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Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson

Birthday: 1945-06-03 | Place of Birth: 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

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
2025
Being Stanley Baxter

as    Self

2024
Arthur's Whisky

as    Henry

2024
2024
A Bear Named Wojtek

as    Zoo Director (voice)

2022
The Spirit of 1926

as    Family Lawyer

2021
The Colour Room

as    Gordon Forsythe

2021
Britain’s Scenic Railways

as    Narrator

2020
Rebecca

as    Dr. Baker

2020
Marionette

as    Dr. Mandelbaum

2020
Love Sarah

as    Felix

2019
The Day Mountbatten Died

as    Narrator (voice)

2018
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

as    Gordon Burstead

2018
Wonderdate

as    Kolodon

2017
The Repair Shop

as    Self - Narrator

2016
The Rebel

as    Charles

2016
Fleabag

as    Dad

2016
Churchill's Secret

as    Lord Moran

2013
The List

as    Reg Troughton

2012
Them From That Thing

as    Various

2011
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me

as    Judge Underwood

2011
The Man who Crossed Hitler

as    Kurt Ohnesorge

2011
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema

as    Narrator (Voice)