu's Dad2013 Art Is...
as The Doctor2013 Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
as himself2013 The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)2013 Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as Himself - Narrator (voice)2013 JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence
as Sir Rufus Isaacs2012 SOS: The Titanic Inquiry
as Himself - Narrator (voice)2012 Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
as Narrator2011 9/11: The Miracle Survivor
as Narrator2010 The Day John Lennon Died
as Torrence2010 Godard & Others
as Vicar2009 Lesbian Vampire Killers
as Clarence2008 Fables of Forgotten Things
as Bill Mackinnon2007 Always Crashing in the Same Car
2007 World of Compulsive Hoarders
2006 If I Had You
as Narrator2005 The Orangutan King
2005 Daphne Ashbrook in the UK
as Narrator2005 Ghosts on the Underground
as Paul2005 Gypo
as Man2003 Listening
as himself2003 Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
as The Doctor (voice)2003 Doctor Who: Shada
as Lieutenant Bush2003 Hornblower: Loyalty
as Lieutenant Bush2003 Hornblower: Duty
as David Talbot2002 Queen of the Damned
as DC David Ingram2002 Blood Strangers
as Andrew Morton2002 The Biographer
as Ben Carter2001 Hotel!
as Dean2001 My Kingdom
as Lieutenant Bush2001 Hornblower: Mutiny
as Lt. Bush2001 Hornblower: Retribution
as himself1999 Withnail and Us
as Captain Greville1998 The Dance of Shiva
as Rob1997 Downtime
as Arthur Wright1997 FairyTale: A True Story
as Chris Ryan1996 The One That Got Away
as Potemkin1996 Catherine the Great
as The Doctor (8)1996 Doctor Who
as Bassanio1996 The Merchant of Venice
as himself1996 Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
as Liam Phelan1995 The Hanging Gale
as Girard / Jussac1993 The Three Musketeers
as Golic1992 Alien³
as Tony1991 Afraid of the Dark
as Colin1990 Drowning in the Shallow End
as Matthew Harris1990 Paper Mask
as Father Lorenzo Rojas1990 The Monk
as Barry1989 Tree of Hands
as Joseph1989 Streets of Yesterday
as Daniel Pascoe1989 Dealers
as Anton Skrebensky1989 The Rainbow
as ...& I1987 Withnail & I
as Lieutenant Price1987 Empire of the Sun
as Giovanni Cariani1987 Cariani and the Courtesans
as John Worthing1986 The Importance of Being Earnest
as Norman1982 Whistling Wally

TV Shows/Series with Paul McGann as Actor(44)

as Malcolm Thornton MP2022 Anne
as Self - Narrator2021 Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
as Dr. Jake Strathearn2021 Annika
as Jake Strathearn2021 Annika
as Archie Addington2020 McDonald & Dodds
as Narrator2016 Wildest Islands of Indonesia
as Himself - Narrator2015 Shark
as himself2015 Wild Sri Lanka
as Narrator (Voice)2014 Secrets of the Castle
as St Pierre2014 The Musketeers
as Saint Pierre2014 The Musketeers
as Narrator2014 Wildest Middle East
as himself2013 Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
as Narrator2012 Wildest Latin America
as Narrator2012 Wildest Islands
as David2012 A Mother's Son
as Stanley Bone2012 Ripper Street
as Mark North2010 Luther
as Richard Reeves2009 Collision
as Phil2009 Moving On
as Himself - Narrator (voice)2007 The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest
as Nash McKinnon2007 True Dare Kiss
as Jeremy2006 Tripping Over
2005 Twisted Tales
as The Doctor2005 Doctor Who
2005 Kidnapped
as Narrator2005 Psycho
2004 Sea of Souls
as Himself-Narrator2004 Bible Mysteries
as Patrick Vine2001 Sweet Revenge
as Steve Witton2000 Nature Boy
as ACC Tony Nicholson2000 Waking the Dead
as Ben Turner1999 Forgotten
as Eugene Wrayburn1998 Our Mutual Friend
as Hugo Dore1997 Jonathan Creek
as David (voice)1996 Testament: The Bible in Animation
as Joe Thompson1992 Nice Town
as Dr. Peter Lord1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Percy Toplis1986 The Monocled Mutineer
as Narrator1983 Natural World
as Mo Morris1983 Give us a Break
1977 Fish
1970 Play for Today
as himself1964 Horizon

TV Shows/Series with Paul McGann as Crew(3)

Crew/Commissioning Editor2016 China: Between Clouds and Dreams
Crew/Presenter2012 Wildest Latin America
Directing/Director2009 Moving On

Full Name: Paul McGann
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Saturday, 11/14 1959 (November) in Kensington, Liverpool, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 64 years + 165 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Children: Jake McGann, Joseph McGann
Paul McGann frequently works together with these people:
Paul Kasey (20x, Actor)
Nicholas Briggs (16x, Actor)
Peter Davison (10x, Actor)
David Attenborough (9x, Actor)
Rob Jarvis (8x, Actor)
Dan Starkey (8x, Actor)
Sean Pertwee (7x, Actor)
Peter Capaldi (7x, Actor)
Sylvester McCoy (7x, Actor)
Steven Moffat (7x, Crew)
Mark Gatiss (6x, Actor)
David Bradley (6x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:8039, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/10/2024