Birthday:
Jun 03, 1945
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Bill Paterson
Bill Paterson (born 3 June 1945) is a Scottish stage, film and television actor.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007 |
| The Witches | Mr Jenkins | 1990 |
| Comfort and Joy | Alan | 1984 |
| Complicity | Wallace Byatt | 2000 |
| Dutch Girls | Mr Mole | 1985 |
| Miss Potter | Rupert Potter | 2006 |
| Defence of the Realm | Jack Macleod | 1986 |
| The Return of the Musketeers | Charles I | 1989 |
| Amazing Grace | Lord Dundas | 2006 |
| Ghosts in the Machine | Himself | 2009 |
| The Riddle of the Sands | Narrator | 1995 |
| Victory | Capt. Davidson | 1996 |
| The Man Who Lives with Bears | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2008 |
| Hilary and Jackie | Cello Teacher | 1998 |
| Yellowbacks | Alex McPherson | 1990 |
| Documenting John Grierson | Narrator | 2014 |
| Arthur's Whisky | Henry | 2024 |
| The Man who Crossed Hitler | Kurt Ohnesorge | 2011 |
| The Colour Room | Gordon Forsythe | 2021 |
| Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen | Dr James Niven | 2009 |
| The List | Reg Troughton | 2013 |
| Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me | Judge Underwood | 2011 |
| Friendship's Death | Sullivan | 1987 |
| Creation | Dr. Gully | 2009 |
| A Bear Named Wojtek | Zoo Director (voice) | 2024 |
| Coming Up Roses | Mr. Valentine | 1987 |
| The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil | Various | 1974 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars | Dr Watson | 2007 |
| The Writing on the Wall | Bull | 1996 |
| Hard Times | Stephen Blackpool | 1994 |
| Lie with Me | DCI Collman | 2004 |
| The Interrogation of John | Det. Supt. Chase | 1987 |
| Lily My Love | Colin | 1987 |
| Truly Madly Deeply | Sandy | 1991 |
| Intervention | Dr. Martin | 2007 |
| The Killing Fields | Dr. MacEntire | 1984 |
| Clydescope | Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited) | 1974 |
| Chaplin's Goliath | Narrator (voice) | 1996 |
| Licking Hitler | Archie MacLean | 1978 |
| Byrne About Byrne | Father/F.S. McDade | 1988 |
| A War on Science | Narrator (voice) | 2006 |
| God's Chosen Car Park | Victor Rosen | 1986 |
| The Vote | Simon Featherstone | 2015 |
| Chaplin | Stage Manager | 1992 |
| One Fine Day | Third Man in Lift | 1979 |
| Dad's Army | Private Frazer | 2016 |
| A Private Function | Wormold | 1984 |
| Bright Young Things | Sir James Brown | 2003 |
| Churchill's Secret | Lord Moran | 2016 |
| Othello | Sinclair Carver | 2001 |
| The Whistle-Blower | D.I. Neil Sleightholme | 2001 |
| Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games | Narrator | 2012 |
| The Cherry Orchard | Lopakhin | 1981 |
| The White Room | Jackie Jordan | 1970 |
| The Object of Beauty | Victor Swayle | 1991 |
| 1929: The Great Crash | Narrator | 2009 |
| In Dreams | Dr Gold | 1992 |
| Mr White Goes To Westminster | Ben White | 1997 |
| Richard III | Sir Richard Ratcliffe | 1995 |
| Jackie McCafferty's Romance | Bus Conductor | 1978 |
| Crush | Gerald | 2002 |
| Danielle Cable: Eyewitness | DI Nick Biddiss | 2003 |
| Sunshine | Minister of Justice | 1999 |
| The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Henry Salt | 1988 |
| How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Richard Young | 2008 |
| Hidden City | Anthony | 1987 |
| Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' | Titorelli | 1988 |
| Just Ask for Diamond | Chief Inspector Snape | 1988 |
| The Ploughman's Lunch | Lecturer | 1983 |
| Spice World | Brian | 1997 |
| High-Rise | Mercer | 2015 |
| Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale | Jordan | 1989 |
| The Match | Tommy | 1999 |
| Heart | Mr. Kreitman | 1999 |
| Rag Tale | Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd | 2005 |
