Paul McGann (born 14 November 1959) is an English actor. He came to prominence for portraying Percy Toplis in the 1986 television serial The Monocled Mutineer. He is best known for starring in the 1987 dark comedy Withnail and I, and for portraying the eighth incarnation of the Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who television film (a role he reprised in 72 audio dramas and the 2013 mini episode "The Night of the Doctor").