
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.

Alien³
1992 · as Golic

The Three Musketeers
1993 · as Girard / Jussac

Empire of the Sun
1987 · as Lieutenant Price

Queen of the Damned
2002 · as David Talbot

Withnail & I
1987 · as ...& I

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013 · as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Doctor Who
1996 · as The Doctor

Lesbian Vampire Killers
2009 · as Vicar

Dealers
1989 · as Daniel Pascoe

Lie with Me
2004 · as Gerry Henson

The Big Night In
2020 · as Self

Star Trek Story
1996 · as Self - Commentary (voice)

FairyTale: A True Story
1997 · as Arthur Wright

The Marbles
2025 · as Lord Byron (voice)

Doctor Who at the Proms
2024 · as The Doctor (8) (archive footage)

Tree of Hands
1989 · as Barry

The Undertaker
2023 · as Arthur

Catherine the Great
1996 · as Potemkin