Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson (born 3 June 1945) is a Scottish stage, film and television actor.

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Known For

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

2005 • as Edwin Bracewell

The One Show

The One Show

2006 • as Self - Guest

Horizon

Horizon

1964

Outlander

Outlander

2014 • as Ned Gowan

House of the Dragon

House of the Dragon

2022 • as Lord Lyman Beesbury

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970 • as Luke

Filmography

2025

The House Was Not Hungry Then
The House Was Not Hungry Then
as Father
Movie - Released: 3/22/2025

2024

Arthur's Whisky
Arthur's Whisky
as Henry
Movie - Released: 9/19/2024
A Bear Named Wojtek
A Bear Named Wojtek
as Zoo Director (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/19/2024
Children of the Wicker Man
Children of the Wicker Man
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/23/2024

2022

The Sandman
The Sandman
as Dr. John Hathaway
TV - Released: 8/5/2022
House of the Dragon
House of the Dragon
as Lord Lyman Beesbury
TV - Released: 8/21/2022
Halo
Halo
as Ackerson's Dad
TV - Released: 3/24/2022

2021

The Colour Room
The Colour Room
as Gordon Forsythe
Movie - Released: 11/12/2021
Britain’s Scenic Railways
Britain’s Scenic Railways
as Narrator
TV - Released: 11/3/2021

2020

Marionette
Marionette
as Dr. Mandelbaum
Movie - Released: 9/28/2020
Love Sarah
Love Sarah
as Felix
Movie - Released: 7/2/2020
Rebecca
Rebecca
as Dr. Baker
Movie - Released: 10/16/2020
Between the Covers
Between the Covers
as Self
TV - Released: 10/9/2020

2019

The Day Mountbatten Died
The Day Mountbatten Died
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 8/19/2019
Good Omens
Good Omens
as Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
TV - Released: 5/31/2019
Brassic
Brassic
as Tony Tillerton
TV - Released: 8/22/2019
Guilt
Guilt
as Roy Lynch
TV - Released: 10/24/2019

2018

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Gordon Burstead
Movie - Released: 10/11/2018
Wonderdate
Wonderdate
as Kolodon
Movie - Released: 9/27/2018

2017

The Man Who Invented Christmas
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Mr. Grimsby
Movie - Released: 10/12/2017
Urban Myths
Urban Myths
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
TV - Released: 1/19/2017
The Repair Shop
The Repair Shop
as Self - Narrator
TV - Released: 3/27/2017
The Repair Shop
The Repair Shop
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 3/27/2017

2016

Dad's Army
Dad's Army
as Private Frazer
Movie - Released: 2/5/2016
Churchill's Secret
Churchill's Secret
as Lord Moran
Movie - Released: 2/29/2016
Fleabag
Fleabag
as Dad
TV - Released: 7/21/2016
The Rebel
The Rebel
as Charles
TV - Released: 7/20/2016

2015

The Vote
The Vote
as Simon Featherstone
Movie - Released: 5/7/2015
High-Rise
High-Rise
as Mercer
Movie - Released: 11/22/2015

2014

Movie
Documenting John Grierson
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 2/28/2014
37 Days
37 Days
as Lord Morley
TV - Released: 3/6/2014
Outlander
Outlander
as Ned Gowan
TV - Released: 8/9/2014
Scot Squad
Scot Squad
as Sir Neville Archibald
TV - Released: 11/3/2014
Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9
as Mr. Green
TV - Released: 2/5/2014

2013

The List
The List
as Reg Troughton
Movie - Released: 7/5/2013
Shetland
Shetland
as James Perez
TV - Released: 3/10/2013

2012

Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 7/8/2012
Them From That Thing
Them From That Thing
as Various
TV - Released: 8/21/2012
Dirk Gently
Dirk Gently
as Professor Jericho
TV - Released: 3/5/2012

2011

The Man who Crossed Hitler
The Man who Crossed Hitler
as Kurt Ohnesorge
Movie - Released: 8/21/2011
Movie
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
as Judge Underwood
Movie - Released: 12/27/2011
Movie
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
as Narrator (Voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2011

2010

TV
The Michael Ball Show
as Self
TV - Released: 8/16/2010
TV
Birds Britannia
TV - Released: 11/3/2010

2009

Movie
Ghosts in the Machine
as Himself
Movie - Released: 10/27/2009
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
as Dr James Niven
Movie - Released: 8/5/2009
Creation
Creation
as Dr. Gully
Movie - Released: 9/25/2009
1929: The Great Crash
1929: The Great Crash
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/2009
Into the Storm
Into the Storm
as Clement Attlee
Movie - Released: 5/31/2009
Law & Order: UK
Law & Order: UK
as George Castle
TV - Released: 2/23/2009

