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Bill Paterson

Highest Rated: 100% Comfort and Joy (1984)

Lowest Rated: 35% Spice World (1997)

Birthday: Jun 3, 1945

Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Stage, TV and film performer who began his career with the Glasgow Citizens Theatre and was a founding member of the radical 7:84 company (the name derives from the fact that 7 percent of the population of Britain own 84 percent of the country's wealth). Paterson first gained attention on screen for his role as a lonely D.J. in Bill Forsyth's "Comfort and Joy" (1984) and has since turned in finely controlled performances in films by Roland Joffe, Hugh Hudson and Malcolm Mowbray.

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Highest rated movies

100% 81% Comfort and Joy
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100% 69% Defence of the Realm
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94% 70% The Witches
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93% 91% The Killing Fields
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91% 63% A Private Function
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90% 82% The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
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88% 83% Hilary and Jackie
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86% 55% Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
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82% 46% Marionette
Watchlist 80% 23% Arthur's Whisky Watchlist
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Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson JUST ASK FOR DIAMOND, Roy Kinnear (center), Bill Paterson (right), 1988, © Kings Road entertainment COMFORT AND JOY, C.P. Grogan, Bill Paterson, 1984, (c)Universal COMFORT AND JOY, Bill Paterson, 1984 COMFORT AND JOY, Eleanor David, Bill Paterson, 1984, (c)Universal Pictures HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS & ALIENATE PEOPLE, from left: Bill Paterson, Miriam Margolyes, 2008, © MGM Outlander, Bill Paterson, 08/09/2014, ©STARZPR Outlander, Bill Paterson, 'Lallybroch', Season 1, Ep. #12, 04/25/2015, ©STARZPR Outlander, Graham McTavish (L), Bill Paterson (R), 'The Wedding', Season 1, Ep. #7, 09/20/2014, ©STARZPR Outlander, Bill Paterson, 'The Wedding', Season 1, Ep. #7, 09/20/2014, ©STARZPR View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
80% 23% Arthur's Whisky Unknown (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Bear Named Wojtek Zoo Director (Voice) - 2023
82% 46% Marionette Mandelbaum (Character) - 2020
62% 60% Love Sarah Felix (Character) - 2020
37% 39% Rebecca Dr. Baker (Character) - 2020
86% 55% Happy New Year, Colin Burstead Gordon Burstead (Character) - 2018
79% 78% The Man Who Invented Christmas Mr. Grimsby (Character) $5.7M 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Healer Jackie Jordan (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 33% The List Reg Troughton (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me Judge Underwood (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 63% Into the Storm Clement Attlee (Character) - 2009
36% 42% How to Lose Friends & Alienate People Richard Young (Character) $2.8M 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gone Fishing Old Bill (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 18% Intervention Dr. Martin (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 53% The Baker Street Irregulars Unknown (Character) - 2007
68% 85% Amazing Grace Lord Dundas (Character) $21.2M 2006
68% 69% Miss Potter Rupert Potter (Character) $3.0M 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Midsummer Night's Dream Unknown (Character) - 2005
66% 68% Bright Young Things Sir James Brown (Character) $931.8K 2003
No Score Yet 79% Doctor Zhivago Unknown (Character) - 2002
36% 57% Crush Gerald (Character) $1.1M 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Whistle-Blower D.I. Neil Sleightholme (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 93% A History of Britain Unknown (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Swallow Angus Tighe (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 50% Complicity Wallace Byatt (Character) - 2000
74% 80% Sunshine Minister of Justice (Character) $6.1M 1999
No Score Yet 54% The Match Tommy (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Heart Mr. Kreitman (Character) - 1999
88% 83% Hilary and Jackie Cello Teacher (Character) $4.9M 1998
No Score Yet 77% Victory Capt. Davidson (Character) - 1997
35% 45% Spice World Brian (Character) $29.6M 1997
No Score Yet 71% The Crow Road Unknown (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Turnaround James Webb (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 18% Hard Times Stephen Blackpool (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Operation Schmetterling Bull (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Writing on the Wall Bull (Character) - 1994
77% 36% The Object of Beauty Victor Swayle (Character) $201.6K 1991
76% 88% Truly, Madly, Deeply Sandy (Character) $1.5M 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet God on the Rocks Mr. Marsh (Character) - 1990
94% 70% The Witches Mr. Jenkins (Character) $8.7M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale Jordan (Character) - 1989
90% 82% The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Henry Salt (Character) $8.6M 1989
45% 53% The Rachel Papers Gordon Highway (Character) $154.6K 1989
60% 34% The Return of the Musketeers Charles I (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 80% Traffik Unknown (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Interrogation of John Unknown (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 17% Hidden City Anthony (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 39% Dutch Girls Mole (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 70% Friendship's Death Sullivan (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 92% Coming Up Roses Mr. Valentine (Character) - 1986
100% 69% Defence of the Realm Jack Macleod (Character) - 1985
91% 63% A Private Function Morris Wormold the Meat Inspector (Character) - 1984
93% 91% The Killing Fields Dr. MacEntire (Character) - 1984
100% 81% Comfort and Joy Alan (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vanishing Army Unknown (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 14% The Odd Job Sergeant Mull (Character) - 1978

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Repair Shop Narrator 2017-2024
86% 78% House of the Dragon Lord Lyman Beesbury (Character) 2022
No Score Yet 89% Brassic Tony Tillerton (Character) 2020-2022
60% No Score Yet Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland and Beyond Self 2021
96% 82% Guilt Roy Lynch (Character) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Law & Order: UK George Castle (Character) 2009-2011 2019
100% 93% Fleabag Dad (Character) 2016 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Urban Myths Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Character) 2018
100% 91% Inside No. 9 Mr Green (Character) 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Farmers' Country Showdown Narrator 2017
90% 87% Outlander Ned Gowan (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star) 		2014-2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet 37 Days Lord Morley (Character) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Town Taking on China Narrator 2012
90% 64% Doctor Who Bracewell (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 100% Criminal Justice Harry Box (Character) 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sea of Souls Unknown (Character) 2004-2006
No Score Yet 96% Foyle's War Patrick Jamieson (Character) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Born and Bred Harry Woolf (Character) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Canterbury Tales Unknown (Character) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Masterpiece Theatre Unknown (Character) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wives and Daughters Mr Gibson (Character) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mystery! Unknown (Character) 1996
No Score Yet 100% The Singing Detective Dr Gibbon (Character) 1986
90% No Score Yet Smiley's People Lauder Strickland (Character) 1982