Bill Paterson

Known for ActingBorn 1945-06-03 (age 81)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 DramaRead more

Movies & web series

The Day Mountbatten Died

Chrono-Perambulator

Born and Bred

Swallow

House of the Dragon

The Vote

Danielle Cable: Eyewitness

Brassic

Fleabag

In Dreams

Halo

Outlander

Inside No. 9

A Bear Named Wojtek

Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale

Good Omens

Gone Fishing

A War on Science

Sea of Souls

The Entity

The Sandman

Little Dorrit

Foyle's War

Wall of Silence

Tell Tale Hearts

Yellowbacks

Agatha Christie's Marple

The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

The Whistle-Blower

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

Shoebox Zoo

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Criminal Justice

Doctor Who

37 Days

Shetland

Fascism in Colour

Smiley's People

Traffik

Urban Myths

ShakespeaRe-Told

Battle of the Atlantic

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

The Rebel

The Killing Fields

The Singing Detective

Chaplin