Acting credits
154
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Bill Paterson
Acting
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Movies: 98Series: 56
TMDB ID: 104795
IMDb ID: nm0665473
Known for: Acting
Born: June 3, 1945
Age: 80
Place of birth: Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 2025
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 6.87
Wikidata: Q862358
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
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Bill Paterson.
Being Stanley Baxter
as Self
2025 Movie
3.8
The House Was Not Hungry Then
as Father
2025 Movie
5.5
Arthur's Whisky
as Henry
2024 Movie
Children of the Wicker Man
as Self
2024 Movie
8.0
A Bear Named Wojtek
as Zoo Director (voice)
2024 Movie
The Spirit of 1926
as Family Lawyer
2022 Movie
6.2
The Colour Room
as Gordon Forsythe
2021 Movie
6.3
Rebecca
as Dr. Baker
2020 Movie
6.3
Marionette
as Dr. Mandelbaum
2020 Movie
6.2
Love Sarah
as Felix
2020 Movie
10.0
The Day Mountbatten Died
as Narrator (voice)
2019 Movie
6.4
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Gordon Burstead
2018 Movie
6.0
Wonderdate
as Kolodon
2018 Movie
6.9
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Mr. Grimsby
2017 Movie
6.3
Churchill's Secret
as Lord Moran
2016 Movie
5.0
Dad's Army
as Private Frazer
2016 Movie
5.6
High-Rise
as Mercer
2015 Movie
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
2015 Movie
8.4
The Vote
as Simon Featherstone
2015 Movie
4.3
The List
as Reg Troughton
2013 Movie
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
as Narrator
2012 Movie
5.5
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
as Judge Underwood
2011 Movie
6.5
The Man who Crossed Hitler
as Kurt Ohnesorge
2011 Movie
6.4
Creation
as Dr. Gully
2009 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Bill Paterson.
8.3
House of the Dragon
as Lord Lyman Beesbury • 8 eps
2022 Series
7.9
The Sandman
as Dr. John Hathaway • 1 eps
2022 Series
8.2
Halo
as Ackerson's Dad • 1 eps
2022 Series
Britain’s Scenic Railways
as Narrator • 4 eps
2021 Series
5.5
Between the Covers
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.6
Guilt
as Roy Lynch • 2 eps
2019 Series
8.4
Brassic
as Tony Tillerton • 2 eps
2019 Series
8.0
Good Omens
as Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch • 3 eps
2019 Series
7.0
The Repair Shop
as Self - Narrator • 24 eps
2017 Series
7.4
Urban Myths
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • 1 eps
2017 Series
8.3
Fleabag
as Dad • 9 eps
2016 Series
7.2
The Rebel
as Charles • 9 eps
2016 Series
7.0
Scot Squad
as Sir Neville Archibald • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.2
Outlander
as Ned Gowan • 8 eps
2014 Series
7.4
37 Days
as Lord Morley • 3 eps
2014 Series
8.1
Inside No. 9
as Mr. Green • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.5
Shetland
as James Perez • 2 eps
2013 Series
Them From That Thing
as Various • 2 eps
2012 Series
7.0
Dirk Gently
as Professor Jericho • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.0
Law & Order: UK
as George Castle • 26 eps
2009 Series
7.8
Little Dorrit
as Mr. Meagles • 14 eps
2008 Series
7.6
Criminal Justice
as Harry Box • 5 eps
2008 Series
4.4
The One Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2006 Series
A Passion for Churches
as Narrator • 12 eps
2005 Series