Bill Paterson
Acting
1945-06-03 · 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
Filmography
Ladies First
2026 · Movie
Being Stanley Baxter
2025 · Movie
The House Was Not Hungry Then
2025 · Movie
The Repair Shop on the Road
2025 · Series
Arthur's Whisky
2024 · Movie
Children of the Wicker Man
2024 · Movie
A Bear Named Wojtek
2023 · Movie
The Spirit of 1926
2022 · Movie
House of the Dragon
2022 · Series
The Sandman
2022 · Series
Halo
2022 · Series
The Colour Room
2021 · Movie
Britain’s Scenic Railways
2021 · Series
Rebecca
2020 · Movie
Between the Covers
2020 · Series
Marionette
2020 · Movie
Love Sarah
2020 · Movie
Guilt
2019 · Series
Brassic
2019 · Series
The Day Mountbatten Died
2019 · Movie
Good Omens
2019 · Series
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018 · Movie
Wonderdate
2018 · Movie
Zanzibar
2018 · Movie
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017 · Movie
The Repair Shop
2017 · Series
Urban Myths
2017 · Series
Fleabag
2016 · Series
The Rebel
2016 · Series
Churchill's Secret
2016 · Movie
Dad's Army
2016 · Movie
High-Rise
2015 · Movie
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
2015 · Movie
The Vote
2015 · Movie
Scot Squad
2014 · Series
Outlander
2014 · Series
37 Days
2014 · Series
Documenting John Grierson
2014 · Movie
Inside No. 9
2014 · Series
The List
2013 · Movie
Shetland
2013 · Series
Them From That Thing
2012 · Series
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
2012 · Movie
Dirk Gently
2012 · Series
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
2011 · Movie
The Man who Crossed Hitler
2011 · Movie
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
2011 · Movie
Birds Britannia
2010 · Series
The Michael Ball Show
2010 · Series
Ghosts in the Machine
2009 · Movie
Creation
2009 · Movie
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009 · Movie
Into the Storm
2009 · Movie
Law & Order: UK
2009 · Series
1929: The Great Crash
2009 · Movie
Gone Fishing
2008 · Movie
Little Dorrit
2008 · Series
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 · Movie
Criminal Justice
2008 · Series
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008 · Movie
The Man Who Lives with Bears
2008 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007 · Series
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007 · Movie
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007 · Movie
Intervention
2007 · Movie
Miss Potter
2006 · Movie
Amazing Grace
2006 · Movie
The One Show
2006 · Series
A War on Science
2006 · Movie
Fascism in Colour
2006 · Movie
A Passion for Churches
2005 · Series
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005 · Series
Rag Tale
2005 · Movie
Doctor Who
2005 · Series
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Series
Lie with Me
2004 · Series
Shoebox Zoo
2004 · Series
Sea of Souls
2004 · Series
Bright Young Things
2003 · Movie
Canterbury Tales
2003 · Series
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
2003 · Movie
Trust
2003 · Series
Doctor Zhivago
2002 · Series
Foyle's War
2002 · Series
Battle of the Atlantic
2002 · Series
Crush
2002 · Movie
Home Road Movies
2002 · Movie
Born and Bred
2002 · Series
The Entity
2002 · Movie
Othello
2001 · Movie
The Whistle-Blower
2001 · Movie
Behind Bars
2001 · Movie
Rebel Heart
2001 · Series
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
2000 · Series
Complicity
2000 · Movie
Chrono-Perambulator
1999 · Movie
Wives and Daughters
1999 · Series
Sunshine
1999 · Movie
The Match
1999 · Movie
Heart
1999 · Movie
Hilary and Jackie
1998 · Movie
The Animal Train
1998 · Movie
Mr White Goes To Westminster
1997 · Movie
Spice World
1997 · Movie
Arthouse
1997 · Series
Melissa
1997 · Series
Victory
1996 · Movie
The Crow Road
1996 · Series
The Writing on the Wall
1996 · Movie
Chaplin's Goliath
1996 · Movie
Richard III
1995 · Movie
The Ghostbusters of East Finchley
1995 · Series
The Pen
1995 · Movie
Oliver's Travels
1995 · Series
Sharman
1995 · Series
The Turnaround
1995 · Movie
The Riddle of the Sands
1995 · Movie
Junior Masterchef
1994 · Series
Hard Times
1994 · Series
Hard Times
1994 · Movie
Wall of Silence
1993 · Movie
God on the Rocks
1992 · Movie
In Dreams
1992 · Movie
Chaplin
1992 · Movie
Tell Tale Hearts
1992 · Movie
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · Series
Truly Madly Deeply
1991 · Movie
The Object of Beauty
1991 · Movie
Shrinks
1991 · Series
Yellowbacks
1990 · Movie
The Witches
1990 · Movie
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989 · Movie
Screen One
1989 · Series
Traffik
1989 · Series
The Rachel Papers
1989 · Movie
The Return of the Musketeers
1989 · Movie
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988 · Movie
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
1988 · Movie
Just Ask for Diamond
1988 · Movie
Byrne About Byrne
1988 · Movie
The Play on One
1988 · Series
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988 · Series
The Story of a Recluse
1987 · Movie
The Interrogation of John
1987 · Movie
Friendship's Death
1987 · Movie
Lily My Love
1987 · Movie
Hidden City
1987 · Movie
Coming Up Roses
1987 · Movie
God's Chosen Car Park
1986 · Movie
The Singing Detective
1986 · Series
ScreenPlay
1986 · Series
Defence of the Realm
1986 · Movie
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985 · Movie
Dutch Girls
1985 · Movie
The Killing Fields
1984 · Movie
A Private Function
1984 · Movie
Comfort and Joy
1984 · Movie
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983 · Series
The Ploughman's Lunch
1983 · Movie
Smiley's People
1982 · Series
United Kingdom
1981 · Movie
The Cherry Orchard
1981 · Movie
One Fine Day
1979 · Movie
The Vanishing Army
1978 · Movie
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
1978 · Movie
The Odd Job
1978 · Movie
Licking Hitler
1978 · Movie
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977 · Movie
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Series
The Garden Beyond
1977 · Movie
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974 · Movie
Suilven Spring
1974 · Movie
Clydescope
1974 · Movie
Passing Places
1973 · Movie
Play for Today
1970 · Series
Omnibus
1967 · Series
Horizon
1964 · Series
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Series
Tomb Raider
Series
The White Room
Movie