
Bill Paterson
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 ForActing
- Born3 June 1945 (age 80)
- Place of BirthGlasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Bill Paterson

- Known ForActing
- Born3 June 1945 (age 80)
- Place of BirthGlasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

The House Was Not Hungry Then
2025

Arthur's Whisky
2024

A Bear Named Wojtek
2024

Children of the Wicker Man
2024

The Spirit of 1926
2022

The Colour Room
2021

Marionette
2020

Love Sarah
2020

Rebecca
2020

The Day Mountbatten Died
2019

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018

Wonderdate
2018

Zanzibar
2018

The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017

Dad's Army
2016

Churchill's Secret
2016

The Vote
2015

High-Rise
2015
Documenting John Grierson
2014

The List
2013

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

The Man who Crossed Hitler
2011
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
2011
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
2011
Ghosts in the Machine
2009

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009

Creation
2009

1929: The Great Crash
2009

Into the Storm
2009

The Man Who Lives with Bears
2008

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008

The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007

Intervention
2007

Miss Potter
2006

Amazing Grace
2006

A War on Science
2006

Fascism in Colour
2006

Rag Tale
2005

Lie with Me
2004

Bright Young Things
2003

Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
2003

Crush
2002

The Entity
2002
Home Road Movies
2002

Othello
2001

The Whistle-Blower
2001

Behind Bars
2001

Complicity
2000

Sunshine
1999

The Match
1999

Heart
1999
Chrono-Perambulator
1999

Hilary and Jackie
1998

Mr White Goes To Westminster
1997

Spice World
1997

Victory
1996

The Writing on the Wall
1996

Chaplin's Goliath
1996

The Riddle of the Sands
1995

Richard III
1995

The Turnaround
1995
The Pen
1995

Hard Times
1994

Wall of Silence
1993

Chaplin
1992
In Dreams
1992
Tell Tale Hearts
1992

God on the Rocks
1992

Truly Madly Deeply
1991

The Object of Beauty
1991

The Witches
1990

Yellowbacks
1990

The Return of the Musketeers
1989

Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989

The Rachel Papers
1989

Byrne About Byrne
1988

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988

Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
1988

Just Ask for Diamond
1988

Friendship's Death
1987

Coming Up Roses
1987

The Interrogation of John
1987

Lily My Love
1987

Hidden City
1987

Defence of the Realm
1986
God's Chosen Car Park
1986

Dutch Girls
1985

Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985

Comfort and Joy
1984

The Killing Fields
1984

A Private Function
1984

The Ploughman's Lunch
1983

The Cherry Orchard
1981

United Kingdom
1981

One Fine Day
1979

Licking Hitler
1978

Jackie McCafferty's Romance
1978

The Odd Job
1978

The Vanishing Army
1978
The Garden Beyond
1977

The Thin End of the Wedge
1977

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974
