
Bill Paterson
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1945-06-03
Place of birth: Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
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
Known for

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007Self
The Witches
1990Mr Jenkins
Comfort and Joy
1984Alan
Complicity
2000Wallace Byatt
Dutch Girls
1985Mr Mole
Miss Potter
2006Rupert Potter
Defence of the Realm
1986Jack Macleod
The Return of the Musketeers
1989Charles I
Amazing Grace
2006Lord DundasGhosts in the Machine
2009Himself
The Riddle of the Sands
1995Narrator
Victory
1996Capt. Davidson
The Man Who Lives with Bears
2008Self - Narrator (voice)
Hilary and Jackie
1998Cello Teacher
Yellowbacks
1990Alex McPhersonDocumenting John Grierson
2014Narrator
Arthur's Whisky
2024Henry
The Man who Crossed Hitler
2011Kurt Ohnesorge
The Colour Room
2021Gordon Forsythe