Paul Young

Known for ActingBorn 1944-07-03 (age 81)Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Scottish actor and presenter. Born in Edinburgh on 3rd July 1944 to an actor father, Paul made his debut as a child actor in the 1955 movie Geordie. In 1965, Paul became an off shore pirate radio DJ and and was the first voice heard when Radio Scotland launched, and presented the popular Ceilidh programme of traditional Scottish music. Returning to acting later in the decade, Paul has gone on to appear in numerous plays, films and television dramas. A keen angler, he has presented fishing programmes on Scottish television for many years. The first was Hooked on Scotland for the BBC. This was followed by Hooked on Scottish for ITV and more recently Hooked for the satellite and cable channel Discovery Home and Leisure.Read more

Movies & web series

Still Game: The Story So Far

Still Game: Live in Glasgow

Still Game

Agatha Christie's Poirot

My Fragile Heart

The Tales of Para Handy

Natural World

Wee Three

The Last Salute

Madame Sin

The Crow Road

City Lights

Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

A Knight in Tarnished Armour

I, Lovett

Margaret's Museum

Geordie

Taggart

Chato's Land

No Job for a Lady

Lorna Doone

Death Watch

Submarine X-1

S.O.S. Titanic

Complicity

One Last Chance

My Life So Far

Regeneration

A Change of Seasons

This Morning

The Girl in the Picture

Let's Be Happy

Another Time, Another Place

Seychelles: Jewels of a Lost Continent

Ashes

Leaving

Facts of Life

Brigadista

Something's Got to Give

Six Fifty-Five Special

Ploughman's Share

Charades

Willie Rough

The Bevellers

One Day in Irvine