Paul McGann

Paul McGann (2015)

Paul McGann (born November 14, 1959 in Liverpool ) is a British actor .

life and career

McGann appeared on the BBC series The Monocled Mutineer in 1986 . In the same year, he starred in Bruce Robinson's comedy Withnail & I . He became known through this film and as the eighth actor in the title role of the science fiction series Doctor Who . His three brothers Joe McGann , Mark McGann and Stephen McGann are also actors. Together with Stephen and Mark he directed Katharina the Great in 1995 . In the early 1990s, he was seen in supporting roles in The Three Musketeers and Alien 3 . In 1996, McGann played the eighth incarnation of the Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who . Since 2001, McGann also speaks the eighth doctorate in the Doctor Who radio plays. In 2013 he took on this role again in the mini-episode The Night of the Doctor , which was released on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the series.

Filmography (selection)

• 1982: Russian Night ... 1941 (TV movie)
• 1983: Gaskin (TV movie)
• 1983–1984: Give us a Break (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 1986: The Monocled Mutineer (miniseries, 4 episodes)
• 1986: The Importance of Being Earnest (TV movie)
• 1986: Withnail & I
• 1987: Empire of the Sun (Empire of the Sun)
• 1989: Tree of Hands
• 1989: Streets of Yesterday
• 1989: The Rainbow (The Rainbow)
• 1989: Big Business $$
• 1990: Beware of the doctor (Paper Mask)
• 1990: The Monk
• 1991: fear of the dark (Afraid of the Dark)
• 1992: Alien 3 (Alien³)
• 1992: Nice Town (miniseries, 3 episodes)
• 1993: The Three Musketeers (The Three Musketeers)
• 1995: The Hanging Gale (miniseries)
• 1995: Katharina the Great ( Catherine the Great , TV movie)
• 1996: Irak Death Command ( The One That Got Away , TV movie)
• 1996: Doctor Who - The Movie ( Doctor Who , Movie made for TV)
• 1996: The Merchant of Venice (TV movie)
• 1997: Stranger Beings (FairyTale: A True Story)
• 1997: downtime
• 1998: Our Mutual Friend (miniseries, 4 episodes)
• 1999: Forgotten (miniseries, 3 episodes)
• 1999: Breathless Hush (TV movie)
• 2000: Nature Boy (miniseries, 4 episodes)
• 2000: Fish (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2001: Hotel! (TV movie)
• 2001–2003: Hornblower (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2002: Queen of the Damned (Queen of the Damned)
• 2002: Blood Strangers (TV movie)
• 2002: The Biographer (TV movie)
• 2003: Doctor Who: Shada (miniseries, 6 episodes, voice)
• 2003: Morphine (Sad Cypress)
• 2004: Lie with Me (TV movie)
• 2005: Kidnapped (TV movie)
• 2005: Gypo
• 2006: Agatha Christie's Marple (TV series, episode 2x1)
• 2006: Only About Her Corpse ( If I Had You , Movie made for TV)
• 2006: Poppies
• 2006: Tripping Over (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2007: True Dare Kiss (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2007: Voice from Afar
• 2008: Fables of Forgotten Things (TV movie)
• 2009: Lesbian Vampire Killers
• 2009: Collision (miniseries, 5 episodes)
• 2010: Godard & Others
• 2010, 2011, 2019: Luther (TV series, 11 episodes)
• 2011: Waking the Dead ( Waking the Dead , TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2011: Sonnet 155
• 2011: Moving Target
• 2012: Save Our Souls: The Titanic Inquiry (TV movie)
• 2012: Notes from the Underground
• 2013: Ripper Street (TV series, episode 1x04)
• 2013: Art Is ...
• 2013: Doctor Who (TV series, mini-episode The Night of the Doctor )
• 2013: The Five (ish) Doctors Reboot (TV movie)
• 2014: The Bletchley Circle (TV series, episode 2x1)
• 2015: Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace (TV film, narrator)
• 2016: Churchill's Secret (TV movie)
• 2016: Brakes
• 2017: B&B
• 2017-2018: Holby City (TV series, 40 episodes)

Web links

Commons : Paul McGann  - Collection of Images

• Paul McGann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Paul McGann: The latest twist in his tale The Independent, October 20, 2006

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jess Denham: Doctor Who 50th anniversary: ​​BBC reveals mini-episode 'The Night of the Doctor'. In: www.independent.co.uk . November 15, 2013, accessed November 17, 2013 .