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.…
Filmography
The Day Mountbatten Died
2019 · 10.0
Chrono-Perambulator
1999 · 10.0
Born and Bred
2002 · 9.0
Swallow
2001 · 9.0
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
2003 · 8.5
The Vote
2015 · 8.4
House of the Dragon
2022 · 8.4
Brassic
2019 · 8.3
Fleabag
2016 · 8.3
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989 · 8.3
Outlander
2014 · 8.2
Halo
2022 · 8.2
Inside No. 9
2014 · 8.1
Good Omens
2019 · 8.0
Sea of Souls
2004 · 8.0
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988 · 8.0
A War on Science
2006 · 8.0
The Entity
2002 · 8.0
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974 · 8.0
A Bear Named Wojtek
2023 · 8.0
Gone Fishing
2008 · 8.0
Tell Tale Hearts
1992 · 8.0
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · 7.9
Foyle's War
2002 · 7.9
Little Dorrit
2008 · 7.9
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983 · 7.9
The Sandman
2022 · 7.8
The Whistle-Blower
2001 · 7.8
Shoebox Zoo
2004 · 7.7
Smiley's People
1982 · 7.7
Doctor Who
2005 · 7.6
Criminal Justice
2008 · 7.6
Traffik
1989 · 7.6
Shetland
2013 · 7.5
Horizon
1964 · 7.5
The Singing Detective
1986 · 7.5
The Killing Fields
1984 · 7.5
37 Days
2014 · 7.5
Fascism in Colour
2006 · 7.5
Chaplin
1992 · 7.4
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005 · 7.4
Urban Myths
2017 · 7.3
Wives and Daughters
1999 · 7.3
Rebel Heart
2001 · 7.3
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009 · 7.3
Kill Jackie
2026 · 7.2
Omnibus
1967 · 7.2
Screen One
1989 · 7.2
The Rebel
2016 · 7.2
1929: The Great Crash
2009 · 7.2
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
2000 · 7.1
Dirk Gently
2012 · 7.1
Law & Order: UK
2009 · 7.0
The Repair Shop
2017 · 7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · 7.0
The Ghostbusters of East Finchley
1995 · 7.0
The Animal Train
1998 · 7.0
God on the Rocks
1992 · 7.0
Clydescope
1974 · 7.0
The Witches
1990 · 7.0
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988 · 7.0
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · 6.9
Othello
2001 · 6.9
The Crow Road
1996 · 6.9
Amazing Grace
2007 · 6.9
Truly Madly Deeply
1991 · 6.9
Scot Squad
2014 · 6.8
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017 · 6.8
Melissa
1997 · 6.8
Richard III
1995 · 6.8
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007 · 6.8
Doctor Zhivago
2002 · 6.7
Friendship's Death
1987 · 6.7
Coming Up Roses
1987 · 6.7
Miss Potter
2006 · 6.7
Play for Today
1970 · 6.6
Guilt
2019 · 6.6
Hilary and Jackie
1998 · 6.6
Comfort and Joy
1984 · 6.6
Chaplin's Goliath
1996 · 6.6
Trust
2003 · 6.5
Sunshine
1999 · 6.5
The Man who Crossed Hitler
2011 · 6.5
Canterbury Tales
2003 · 6.4
Into the Storm
2009 · 6.4
Creation
2009 · 6.4
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018 · 6.4
A Private Function
1984 · 6.4
Home Road Movies
2002 · 6.4
Rebecca
2020 · 6.3
Defence of the Realm
1986 · 6.3
Bright Young Things
2003 · 6.3
Marionette
2020 · 6.3
Churchill's Secret
2016 · 6.3
Love Sarah
2020 · 6.2
The Return of the Musketeers
1989 · 6.2
The Colour Room
2021 · 6.1
ScreenPlay
1986 · 6.0
The Play on One
1988 · 6.0
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 · 6.0
Oliver's Travels
1995 · 6.0
Wonderdate
2018 · 6.0
Them From That Thing
2012 · 6.0
The Match
1999 · 6.0
Ladies First
2026 · 6.0
The Odd Job
1978 · 5.9
Boon
1986 · 5.8
Complicity
2000 · 5.8
Crush
2002 · 5.7
Arthur's Whisky
2024 · 5.6
High-Rise
2015 · 5.6
Just Ask for Diamond
1988 · 5.6
Junior Masterchef
1994 · 5.5
Intervention
2007 · 5.5
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
2011 · 5.5
Hidden City
1987 · 5.4
Heart
1999 · 5.4
One Fine Day
1979 · 5.3
The Object of Beauty
1991 · 5.2
Victory
1996 · 5.2
The Rachel Papers
1989 · 5.1
Mr White Goes To Westminster
1997 · 5.0
The Turnaround
1995 · 5.0
Dad's Army
2016 · 5.0
Spice World
1997 · 4.9
The Ploughman's Lunch
1983 · 4.8
The House Was Not Hungry Then
2025 · 4.8
The List
2013 · 4.3
Dutch Girls
1985 · 4.1
Rag Tale
2005 · 3.3
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007 · 0.0
Scottish Playbill
1978 · 0.0
Hard Times
1994 · 0.0
Sharman
1995 · 0.0
Lie with Me
2004 · 0.0
Zanzibar
2018 · 0.0
Tomb Raider
— · 0.0
Shrinks
1991 · 0.0
Byrne About Byrne
1988 · 0.0
Funky Black Shorts
1994 · 0.0
A Passion for Churches
2005 · 0.0
Suilven Spring
1974 · 0.0
Passing Places
1973 · 0.0
The White Room
— · 0.0
Behind Bars
2001 · 0.0
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
1988 · 0.0
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977 · 0.0
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
2015 · 0.0
The Story of a Recluse
1987 · 0.0
Birds Britannia
2010 · 0.0
Britain’s Scenic Railways
2021 · 0.0
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
1978 · 0.0
The Spirit of 1926
2022 · 0.0
The Pen
1995 · 0.0
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
2011 · 0.0
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
2012 · 0.0
The Riddle of the Sands
1995 · 0.0
The Garden Beyond
1977 · 0.0
Documenting John Grierson
2014 · 0.0