10.0
10.0
A Bear Named Wojtek
2024
as Zoo Director (voice)
Bill Paterson
Acting
Born:June 3, 1945(age 81)
Birthplace:Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
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CommunityBiography
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 (108 movies)
10.0
10.0
The Day Mountbatten Died
2019
as Narrator (voice)
9.0
9.0
A War on Science
2006
as Narrator (voice)
8.4
8.4
The Vote
2015
as Simon Featherstone
8.0
8.0
Wonderdate
2018
as Kolodon
8.0
8.0
The Entity
2002
8.0
8.0
The Whistle-Blower
2001
as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
8.0
8.0
Gone Fishing
2008
as Old Bill
7.8
7.8
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008
as Self - 'Henry Salt'
7.5
7.5
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989
as Jordan
7.5
7.5
The Killing Fields
1984
as Dr. MacEntire
7.5
7.5
Fascism in Colour
2006
as Narrator (voice)
7.4
7.4
Chaplin
1992
as Stage Manager
7.3
7.3
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009
as Dr James Niven
7.2
7.2
1929: The Great Crash
2009
as Narrator
7.0
7.0
In Dreams
1992
as Dr Gold
7.0
7.0
Yellowbacks
1990
as Alex McPherson
7.0
7.0
Clydescope
1974
as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
The Animal Train
1998
as Walrus
7.0
7.0
Hard Times
1994
as Stephen Blackpool
7.0
7.0
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
as Henry Salt
6.9
6.9
The Witches
1990
as Mr Jenkins
6.9
6.9
Truly Madly Deeply
1991
as Sandy
6.9
6.9
Amazing Grace
2006
as Lord Dundas
6.8
6.8
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
as Mr. Grimsby
6.8
6.8
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007
as Dr Watson
6.8
6.8
Friendship's Death
1987
as Sullivan
6.7
6.7
Richard III
1995
as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
6.6
6.6
Miss Potter
2006
as Rupert Potter
6.6
6.6
Coming Up Roses
1987
as Mr. Valentine
6.6
6.6
Othello
2001
as Sinclair Carver
6.5
6.5
Comfort and Joy
1984
as Alan
6.5
6.5
The Man who Crossed Hitler
2011
as Kurt Ohnesorge
6.5
6.5
Chaplin's Goliath
1996
as Narrator (voice)
6.5
6.5
Hilary and Jackie
1998
as Cello Teacher
6.5
6.5
Sunshine
1999
as Minister of Justice
6.4
6.4
Creation
2009
as Dr. Gully
6.4
6.4
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018
as Gordon Burstead
6.4
6.4
Defence of the Realm
1986
as Jack Macleod
6.4
6.4
A Private Function
1984
as Wormold
6.3
6.3
Marionette
2020
as Dr. Mandelbaum
6.3
6.3
Into the Storm
2009
as Clement Attlee
6.3
6.3
Churchill's Secret
2016
as Lord Moran
6.3
6.3
Rebecca
2020
as Dr. Baker
6.2
6.2
Bright Young Things
2003
as Sir James Brown
6.2
6.2
Love Sarah
2020
as Felix
6.2
6.2
Home Road Movies
2002
as Father
6.2
6.2
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
as Charles I
6.2
6.2
The Colour Room
2021
as Gordon Forsythe
6.0
6.0
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as Richard Young
6.0
6.0
Ladies First
2026
as Louis
5.8
5.8
The Match
1999
as Tommy
5.7
5.7
The Odd Job
1978
as Sergeant Mull
5.6
5.6
Complicity
2000
as Wallace Byatt
5.6
5.6
High-Rise
2015
as Mercer
5.6
5.6
Crush
2002
as Gerald
5.5
5.5
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
2011
as Judge Underwood
5.5
5.5
Arthur's Whisky
2024
as Henry
5.3
5.3
The Object of Beauty
1991
as Victor Swayle
5.2
5.2
Heart
1999
as Mr. Kreitman
5.1
5.1
Hidden City
1987
as Anthony
5.0
5.0
Dad's Army
2016
as Private Frazer
5.0
5.0
The Rachel Papers
1989
as Gordon Highway
4.9
4.9
Spice World
1997
as Brian
4.8
4.8
Victory
1996
as Capt. Davidson
4.8
4.8
The Ploughman's Lunch
1983
as Lecturer
4.5
4.5
One Fine Day
1979
as Third Man in Lift
4.5
4.5
Lie with Me
2004
as DCI Collman
4.3
4.3
The List
2013
as Reg Troughton
4.3
4.3
Just Ask for Diamond
1988
as Chief Inspector Snape
4.0
4.0
The Turnaround
1995
as James Webb
3.8
3.8
The House Was Not Hungry Then
2025
as Father
3.6
3.6
Dutch Girls
1985
as Mr Mole
3.0
3.0
Rag Tale
2005
as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
2.3
2.3
The Writing on the Wall
1996
as Bull
2.0
2.0
Mr White Goes To Westminster
1997
as Ben White
1.0
1.0
Intervention
2007
as Dr. Martin
Wall of Silence
1993
as Howard Mullen
The Man Who Lives with Bears
2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The White Room
TBA
as Jackie Jordan
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977
as Luke
Behind Bars
2001
as Narrator
Ghosts in the Machine
2009
as Himself
Licking Hitler
1978
as Archie MacLean
Lily My Love
1987
as Colin
The Interrogation of John
1987
as Det. Supt. Chase
God's Chosen Car Park
1986
as Victor Rosen
The Spirit of 1926
2022
as Family Lawyer
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985
as Self
Byrne About Byrne
1988
as Father/F.S. McDade
Children of the Wicker Man
2024
as Self
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
2012
as Narrator
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
1978
as Bus Conductor
The Pen
1995
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
2011
as Narrator (Voice)
The Riddle of the Sands
1995
as Narrator
Chrono-Perambulator
1999
as Professor Teddy Knox
God on the Rocks
1992
as Kenneth Marsh
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974
as Various
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
2003
as DI Nick Biddiss
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
1988
as Titorelli
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
2015
The Garden Beyond
1977
as Jim Finlayson
United Kingdom
1981
as Tony
Documenting John Grierson
2014
as Narrator
The Vanishing Army
1978
as Girling
The Cherry Orchard
1981
as Lopakhin
Tell Tale Hearts
1992
as Anthony Steadman
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