| The Man Who Invented Christmas | Mr. Grimsby | 2017 |
| Kingdom of Heaven | Bishop (director's cut) | 2005 |
| Happy New Year, Colin Burstead | Gordon Burstead | 2018 |
| United Kingdom | Tony | 1981 |
| The Odd Job | Sergeant Mull | 1978 |
| The Rachel Papers | Gordon Highway | 1989 |
| Wonderdate | Kolodon | 2018 |
| The Vanishing Army | Girling | 1978 |
| Into the Storm | Clement Attlee | 2009 |
| The Turnaround | James Webb | 1995 |
| The Garden Beyond | Jim Finlayson | 1977 |
| Chrono-Perambulator | Professor Teddy Knox | 1999 |
| The Day Mountbatten Died | Narrator (voice) | 2019 |
| Tell Tale Hearts | Anthony Steadman | 1992 |
| Wall of Silence | Howard Mullen | 1993 |
| Marionette | Dr. Mandelbaum | 2020 |
| Love Sarah | Felix | 2020 |
| Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman | Self | 1985 |
| Fascism in Colour | Narrator (voice) | 2006 |
| The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen | Self - 'Henry Salt' | 2008 |
| The Entity | 2002 | |
| Rebecca | Dr. Baker | 2020 |
| The Thin End of the Wedge | Luke | 1977 |
| Behind Bars | Narrator | 2001 |
| Home Road Movies | Father | 2002 |
| God on the Rocks | Kenneth Marsh | 1992 |
| Children of the Wicker Man | Self | 2024 |
| Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut) | Bishop (director's cut) | 2005 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Murder Most Horrid | Chief Inspector | 1991 |
| The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | 2000 | |
| The Singing Detective | Dr. Gibbon | 1986 |
| The One Show | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| Horizon | 1964 | |
| Foyle's War | 2002 | |
| Good Omens | Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch | 2019 |
| Law & Order: UK | George Castle | 2009 |
| Criminal Justice | Harry Box | 2008 |
| Wives and Daughters | Mr. Gibson | 1999 |
| Doctor Zhivago | Alexander Gromyko | 2002 |
| Traffik | John Lithgow | 1989 |
| Little Dorrit | 2008 | |
| ShakespeaRe-Told | 2005 | |
| Oliver's Travels | Baxter | 1995 |
| Sea of Souls | Dr. Douglas Monaghan | 2004 |
| Smiley's People | Lauder Strickland | 1982 |
| Rebel Heart | James Connolly | 2001 |
| Life of Shakespeare | King James I | 1978 |
| Junior Masterchef | 1994 | |
| Melissa | DCI Cameron | 1997 |
| The Michael Ball Show | Self | 2010 |
| Doctor Who | Edwin Bracewell | 2005 |
| Birds Britannia | 2010 | |
| Britain’s Scenic Railways | Narrator | 2021 |
| 37 Days | Lord Morley | 2014 |
| The Crow Road | Kenneth McHoan | 1996 |
| Born and Bred | Harry Woolf | 2002 |
| Canterbury Tales | Theo | 2003 |
| Outlander | Ned Gowan | 2014 |
| Sharman | James Webb | 1995 |
| Shetland | James Perez | 2013 |
| Will Shakespeare | 1978 | |
| Shoebox Zoo | The Storyteller (voice) | 2004 |
| Arthouse | Self | 1997 |
| Fleabag | Dad | 2016 |
| Between the Covers | Self | 2020 |
| Urban Myths | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 2017 |
| Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | Ally Fraser | 1983 |
| A Passion for Churches | Narrator | 2005 |
| The Sandman | Dr. John Hathaway | 2022 |
| House of the Dragon | Lord Lyman Beesbury | 2022 |
| Halo | Ackerson's Dad | 2022 |
| Brassic | Tony Tillerton | 2019 |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Bradley | 2004 |
| The Repair Shop | Self - Narrator | 2017 |
| Them From That Thing | Various | 2012 |
| Scot Squad | Sir Neville Archibald | 2014 |
| The Repair Shop | Narrator (voice) | 2017 |
| Battle of the Atlantic | Himself - Narrator | 2002 |
| Inside No. 9 | Mr. Green | 2014 |
| Play for Today | Luke | 1970 |
| The Play on One | Alex McPherson | 1988 |
| The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Titorelli | 1988 |
| The Rebel | Charles | 2016 |
| Hard Times | Stephen Blackpool | 1994 |
| Guilt | Roy Lynch | 2019 |
| Dirk Gently | Professor Jericho | 2012 |
