ACTOR

Paul McGann

1959 - Today

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Paul John McGann ( mə-GAN; 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), which was a critical success and developed a cult following. McGann later became more widely known for portraying the eighth incarnation of the Doctor in the 1996 television film Doctor Who, and its audio drama continuations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul McGann has received more than 4,528,026 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Paul McGann is the 5,733rd most popular actor (up from 5,826th in 2019), the 4,294th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,362nd in 2019) and the 655th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Paul McGann ranks 5,733 out of 13,578. Before him are Sophia Bush, Lubna Azabal, Gailard Sartain, Eva Henger, Clive Brook, and Dominique Swain. After him are Anna Thomson, June Lockhart, Charlie Murphy, Ansa Ikonen, Martha Vickers, and Margherita Buy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Paul McGann ranks 332. Before him are Joe Elliott, Kwak Jae-yong, Paula Yates, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Susanna Clarke, and Stanislaw Tillich. After him are Charlie Murphy, Domiziana Giordano, Brilliant Dadashova, Orlando Figes, Nirmala Sitharaman, and Sérgio da Rocha.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul McGann ranks 4,294 out of 8,785. Before him are Aubrey de Grey (1963), Samuel Arnold (1740), Clive Brook (1887), William Primrose (1904), Ben Nicholson (1894), and George Lillo (1691). After him are Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), James Wilson (1805), Adebayo Akinfenwa (1982), George Hillyard (1864), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (1985), and Indira Varma (1973).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Paul McGann ranks 655. Before him are Sadie Frost (1965), Michelle Dockery (1981), Frances O'Connor (1967), Michelle Ryan (1984), Edward Alleyn (1566), and Clive Brook (1887). After him are Phoebe Waller-Bridge (1985), Indira Varma (1973), Katrin Cartlidge (1961), Brian Aherne (1902), Richard Haydn (1905), and Norma Varden (1898).

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