Bill Paterson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

168

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

  • Outlander

    Outlander

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • House of the Dragon

    House of the Dragon

  • Horizon

    Horizon

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Halo

    Halo

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • The Sandman

    The Sandman

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Shetland

    Shetland

  • Brassic

    Brassic

  • Good Omens

    Good Omens

  • Foyle's War

    Foyle's War

  • Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

  • Law & Order: UK

    Law & Order: UK

  • The Repair Shop

    The Repair Shop

  • The Repair Shop

    The Repair Shop

  • The Witches

    The Witches

  • Fleabag

    Fleabag

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • Murder Most Horrid

    Murder Most Horrid

  • Amazing Grace

    Amazing Grace

  • Rebecca

    Rebecca

  • Arthur's Whisky

    Arthur's Whisky

  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

  • The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

  • Urban Myths

    Urban Myths

  • Between the Covers

    Between the Covers

  • Shoebox Zoo

    Shoebox Zoo

  • Defence of the Realm

    Defence of the Realm

  • Bright Young Things

    Bright Young Things

  • The Garden Beyond

    The Garden Beyond

  • Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

  • Born and Bred

    Born and Bred

  • The Object of Beauty

    The Object of Beauty

  • The Whistle-Blower

    The Whistle-Blower

  • The Man Who Invented Christmas

    The Man Who Invented Christmas

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

    Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

  • Dad's Army

    Dad's Army

  • Just Ask for Diamond

    Just Ask for Diamond

  • Children of the Wicker Man

    Children of the Wicker Man

  • Mr White Goes To Westminster

    Mr White Goes To Westminster

  • Chaplin

    Chaplin

  • Guilt

    Guilt

  • Truly Madly Deeply

    Truly Madly Deeply

  • The Thin End of the Wedge

    The Thin End of the Wedge

  • Byrne About Byrne

    Byrne About Byrne

  • The Interrogation of John

    The Interrogation of John

  • The Play on One

    The Play on One

  • The Michael Ball Show

    The Michael Ball Show

  • Heart

    Heart

  • Documenting John Grierson

    Documenting John Grierson

  • Sea of Souls

    Sea of Souls

  • The Ploughman's Lunch

    The Ploughman's Lunch

  • Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

    Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

  • Clydescope

    Clydescope

  • Sunshine

    Sunshine

  • The Killing Fields

    The Killing Fields

  • Doctor Zhivago

    Doctor Zhivago

  • Scot Squad

    Scot Squad

  • Wall of Silence

    Wall of Silence

  • Wives and Daughters

    Wives and Daughters

  • Smiley's People

    Smiley's People

  • Criminal Justice

    Criminal Justice

  • Hard Times

    Hard Times

  • Creation

    Creation

  • The Singing Detective

    The Singing Detective

  • ShakespeaRe-Told

    ShakespeaRe-Told

  • Intervention

    Intervention

  • The Pen

    The Pen

  • Into the Storm

    Into the Storm

  • Comfort and Joy

    Comfort and Joy

  • Victory

    Victory

  • How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

  • Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

    Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

  • Miss Potter

    Miss Potter

  • Coming Up Roses

    Coming Up Roses

  • A Bear Named Wojtek

    A Bear Named Wojtek

  • The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

  • Junior Masterchef

    Junior Masterchef

  • God's Chosen Car Park

    God's Chosen Car Park

  • Richard III

    Richard III

  • Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me

    Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me

  • Hilary and Jackie

    Hilary and Jackie

  • Marionette

    Marionette

  • The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema

    The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema

  • Hidden City

    Hidden City

  • Crush

    Crush

  • A Private Function

    A Private Function

  • High-Rise

    High-Rise

  • Melissa

    Melissa

  • Churchill's Secret

    Churchill's Secret

  • Canterbury Tales

    Canterbury Tales

  • Sharman

    Sharman

  • The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

    The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

  • Life of Shakespeare

    Life of Shakespeare

  • God on the Rocks

    God on the Rocks

  • The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne

    The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne

  • Oliver's Travels

    Oliver's Travels

  • Rebel Heart

    Rebel Heart

  • The Vote

    The Vote

  • Arthouse

    Arthouse

  • One Fine Day

    One Fine Day

  • Danielle Cable: Eyewitness

    Danielle Cable: Eyewitness

  • 37 Days

    37 Days

  • Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

    Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

  • Will Shakespeare

    Will Shakespeare

  • Them From That Thing

    Them From That Thing

  • Dirk Gently

    Dirk Gently

  • Traffik

    Traffik

  • The Crow Road

    The Crow Road

  • United Kingdom

    United Kingdom

  • The Colour Room

    The Colour Room

  • Ghostbusters of East Finchley

    Ghostbusters of East Finchley

  • Hard Times

    Hard Times

  • The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

    The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

  • Othello

    Othello

  • Rag Tale

    Rag Tale

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • Spice World

    Spice World

  • The Man who Crossed Hitler

    The Man who Crossed Hitler

  • The Rachel Papers

    The Rachel Papers

  • Dutch Girls

    Dutch Girls

  • Chaplin's Goliath

    Chaplin's Goliath

  • The House Was Not Hungry Then

    The House Was Not Hungry Then

  • The Writing on the Wall

    The Writing on the Wall

  • The List

    The List

  • Lie with Me

    Lie with Me

  • The Return of the Musketeers

    The Return of the Musketeers

  • Wonderdate

    Wonderdate

  • Chrono-Perambulator

    Chrono-Perambulator

  • Love Sarah

    Love Sarah

  • The Match

    The Match

  • The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

  • Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'

    Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'

  • Yellowbacks

    Yellowbacks

  • The Spirit of 1926

    The Spirit of 1926

  • Fascism in Colour

    Fascism in Colour

  • Battle of the Atlantic

    Battle of the Atlantic

  • A Wanted Man

    A Wanted Man

  • Britain’s Scenic Railways

    Britain’s Scenic Railways

  • Complicity

    Complicity

  • Licking Hitler

    Licking Hitler

  • A Passion for Churches

    A Passion for Churches

  • Friendship's Death

    Friendship's Death

  • Birds Britannia

    Birds Britannia

  • Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

    Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

  • Ghosts in the Machine

    Ghosts in the Machine

  • The Day Mountbatten Died

    The Day Mountbatten Died

  • The Odd Job

    The Odd Job

  • 1929: The Great Crash

    1929: The Great Crash

  • A War on Science

    A War on Science

  • Home Road Movies

    Home Road Movies

  • The White Room

    The White Room

  • The Animal Train

    The Animal Train

  • Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games

    Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games

  • Jackie McCafferty's Romance

    Jackie McCafferty's Romance

  • The Vanishing Army

    The Vanishing Army

  • Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale

    Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale

  • In Dreams

    In Dreams

  • The Entity

    The Entity

  • The Turnaround

    The Turnaround

  • Behind Bars

    Behind Bars

  • Lily My Love

    Lily My Love

  • The Man Who Lives with Bears

    The Man Who Lives with Bears

  • Tell Tale Hearts

    Tell Tale Hearts

  • The Riddle of the Sands

    The Riddle of the Sands

  • Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story

    Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story