Acting
Bill Paterson
- Titles
- 109movies65TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19742025
- Leading roles
- 47top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Traffik81/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 73 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Wit & Wordplay5.5average 3.7
- Historical4.3average 2.6
- Politics3.9average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.0average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.3average 3.3
- Melancholy5.6average 4.7
- Mystery5.0average 4.1
- Family Dynamics5.2average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.8, average 5.1
- Violence3.4, average 4.3
- Physical Comedy1.8, average 2.5
- Pop Culture1.6, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 8
- Social Commentary 5
- Psychological Thriller 4
- Literary Adaptation 4
- Unreliable Narrator 3
- Dialogue-Driven 3
- Crime Drama 2
- Gritty Realism 2
- Slow-Burn Suspense 2
- Social Satire 2
- London Setting 2
- Intrigue 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Alex NortonActorComfort and Joy, Hidden City, Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale, The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil, Complicity, +1 more
Jonathan PryceActorThe Rachel Papers, The Ploughman's Lunch, Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars, Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars, The Spirit of 1926
Reece ShearsmithActorInside No. 9: Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar
Marcia WarrenActorInside No. 9: Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar
Helen MonksActorInside No. 9: Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar
Tanya FranksActorInside No. 9: Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar
Jaygann AyehActorInside No. 9: Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar
Hattie MorahanActorInside No. 9: Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar
Harriet WalterActorLaw & Order: UK, Hard Times, The Cherry Orchard, Hard Times
Rory KinnearActorInside No. 9: Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar
Steve PembertonActorInside No. 9: Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar
David KerrDirectorInside No. 9: Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar
Movies and TV shows
162Upcoming
2 titles
as Jackie Jordan
as Mr. Green
2020s
12 titles · average score 67
as Father
53
as Henry
as Zoo Director (voice)
83
TV show · as Lord Lyman Beesbury
77
TV show · as Dr. John Hathaway
77
TV show · as Ackerson's Dad
as Family Lawyer
65
as Gordon Forsythe
TV show · as Narrator
62
as Felix
61
as Dr. Mandelbaum
61
as Dr. Baker
2010s
32 titles · average score 71
80
TV show · as Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
84
TV show · as Tony Tillerton
63
as Gordon Burstead
as Kolodon
78
TV show · as Self - Narrator / Narrator (voice)
65
as Lord Moran
85
TV show · as Dad
82
TV show · as Ned Gowan
82
TV show · as Mr. Green
78
TV show · as James Perez
43
as Reg Troughton
65
as Kurt Ohnesorge
2000s
39 titles · average score 68
73
TV show · as George Castle
as Narrator
76
TV show · as Harry Box
68
as Rupert Potter
as Narrator (voice)
80
TV show · as Edwin Bracewell
75
TV show · as Dr. Douglas Monaghan
as DI Nick Biddiss
69
TV show · as Alexander Gromyko
57
as Gerald
66as Father
1990s
34 titles · average score 66
as Ben White
TV show · as DCI Cameron
75
TV show · as Kenneth McHoan
71
TV show · as Baxter
as James Webb
64
TV show · as Stephen Blackpool
as Howard Mullen
as Dr Gold
54
as Victor Swayle
70
as Sandy
68
as Mr Jenkins
1980s
28 titles · average score 67
81
TV show · as John Lithgow
55
as Gordon Highway
66
as Sullivan
80
TV show · as Dr. Gibbon
64
as Jack Macleod
46
as Mr Mole
65
as Alan
76
as Dr. MacEntire
64
as Wormold
56
as Lecturer
80
TV show · as Lauder Strickland
as Lopakhin
1970s
14 titles · average score 65
as Third Man in Lift
as Archie MacLean
59
as Sergeant Mull
TV show
TV show · as King James I
as Bus Conductor
TV show · as Girling
as Jim Finlayson
as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
70
TV show · as Luke
1960s
1 titles · average score 79
79
TV show