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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul McGann has received more than 4,151,974 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Paul McGann is the 5,730th most popular actor (up from 5,826th in 2019), the 4,293rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,362nd in 2019) and the 655th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Paul McGanns by language

Over the past year Paul McGann has had the most page views in the with 607,865 views, followed by German (28,000), and Russian (14,604). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Irish (134.66%), Welsh (95.45%), and Ukrainian (86.55%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Paul McGann ranks 5,730 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 4,293 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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Television and Movie Roles

Alien³
Golic
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.
May 22o 19926.357 / 10
Doctor Who
The Doctor
The Seventh Doctor becomes the Eighth. And on the streets of San Francisco – alongside new ally Grace Holloway - he battles the Master.
May 12o 19966.2 / 10
Withnail & I
...& I
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.
Jun 19o 19877.3 / 10