Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1945-06-03 (Age: 81)
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Bill Paterson
Biography
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 (112)
Ladies First
2026
Being Stanley Baxter
2025
The House Was Not Hungry Then
2025
Arthur's Whisky
2024
Children of the Wicker Man
2024
A Bear Named Wojtek
2023
The Spirit of 1926
2022
The Colour Room
2021
Rebecca
2020
Marionette
2020
Love Sarah
2020
The Day Mountbatten Died
2019
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018
Wonderdate
2018
