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Birthday: Jan 01, 1970
Place of Birth: Scotland, UK

Paul Higgins

Paul Higgins is a Scottish actor, best known for appearing in the British television series The Thick of It, Utopia and Line of Duty. Higgins was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was raised as a Roman Catholic, but now he considers himself a lapsed Catholic. As a teenager, he trained to be a priest, but gave his training up aged 17 when he began dating. Higgins has appeared onstage in Paul and Black Watch, and in the film Complicity. He played Alan in Staying Alive, a hospital drama on ITV. He has also played Jamie McDonald, an aggressive press officer, in the BBC show The Thick of It and its spin-off feature-length film, In the Loop. In 2009, he appeared as Gil Cameron on the BBC drama Hope Springs. He played Michael Dugdale in Channel 4's acclaimed conspiracy thriller Utopia. In 2013 he appeared in series 1 of the BBC series Line of Duty and returned for season 4 in 2017. He wrote a play titled Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us, which was performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in a co-production with the National Theatre of Scotland in November 2008.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Red Road Avery 2006
Complicity Andy 2000
Kill Don 2024
In the Loop Jamie McDonald 2009
Riot Gang Member 1996
Beautiful Creatures Aidan 2000
Charlie Cloudhead Charlie 2016
A Hartley Story Hartley 2007
The Negotiator Det. Sergeant Andrew Coyne 1994
No Holds Bard Struan Robertson 2009
Low Winter Sun David Westwood 2006
Being Human Soldier 1994
Bedrooms and Hallways John 1998
The Rise of the Nutters Jamie 2007
Shell The Salesman 2007
A Wholly Healthy Glasgow Murdo Caldwell 1988
Birthday Girl Drew 2002
The Party's Just Beginning Luisaidh's Dad 2018
Tumbledown Saltemarsh 1988
Couple in a Hole John 2016
Victoria & Abdul Dr. James Reid 2017
Murder Lee Finch 2002
Lawless Simon Harding 2013
Apostle Frank 2018
New Town Hamish 2009
Greed Jim McBride 2019
Spinners and Losers Jamie 2007
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love Writer 1993
Meat Puppet University Dean (voice) 2024
Series Cast Year
The Last Enemy Professor Lawrence Cooper 2008
Hope Springs Gil Cameron 2009
Utopia Michael Dugdale 2013
Vera Clive Stringer 2011
The Wrong Mans PC Hennessy 2013
Rik Mayall Presents Writer 1993
Line of Duty ACC Derek Hilton 2012
The Ipcress File Minister 2022
Slow Horses Struan Loy 2022
Raised by Wolves Sean Garry 2015
The Simpsons Hamish (voice) 1989
Murder Lee Finch 2002
The Thick of It Jamie 2005
Silent Witness Det Sgt Nick Wallace 1996
Case Histories Ian Kelso 2011
Brian and Maggie Geoffrey Howe 2025
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