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Acting

Bill Paterson

Career: Active from 1974 to 2025, busiest in 1978 and 1996 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 50
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Comfort and Joy
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 85 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Bill Paterson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.9, average 4.8
Violence
3.3, average 4.1
Pop Culture
1.5, average 2.2
Scare
1.9, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 7
Social Commentary 5
Dialogue-Driven 4
Psychological Thriller 3
Crime Drama 3
Literary Adaptation 3
Gentle Romance 3
Character Study 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Slow-Burn Suspense 2
British Cinema 2
Relationship Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

166

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

as Jackie Jordan

Tomb Raider

TV show · as Winston

2020s

14 titles · average score 54

Ladies First

41

as Louis

Kill Jackie

54

TV show

The House Was Not Hungry Then

39

as Father

Arthur's Whisky

62

as Henry

A Bear Named Wojtek

as Zoo Director (voice)

House of the Dragon

77

TV show · as Lord Lyman Beesbury

Halo

68

TV show · as Ackerson's Dad

The Sandman

72

TV show · as Dr. John Hathaway

The Colour Room

43

as Gordon Forsythe

Love Sarah

52

as Felix

Marionette

43

as Dr. Mandelbaum

Rebecca

47

as Dr. Baker

2010s

31 titles · average score 71

Good Omens

74

TV show · as Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch

Brassic

84

TV show · as Tony Tillerton

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

60

as Gordon Burstead

Wonderdate

72

as Kolodon

The Repair Shop

78

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

The Rebel

TV show · as Charles

Fleabag

91

TV show · as Dad

Churchill's Secret

66

as Lord Moran

Outlander

82

TV show · as Ned Gowan

Inside No. 9

92

TV show · as Mr. Green

Shetland

72

TV show · as James Perez

The Man who Crossed Hitler

65

as Kurt Ohnesorge

2000s

40 titles · average score 65

Law & Order: UK

77

TV show · as George Castle

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

as Dr James Niven

1929: The Great Crash

as Narrator

Criminal Justice

63

TV show · as Harry Box

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

64

TV show · as Dr Watson

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

66

as Dr Watson

Miss Potter

65

as Rupert Potter

Doctor Who

78

TV show · as Edwin Bracewell

Sea of Souls

77

TV show · as Dr. Douglas Monaghan

Danielle Cable: Eyewitness

as DI Nick Biddiss

Swallow

TV show · as Angus Tighe

The Whistle-Blower

76

as D.I. Neil Sleightholme

1990s

34 titles · average score 67

Wives and Daughters

77

TV show · as Mr Gibson

Mr White Goes To Westminster

as Ben White

The Crow Road

75

TV show · as Kenneth McHoan

Chaplin's Goliath

as Narrator (voice)

The Writing on the Wall

as Bull

The Ghostbusters of East Finchley

TV show · as Joe Small

The Turnaround

as James Webb

Hard Times

64

TV show · as Stephen Blackpool

Shrinks

TV show · as Matt Hennessey

Truly Madly Deeply

74

as Sandy

The Object of Beauty

51

as Victor Swayle

The Witches

78

as Mr Jenkins

1980s

31 titles · average score 66

Traffik

79

TV show · as Jack Lithgow

The Rachel Papers

45

as Gordon Highway

Hidden City

47

as Anthony

Friendship's Death

51

as Sullivan

Defence of the Realm

82

as Jack Macleod

Dutch Girls

44

as Mr Mole

The Killing Fields

81

as Dr. MacEntire

Comfort and Joy

85

as Alan

A Private Function

77

as Wormold

The Ploughman's Lunch

49

as Lecturer

Smiley's People

80

TV show · as Lauder Strickland

The Cherry Orchard

as Lopakhin

1970s

12 titles · average score 57

One Fine Day

as Third Man in Lift

Licking Hitler

as Archie MacLean

The Vanishing Army

as Girling

The Odd Job

43

as Sergeant Mull

Scottish Playbill

TV show · as Cannavan

Jackie McCafferty's Romance

as Bus Conductor

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV show · as Girling

The Thin End of the Wedge

as Luke

The Garden Beyond

as Jim Finlayson

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

as Various

Clydescope

as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Archie MacLean / Luke

1960s

2 titles · average score 76

Omnibus

72

TV show

Horizon

80

TV show