2008

The Man Who Lives with Bears
The Man Who Lives with Bears
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/3/2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Richard Young
Movie - Released: 10/2/2008
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
as Self - 'Henry Salt'
Movie - Released: 4/8/2008
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
as Harry Box
TV - Released: 6/30/2008
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit
TV - Released: 10/26/2008

2007

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/3/2007
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
as Dr Watson
Movie - Released: 3/25/2007
Intervention
Intervention
as Dr. Martin
Movie - Released: 1/1/2007

2006

Miss Potter
Miss Potter
as Rupert Potter
Movie - Released: 12/3/2006
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace
as Lord Dundas
Movie - Released: 9/16/2006
A War on Science
A War on Science
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/26/2006
Fascism in Colour
Fascism in Colour
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2006
The One Show
The One Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 8/14/2006

2005

Rag Tale
Rag Tale
as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
Movie - Released: 10/7/2005
Kingdom of Heaven
Kingdom of Heaven
as Bishop (director's cut)
Movie - Released: 5/3/2005
ShakespeaRe-Told
ShakespeaRe-Told
TV - Released: 11/7/2005
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
as Edwin Bracewell
TV - Released: 3/26/2005
TV
A Passion for Churches
as Narrator
TV - Released: 12/28/2005

2004

Lie with Me
Lie with Me
as DCI Collman
Movie - Released: 11/15/2004
Sea of Souls
Sea of Souls
as Dr. Douglas Monaghan
TV - Released: 2/2/2004
Shoebox Zoo
Shoebox Zoo
as The Storyteller (voice)
TV - Released: 9/21/2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Bradley
TV - Released: 12/12/2004

2003

Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things
as Sir James Brown
Movie - Released: 10/3/2003
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
as DI Nick Biddiss
Movie - Released: 4/14/2003
Canterbury Tales
Canterbury Tales
as Theo
TV - Released: 9/11/2003

2002

Crush
Crush
as Gerald
Movie - Released: 6/7/2002
The Entity
The Entity
Movie - Released: 4/9/2002
Movie
Home Road Movies
as Father
Movie - Released: 6/7/2002
Foyle's War
Foyle's War
TV - Released: 10/27/2002
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago
as Alexander Gromyko
TV - Released: 11/24/2002
Born and Bred
Born and Bred
as Harry Woolf
TV - Released: 4/21/2002
Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of the Atlantic
as Himself - Narrator
TV - Released: 7/7/2002

2001

Othello
Othello
as Sinclair Carver
Movie - Released: 12/23/2001
The Whistle-Blower
The Whistle-Blower
as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
Movie - Released: 4/14/2001
Behind Bars
Behind Bars
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 3/14/2001
Rebel Heart
Rebel Heart
as James Connolly
TV - Released: 1/7/2001

2000

Complicity
Complicity
as Wallace Byatt
Movie - Released: 5/6/2000
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
TV - Released: 6/18/2000

1999

Sunshine
Sunshine
as Minister of Justice
Movie - Released: 9/13/1999
The Match
The Match
as Tommy
Movie - Released: 8/13/1999
Heart
Heart
as Mr. Kreitman
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999
Movie
Chrono-Perambulator
as Professor Teddy Knox
Movie - Released: 12/12/1999
Wives and Daughters
Wives and Daughters
as Mr. Gibson
TV - Released: 11/28/1999

1998

Hilary and Jackie
Hilary and Jackie
as Cello Teacher
Movie - Released: 12/30/1998

1997

Mr White Goes To Westminster
Mr White Goes To Westminster
as Ben White
Movie - Released: 12/31/1997
Spice World
Spice World
as Brian
Movie - Released: 12/18/1997
Melissa
Melissa
as DCI Cameron
TV - Released: 5/12/1997
TV
Arthouse
as Self
TV - Released: 10/26/1997

1996

Victory
Victory
as Capt. Davidson
Movie - Released: 12/13/1996
The Writing on the Wall
The Writing on the Wall
as Bull
Movie - Released: 7/21/1996
Chaplin's Goliath
Chaplin's Goliath
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1996
The Crow Road
The Crow Road
as Kenneth McHoan
TV - Released: 11/4/1996

1995

The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sands
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 3/19/1995
Richard III
Richard III
as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
Movie - Released: 12/29/1995
The Turnaround
The Turnaround
as James Webb
Movie - Released: 4/5/1995
Movie
The Pen
Movie - Released: 8/25/1995
Oliver's Travels
Oliver's Travels
as Baxter
TV - Released: 6/11/1995
Sharman
Sharman
as James Webb
TV - Released: 4/5/1995

1994

Hard Times
Hard Times
as Stephen Blackpool
Movie - Released: 4/29/1994
TV
Junior Masterchef
TV - Released: 8/14/1994
Hard Times
Hard Times
as Stephen Blackpool
TV - Released: 4/29/1994

