# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jake-mcgann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:56:16.265Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jake-mcgann"
name: "Jake McGann"
slug: "jake-mcgann"
description: "Paul John McGann is an English actor. He came to prominence for portraying Percy Toplis in the television serial The Monocled Mutineer (1986), and subsequently starred in the black comedy film Withnail and I (1987), which became a cult classic. He became more widely known for portraying the eighth incarnation of the Doctor in the 1996 television film Doctor Who, reprising the role from 2001 in licensed audio dramas, as well as on screen in 2013 and 2022. He is also known for playing Lieutenant William Bush in the television film series Hornblower (1998–2003)."
tagline: "English actor"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Paul_McGann_2015.jpg/330px-Paul_McGann_2015.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1990"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.27
  momentum:             0.75
  historical:           2.218684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  71
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9424386/"
    handle:    "nm9424386"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_McGann"
    title: "Jake McGann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3d85f45b-0692-4bbf-a4c0-0742d9e659ae"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6124838"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations