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Paul McGann

Paul John McGann (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 Doctor Who television film. He is also known for playing Lieutenant William Bush in the series Hornblower.

English
Filmography

Luther

2010
as Mark North

Alien³

1992
as Walter Golic

Queen of the Damned

2002
as David Talbot

Doctor Who

1963
as The Eighth Doctor

Forgotten

1999
as Ben Turner

Save Our Souls: The Titanic Inquiry

2012
as Sir Rufus Isaacs

Lesbian Vampire Killers

2009
as Vicar

Brakes

2017
as Peter

Give us a Break

1983
as Mo Morris

Doctor Who: Shada

2003
as Doctor Who

The One That Got Away

1996
as Cpl. Chris Ryan

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

2013
as himself

Hornblower: Retribution

2001
as Lt. Bush

Zero Hour

2004
as Narrator

True Dare Kiss

2007
as Nash McKinnon

Shark (2015)

2015
as Himself - Narrator

World of Compulsive Hoarders

2007
as Paul McGann

Hornblower: Duty

2003
as Lieutenant Bush

Afraid of the Dark

1991
as Antony "Tony" Dalton

Absence

2015
as Man

Oi For England's Green and Pleasant Land

2021
as Paul McGann

JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence

2013
as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Wildest Indochina

2014
as Narrator

Extraordinary People: The Boy with the Incredible Brain

2005
as Narrator

Wildest Middle East

2014
as Narrator

9/11: A legcsodásabb megmenekülés

2012
as Narrator

Godard & Others

2010
as Torrence

Catherine the Great

1996
as Potemkin

The Day John Lennon Died

2010
as Narrator

Doctor Who (Big Finish)

1999
as The Doctor (8th)

Tree of Hands

1989
as Barry

Fables of Forgotten Things

2008
as Clarence

Tripping Over

2006
as Jeremy

Our Mutual Friend

1998
as Eugene Wrayburn

Blood Strangers

2002
as DC David Ingram

FairyTale: A True Story

1997
as Arthur Wright

Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden

2013
as Narrator

The Three Musketeers

1993
as Girard

Foreign Legion - Tougher Than the Rest

2007
as Narrator

Wildest Islands

2012
as Narrator

Downtime

1997
as Rob

Nice Town

1992
as Joe Thompson

China - Treasures of the Jade Empire

2015
as Narrator

The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story

2014
as Himself

The Rainbow

1989
as Anton Skrebensky

Paper Mask

1990
as Matthew Harris

The Other Prince William

2015
as Narrator

Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures

1999
as The Doctor

Doctor Who - The Movie

1996
as The Doctor

Cleopatra's Lost Tomb

2015
as Narrator

Otherworld

2003
as King Matholwch (voice)

B&B

2017
as Josh

The Hanging Gale

1995
as Liam Phelan

The Monocled Mutineer

1986
as Percy Toplis

Dealers

1989
as Daniel Pascoe

Codebreaker

2011
as Himself - Narrator (voice)

If I Had You

2006
as Phillip Andrews

Ghosts on the Underground

2005
as Narrator

Always Crashing in the Same Car

2007
as Bill Mackinnon

A Mother's Son

2012
as David

Nature Boy

2000
as Steve Witton

Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures

2007
as The Doctor

Hornblower

1998
as Lt. William Bush

Collision

2009
as Richard Reeves

Hornblower: Mutiny

2001
as Lieutenant Bush

Withnail & I

1987
as Marwood (I)

Jonestown Cult Suicides - The True Story

2007
as Narrator

Gypo

2005
as Paul

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

1996
as Paul McGann

Hornblower: Loyalty

2003
as Lieutenant Bush

The Making of 'Alien³'

1992
as Paul McGann

The Merchant of Venice

1996
as Bassanio

Hotel!

2001
as Ben Carter

Annika (2021)

2021
as Dr. Jake Strathearn

My Kingdom

2001
as Dean

Director

Episode Jimmy McGovern's Moving On
Passengers 		2016
Episode Jimmy McGovern's Moving On
Zero 		2016

Host

Series Victorian Sensations 2019

Guest Star

Episode Tribal Wives
Gabon 		2010
Episode Tribal Wives
Mexico 		2010
Episode Predator CSI
Bodiless Bear 		2006
Episode Tribal Wives
Papua New Guinea 		2010
Episode Tribal Wives
Thailand 		2010
Episode Tribal Wives
Ethiopia 		2010
Episode Tribal Wives
Mentawai, Indonesia 		2008
Episode Agatha Christie's Poirot
Sad Cypress 		2003
Episode Luther
Episode 3 		2019
Episode Natural World
France: The Wild Side 		2014
Episode McDonald & Dodds
A Billion Beats 		2022
Episode Doctor Who (2005)
The Power of the Doctor 		2022
Episode Luther
Episode 4 		2019
Episode Doctor Who: Shada
A Mystery in Cambridge (1) 		2003
Episode Theatre Night
The Importance of Being Earnest 		1988
Episode Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
Episode 1 		2021
Episode Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
Episode 2 		2021
Episode Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
Episode 3 		2021
Episode Doctor Who
A Mystery in Cambridge (1) 		2003
Episode Agatha Christie's Marple
Sleeping Murder 		2006
Episode Sky Documentaries
The Petrol Age 		2012
Episode Tribal Wives
Kuna Tribe, Panama 		2008
Episode Tribal Wives
Waorani Tribe, Ecuador 		2008
Episode ITV Drama
If I Had You 		2006
Episode Tribal Wives
Afar Tribe, Ethiopia 		2008
Episode Secret History
The Queen's Lost Cousin 		2015
Episode Doctor Who (2005)
The Night of the Doctor 		2013
Episode Tribal Wives
Himba Tribe, Namibia 		2008
Episode Luther
Episode 1 		2010
Episode Tribal Wives
Maasai, Tanzania 		2008
Episode Tribal Wives
Turkey 		2010