Bill Paterson
Acting
Born June 3, 1945 · Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
William Tulloch Paterson (born 3 June 1945) is a Scottish actor. Throughout his career he has appeared regularly in radio drama and provided the narration for a large number of documentaries. Paterson has appeared in films and television series including Comfort and Joy (1984), Traffik (1989), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1986), Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990), The Witches (1990), Wives and Daughters (1999), Sea of Souls (2004–2007), Amazing Grace (2006), Miss Potter (2006), Little Dorrit (2008), Doctor Who (2010), Outlander (2014), Fleabag (2016–2019), Inside No. 9 (2018), Good Omens (2019), Brassic (2020) and House of the Dragon (2022). He is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Scottish BAFTAs. William Tulloch Paterson was born in Glasgow on 3 June 1945. Paterson was raised in Dennistoun by his father, a plumber, and his mother, a hairdresser. He states that his interest in acting began with a school trip to the Citizens Theatre in the Gorbals in 1961. However, after school he chose to initially pursue a career based on an interest in architecture and spent three years as a quantity surveyor's apprentice before deciding to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Films (110)
Being Stanley Baxter
2025
The House Was Not Hungry Then
2025
Arthur's Whisky
2024
Children of the Wicker Man
2024
A Bear Named Wojtek
2023
The Spirit of 1926
2022
The Colour Room
2021
Rebecca
2020
Marionette
2020
Love Sarah
2020
The Day Mountbatten Died
2019
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018
Wonderdate
2018
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
Churchill's Secret
2016
Dad's Army
2016
High-Rise
2015
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
2015
The Vote
2015
Documenting John Grierson
2014
The List
2013
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
2012
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
2011
The Man who Crossed Hitler
2011
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
2011
Ghosts in the Machine
2009
Creation
2009
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009
Into the Storm
2009
1929: The Great Crash
2009
Gone Fishing
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008
The Man Who Lives with Bears
2008
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
Intervention
2007
Miss Potter
2006
Amazing Grace
2006
A War on Science
2006
Fascism in Colour
2006
Rag Tale
2005
Lie with Me
2004
Bright Young Things
2003
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
2003
Crush
2002
Home Road Movies
2002
The Entity
2002
Othello
2001
The Whistle-Blower
2001
Behind Bars
2001
Complicity
2000
Chrono-Perambulator
1999
Sunshine
1999
The Match
1999
Heart
1999
Hilary and Jackie
1998
The Animal Train
1998
Mr White Goes To Westminster
1997
Spice World
1997
Victory
1996
The Writing on the Wall
1996
Chaplin's Goliath
1996
Richard III
1995
The Pen
1995
The Turnaround
1995
The Riddle of the Sands
1995
Hard Times
1994
Wall of Silence
1993
God on the Rocks
1992
In Dreams
1992
Chaplin
1992
Tell Tale Hearts
1992
Truly Madly Deeply
1991
The Object of Beauty
1991
Yellowbacks
1990
The Witches
1990
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989
The Rachel Papers
1989
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
1988
Just Ask for Diamond
1988
Byrne About Byrne
1988
The Interrogation of John
1987
Friendship's Death
1987
Lily My Love
1987
Hidden City
1987
Coming Up Roses
1987
God's Chosen Car Park
1986
Defence of the Realm
1986
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985
Dutch Girls
1985
The Killing Fields
1984
A Private Function
1984
Comfort and Joy
1984
The Ploughman's Lunch
1983
United Kingdom
1981
The Cherry Orchard
1981
One Fine Day
1979
The Vanishing Army
1978
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
1978
The Odd Job
1978
Licking Hitler
1978
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977
The Garden Beyond
1977
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974
Clydescope
1974
Suilven Spring
1974
Passing Places
1973