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Bill Paterson

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1945-06-03 (79 years old)

Biography

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

Filmography

all 177

Movies 109

TV Shows 68

self 21

Narrator 7

Voice 7

Director 1

Father

Bill Paterson

Biography

Filmography

all 177

Movies 109

TV Shows 68

self 21

Narrator 7

Voice 7

Director 1

The House Was Not Hungry Then (2025)

Arthur's Whisky (2024)

Children of the Wicker Man (2024)

A Bear Named Wojtek (2024)

The Spirit of 1926 (2022)

House of the Dragon (2022)

The Sandman (2022)

Halo (2022)

Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland (2021)

The Colour Room (2021)

Britain’s Scenic Railways (2021)

Kew Gardens: A Year in Bloom (2021)

Rebecca (2020)

Between the Covers (2020)

Marionette (2020)

Love Sarah (2020)

Guilt (2019)

Brassic (2019)

The Day Mountbatten Died (2019)

Good Omens (2019)

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)

Wonderdate (2018)

Zanzibar (2018)

The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

The Repair Shop (2017)

The Farmers' Country Showdown (2017)

Urban Myths (2017)

Fleabag (2016)

The Rebel (2016)

Churchill's Secret (2016)

Dad's Army (2016)

High-Rise (2015)

The Vote (2015)

Scot Squad (2014)

Outlander (2014)

37 Days (2014)

Documenting John Grierson (2014)

Inside No. 9 (2014)

The List (2013)

Shetland (2013)

Them From That Thing (2012)

Dark Secrets of the Lusitania (2012)

Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games (2012)

Dirk Gently (2012)

Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me (2011)

The Man who Crossed Hitler (2011)

The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema (2011)

Birds Britannia (2010)

The Michael Ball Show (2010)

Ghosts in the Machine (2009)

Creation (2009)

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (2009)

Into the Storm (2009)

Heston's Feasts (2009)

Law & Order: UK (2009)

1929: The Great Crash (2009)

Little Dorrit (2008)

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)

Criminal Justice (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)

The One Show (2006)

A War on Science (2006)

Fascism in Colour (2006)

A ion for Churches (2005)