About Paul McGann
Paul John McGann ( mə-GAN; born 14 November 1959) is an English actor. He is known for starring in the 1987 black comedy film Withnail and I, and for portraying the eighth incarnation of the Doctor in the 1996 television film Doctor Who; he reprised the role from 2001 in licensed audio dramas, as well as on screen in 2013 and 2022. McGann came to prominence for portraying Percy Toplis in the television serial The Monocled Mutineer (1986) and Mo Morris in the series Give Us a Break (1983). He later played Lieutenant William Bush in the television film series Hornblower (1998–2003). His other television credits include The Hanging Gale (1995) and Luther (2010–2019), while his film work includes The Rainbow (1989), Alien 3 (1992) and Queen of the Damned (2002). == Early life == === Family === Paul John McGann was born in Kensington, Liverpool on 14 November 1959, into a working-class Catholic family. His father Joe McGann, who took part in the Normandy landings as a British soldier, was a metallurgist, and his mother Clare (née Clara Green) was a nursery teacher; they briefly divorced in the 1970s but reconciled. McGann has an older brother, Joe, and three younger siblings: brothers Mark and Stephen and sister Clare. All four McGann brothers are actors. His cousin, Ritchie Routledge, was in the Merseybeat band The Cryin' Shames.
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