Paul McGann

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul McGann
Occupation	Movie Actor
Date Of Birth	Nov 14, 1959(1959-11-14)
Age	65
Birthplace	Liverpool
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Scorpio

Paul McGann Biography

Paul McGann is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on November 14, 1959 in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. He was Golic in Alien 3 and also became famous for his role as The Doctor for his 1996 Doctor Who movie. His character playing Percy Toplis in the 1986 show, The Monocled Mutineer, led to his rise to fame.

He appeared alongside He acted alongside Idris Elba on TV’s Luther from 2010 to 2011. on the show Luther between 2010 and 2011.

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), and later became more widely known for portraying the eighth incarnation of the Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who television film (a role he has since reprised in more than 70 audio dramas and the 2013 mini-episode “The Night of the Doctor”). He is also known for playing Lieutenant William Bush in the series Hornblower.

McGann attended Cardinal Allen Grammar School in the Liverpool suburb of West Derby. He was 17 and working in a shoe shop when he acted on the advice of one of his teachers and successfully auditioned for a place on the acting course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1980, the Principal of RADA, Hugh Cruttwell, selected a scene from an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which McGann co-wrote with Bruce Payne, to be performed in front of Queen Elizabeth II in one of her rare visits to the academy. Kenneth Branagh performed a soliloquy from Hamlet at the same event.

His father was an engineer and helped him develop his acting skills. He was married for 14 years with Annie Milner that ended in 2006. The couple had two sons: Joe Jake and Joe Jake. After his divorce, he was in an affair with the actress Susannah Harker which lasted from 2006 to the year 2008.

Paul McGann Net Worth

Paul McGann is one of the richest Movie Actor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul McGann 's net worth $7 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a candidate to take part in an audition for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art acting class while studying at Cardinal Allen Grammar School in Liverpool. He made his TV debut in the 1982 show, Play for Today.

He was famous for his roles in supporting films as a supporting actor in Withnail & I and Queen of the Damned.

Paul John McGann was born in Liverpool on 14 November 1959, into a Roman Catholic family of Irish origin. His mother, Claire, was a teacher, and his father was a metallurgist. His cousin, Ritchie Routledge, was in the 1960s band The Cryin’ Shames. He has an older brother, Joe, and three younger siblings: brothers Mark and Stephen and sister Clare. All three of his brothers are also actors and the four of them played brothers in the 1995 TV serial The Hanging Gale. The same year, McGann also played Grigori Potemkin in the television film Catherine the Great alongside Mark and Stephen.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Paul McGann height 5 ft 9 in Paul weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Paul McGann Dating?

According to our records, Paul McGann married to Annie Milner. As of December 1, 2023, Paul McGann’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1992, he was cast as Richard Sharpe, the lead character in the Sharpe series of made-for-TV films based on Bernard Cornwell’s novels, however he injured his knee while playing football just days into filming Sharpe’s Rifles in Ukraine. He was replaced by Sean Bean and the role effectively kick-started Bean’s career and is the one that he is most closely identified with.

Facts & Trivia

Paul Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Paul McGann celebrates birthday on November 14 of every year.

The Doctor Who television film was a joint venture between the BBC, Universal Studios and the Fox Broadcasting Network. McGann had signed a contract to appear as the Eighth Doctor in a new Doctor Who series, if Fox or Universal exercised their option. Thus, the television film was supposed to be a “back door pilot” in that, if it obtained respectable ratings, the new series would continue to be produced. The film was shown on 14 May 1996 in the US and on 27 May 1996 in the UK. Although it earned 9.08 million viewers and was very successful in the UK, ratings were very low in the United States. As a consequence, Fox did not exercise its option to pick up the series and Universal could not find another network interested in airing a new Doctor Who series. Thus no new series was produced until 2005, after all the contractual rights had returned to the BBC.

How long was Paul McGann Doctor Who?

Despite technically being the Doctor in residence for nine years , however, McGann had less screen time than any other actor in the main thirteen. Let’s take a look at how that happened.

Is Paul McGann the 8th Doctor?

The Eighth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is portrayed by Paul McGann.

How many of the McGann brothers are actors?

McGann was born in Kensington, Liverpool to a metallurgist father also named Joe, and a teacher mother named Clare. His three younger brothers – Paul, Mark and Stephen – are also actors.

Which McGann brother was in Anne?

Paul McGann
Occupation| Actor
Years active| 1982–present
Spouse(s)| Annie Milner
Children| Joseph McGann Jake McGann

Why did Doctor Who Get Cancelled?

Doctor Who was originally ‘cancelled’ because of dwindling viewing figures and a series of behind-the-scenes production issues.