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Paul McGann

English actor · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1959 · age 66

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.

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2025BookishSeries, Mr. KindDoctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarFilm, 2025The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)2023Mia and the Dragon PrincessFilm, Walsh2022Doctor Who Am IFilm2021AnnikaSeries, Jake Strathearn2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongFilm, The Doctor (8) (picture) (uncredited)2014The MusketeersSeries, St Pierre2013Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorFilm, The Doctor (8) (archive footage)2012Britain's Greatest CodebreakerFilm, Himself - Narrator (voice)2010LutherSeries, Mark North2008Doctor Who: The Next DoctorFilm, The Doctor (8) (archive footage)2004Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries, Dickie Erskine2003Hornblower: DutyFilm, Lieutenant Bush2001Hornblower: MutinyFilm, Lieutenant Bush1999Holby CitySeries, John Gaskell1997FairyTale: A True StoryFilm, Arthur Wright1993The Three MusketeersFilm, Girard / Jussac1990Paper MaskFilm, Matthew Harris1989Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries, Dr. Peter LordDealersFilm, 1989Daniel Pascoe1987Empire of the SunFilm, Lieutenant Price1985Screen TwoSeries, Colin1977FishSeries1964HorizonSeries, Himself1959Born14 November 1959

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  • Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor 2013
  • Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song 2015
  • Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor 2013
  • The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot 2013
  • Empire of the Sun 1987

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About this person

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).

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United Kingdom
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Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Living
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Born 1959 · age 66

In the same film or series as Paul

Matthew RhysAlso in Otherworld (2003)Daz BlackAlso in Mia and the Dragon Princess (2023)Noel FieldingAlso in Brakes (2017)Eric RobertsAlso in Doctor Who (1996)Richard GriffithsAlso in Withnail & I (1987)Glenda JacksonAlso in The Rainbow (1989)