1993

Wall of Silence
Wall of Silence
as Howard Mullen
Movie - Released: 10/17/1993

1992

Chaplin
Chaplin
as Stage Manager
Movie - Released: 12/17/1992
Movie
In Dreams
as Dr Gold
Movie - Released: 12/23/1992
Movie
Tell Tale Hearts
as Anthony Steadman
Movie - Released: 11/1/1992
God on the Rocks
God on the Rocks
as Kenneth Marsh
Movie - Released: 12/29/1992

1991

Truly Madly Deeply
Truly Madly Deeply
as Sandy
Movie - Released: 5/3/1991
The Object of Beauty
The Object of Beauty
as Victor Swayle
Movie - Released: 4/12/1991
Murder Most Horrid
Murder Most Horrid
as Chief Inspector
TV - Released: 11/14/1991

1990

The Witches
The Witches
as Mr Jenkins
Movie - Released: 5/25/1990
Yellowbacks
Yellowbacks
as Alex McPherson
Movie - Released: 8/30/1990

1989

The Return of the Musketeers
The Return of the Musketeers
as Charles I
Movie - Released: 4/12/1989
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
as Jordan
Movie - Released: 11/5/1989
The Rachel Papers
The Rachel Papers
as Gordon Highway
Movie - Released: 5/12/1989
Traffik
Traffik
as John Lithgow
TV - Released: 6/22/1989
A Wanted Man
A Wanted Man
as Det. Supt. Chase
TV - Released: 9/25/1989

1988

Byrne About Byrne
Byrne About Byrne
as Father/F.S. McDade
Movie - Released: 4/1/1988
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Henry Salt
Movie - Released: 12/7/1988
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
as Titorelli
Movie - Released: 10/1/1988
Just Ask for Diamond
Just Ask for Diamond
as Chief Inspector Snape
Movie - Released: 9/1/1988
The Play on One
The Play on One
as Alex McPherson
TV - Released: 1/19/1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Titorelli
TV - Released: 1/10/1988

1987

Friendship's Death
Friendship's Death
as Sullivan
Movie - Released: 8/17/1987
Coming Up Roses
Coming Up Roses
as Mr. Valentine
Movie - Released: 2/20/1987
The Interrogation of John
The Interrogation of John
as Det. Supt. Chase
Movie - Released: 9/30/1987
Lily My Love
Lily My Love
as Colin
Movie - Released: 7/29/1987
Hidden City
Hidden City
as Anthony
Movie - Released: 6/24/1987

1986

Defence of the Realm
Defence of the Realm
as Jack Macleod
Movie - Released: 5/9/1986
Movie
God's Chosen Car Park
as Victor Rosen
Movie - Released: 12/1/1986
The Singing Detective
The Singing Detective
as Dr. Gibbon
TV - Released: 11/16/1986

1985

Dutch Girls
Dutch Girls
as Mr Mole
Movie - Released: 10/18/1985
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/31/1985

1984

Comfort and Joy
Comfort and Joy
as Alan
Movie - Released: 8/14/1984
The Killing Fields
The Killing Fields
as Dr. MacEntire
Movie - Released: 11/23/1984
A Private Function
A Private Function
as Wormold
Movie - Released: 11/9/1984

1983

The Ploughman's Lunch
The Ploughman's Lunch
as Lecturer
Movie - Released: 5/30/1983
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
as Ally Fraser
TV - Released: 11/11/1983

1982

Smiley's People
Smiley's People
as Lauder Strickland
TV - Released: 9/20/1982

1981

The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard
as Lopakhin
Movie - Released: 10/13/1981
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
as Tony
Movie - Released: 12/8/1981

1979

One Fine Day
One Fine Day
as Third Man in Lift
Movie - Released: 2/17/1979

1978

Licking Hitler
Licking Hitler
as Archie MacLean
Movie - Released: 1/10/1978
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
as Bus Conductor
Movie - Released: 10/5/1978
The Odd Job
The Odd Job
as Sergeant Mull
Movie - Released: 8/31/1978
The Vanishing Army
The Vanishing Army
as Girling
Movie - Released: 11/29/1978
Life of Shakespeare
Life of Shakespeare
as King James I
TV - Released: 6/13/1978
Will Shakespeare
Will Shakespeare
TV - Released: 6/13/1978

1977

Movie
The Garden Beyond
as Jim Finlayson
Movie - Released: 1/1/1977
The Thin End of the Wedge
The Thin End of the Wedge
as Luke
Movie - Released: 12/20/1977

1974

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
as Various
Movie - Released: 6/6/1974
Clydescope
Clydescope
as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1974

1970

Play for Today
Play for Today
as Luke
TV - Released: 10/15/1970

1964

Horizon
Horizon
TV - Released: 2/4/1964

Unknown

The White Room
The White Room
as Jackie Jordan
Movie