Bill Paterson
Acting
Born 1945-06-03
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
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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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Filmography
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House of the Dragon
Doctor Who
Outlander
Play for Today
The One Show
Agatha Christie's Marple
Halo
Shetland
Good Omens
Foyle's War
Horizon
The Sandman
Inside No. 9
Omnibus
The Repair Shop
Brassic
Fleabag
Law & Order: UK
BBC2 Play of the Week
Ladies First
The Play on One
Murder Most Horrid
ScreenPlay
Born and Bred
The Witches
Screen One
Urban Myths
Guilt
Miss Potter
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
High-Rise
Shoebox Zoo
Wives and Daughters
Love Sarah
Chaplin
Between the Covers
Little Dorrit
The Killing Fields
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Criminal Justice
Spice World
Canterbury Tales
Smiley's People
Doctor Zhivago
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Rebecca
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
The Singing Detective
The Michael Ball Show
Melissa
Richard III
Dad's Army
Scot Squad
Sea of Souls
ShakespeaRe-Told
The Ghostbusters of East Finchley
Junior Masterchef
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Traffik
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