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Acting

Paul Higgins

Career: Active from 1988 to 2024, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 9
top three billing

Average score: 69/100

Highest rated: Utopia
92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Paul Higgins Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Nostalgia
2.8, average 3.8
Wholesome
2.4, average 3.4
Wonder
2.5, average 3.4
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Psychological Thriller 3
Social Commentary 3
Psychological Drama 3
Political Intrigue 2
Period Piece 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Atmospheric 2
Fast-Paced Dialogue 2
Contemporary Realism 2
Existential Crisis 2
Melancholic Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 68

Brian and Maggie

76

TV show · as Geoffrey Howe

Meat Puppet

70

as University Dean (voice)

Kill

36

as Don

The Ipcress File

75

TV show · as Minister

Slow Horses

85

TV show · as Struan Loy

2010s

16 titles · average score 69

Apostle

65

as Frank

The Party's Just Beginning

70

as Luisaidh's Dad

Victoria & Abdul

63

as Dr. James Reid

11th Hour

65

as Drunk

Couple in a Hole

73

as John

Utopia

92

TV show · as Michael Dugdale

Utopia

82

as Dugdale

Lawless

as Simon Harding

The Wrong Mans

83

TV show · as PC Hennessy

Line of Duty

88

TV show · as ACC Derek Hilton / CS Derek Hilton

Vera

60

TV show · as Clive Stringer

Case Histories

71

TV show · as Ian Kelso

2000s

16 titles · average score 67

In the Loop

82

as Jamie McDonald

Hope Springs

49

TV show · as Gil Cameron

New Town

as Hamish

The Last Enemy

45

TV show · as Professor Lawrence Cooper

The Rise of the Nutters

84

as Jamie

as The Salesman

Low Winter Sun

67

as David Westwood

Red Road

74

as Avery

The Thick of It

89

TV show · as Jamie

Birthday Girl

as Drew

Murder

TV show · as Lee Finch

Complicity

54

as Andy

1990s

8 titles · average score 63

Bedrooms and Hallways

66

as John

TV show · as Alan McPherson

Silent Witness

75

TV show · as Det Sgt Nick Wallace

Riot

55

as Gang Member

The Negotiator

as Det. Sergeant Andrew Coyne

Being Human

48

as Soldier

Rik Mayall Presents

TV show · as Writer

Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love

73

as Writer

1980s

5 titles · average score 78

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Hamish (voice)

The Play on One

TV show · as Murdo Caldwell

Tumbledown

70

as Saltemarsh

A Wholly Healthy Glasgow

as Murdo Caldwell

A Very Peculiar Practice

82

TV show · as Adie Shaw