Bill Paterson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1945-06-03 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Bill Paterson
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
Known For
Acting
The White Room
as Jackie Jordan
(2025)
The House Was Not Hungry Then
as Father
(2024)
Children of the Wicker Man
as Self
(2024)
Arthur's Whisky
as Henry
(2024)
A Bear Named Wojtek
as Zoo Director (voice)
(2022)
The Spirit of 1926
as Family Lawyer
(2021)
The Colour Room
as Gordon Forsythe
(2020)
Rebecca
as Dr. Baker
(2020)
Marionette
as Dr. Mandelbaum
(2020)
Love Sarah
as Felix
(2019)
The Day Mountbatten Died
as Narrator (voice)
(2018)
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Gordon Burstead
(2018)
Wonderdate
as Kolodon
(2017)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Mr. Grimsby
(2016)
Dad's Army
as Private Frazer
(2016)
Churchill's Secret
as Lord Moran
(2015)
High-Rise
as Mercer
(2015)
The Vote
as Simon Featherstone
(2014)
Documenting John Grierson
as Narrator
(2013)
The List
as Reg Troughton
(2012)
(2011)
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
as Judge Underwood
(2011)
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
as Narrator (Voice)
(2011)
The Man who Crossed Hitler
as Kurt Ohnesorge
(2009)
Creation
as Dr. Gully
(2009)
Into the Storm
as Clement Attlee
(2009)
Ghosts in the Machine
as Himself
(2009)
1929: The Great Crash
as Narrator
(2009)
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
as Dr James Niven
(2008)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Richard Young
(2008)
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
as Self - 'Henry Salt'
(2008)
The Man Who Lives with Bears
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2007)
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
as Dr Watson
(2007)
Intervention
as Dr. Martin
(2007)
(2006)
Amazing Grace
as Lord Dundas
(2006)
Miss Potter
as Rupert Potter
(2006)
Fascism in Colour
as Narrator (voice)
(2006)
A War on Science
as Narrator (voice)
(2005)
Rag Tale
as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
(2004)
Lie with Me
as DCI Collman
(2003)
Bright Young Things
as Sir James Brown
(2003)
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
as DI Nick Biddiss
(2002)
Crush
as Gerald
(2002)
(2002)
Home Road Movies
as Father
(2001)
The Whistle-Blower
as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
(2001)
Othello
as Sinclair Carver
(2001)
Behind Bars
as Narrator
(2000)
Complicity
as Wallace Byatt
(1999)
Heart
as Mr. Kreitman
(1999)
Sunshine
as Minister of Justice
(1999)
Chrono-Perambulator
as Professor Teddy Knox
(1999)
The Match
as Tommy
(1998)
Hilary and Jackie
as Cello Teacher
(1998)
The Animal Train
as Walrus
(1997)
Mr White Goes To Westminster
as Ben White
(1997)
Spice World
as Brian
(1996)
Victory
as Capt. Davidson
(1996)
Chaplin's Goliath
as Narrator (voice)
(1996)
The Writing on the Wall
as Bull
(1995)
Richard III
as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
(1995)
(1995)
The Turnaround
as James Webb
(1995)
The Riddle of the Sands
as Narrator
(1994)
Hard Times
as Stephen Blackpool
(1993)
Wall of Silence
as Howard Mullen
(1992)
Chaplin
as Stage Manager
(1992)
God on the Rocks
as Kenneth Marsh
(1992)
In Dreams
as Dr Gold
(1992)
Tell Tale Hearts
as Anthony Steadman
(1991)
The Object of Beauty
as Victor Swayle
(1991)
Truly Madly Deeply
as Sandy
(1990)
The Witches
as Mr Jenkins
(1990)
Yellowbacks
as Alex McPherson
(1989)
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
as Jordan
(1989)
The Return of the Musketeers
as Charles I
(1989)
The Rachel Papers
as Gordon Highway
(1988)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Henry Salt
(1988)
Just Ask for Diamond
as Chief Inspector Snape
(1988)
Byrne About Byrne
as Father/F.S. McDade
(1988)
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
as Titorelli
(1987)
The Interrogation of John
as Det. Supt. Chase
(1987)
Hidden City
as Anthony
(1987)
Coming Up Roses
as Mr. Valentine
(1987)
Friendship's Death
as Sullivan
(1987)
Lily My Love
as Colin
(1986)
Defence of the Realm
as Jack Macleod
(1986)
God's Chosen Car Park
as Victor Rosen
(1985)
(1985)
Dutch Girls
as Mr Mole
(1984)
Comfort and Joy
as Alan
(1984)
The Killing Fields
as Dr. MacEntire
(1984)
A Private Function
as Wormold
(1983)
The Ploughman's Lunch
as Lecturer
(1981)
The Cherry Orchard
as Lopakhin
(1981)
United Kingdom
as Tony
(1979)
One Fine Day
as Third Man in Lift
(1978)
The Odd Job
as Sergeant Mull
(1978)
Licking Hitler
as Archie MacLean
(1978)
The Vanishing Army
as Girling
(1978)
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
as Bus Conductor
(1977)
The Thin End of the Wedge
as Luke
(1977)
The Garden Beyond
as Jim Finlayson
(1974)
Clydescope
as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
(1974)