Bill Paterson

Full filmography

• Ladies First (2026) as Louis
• Being Stanley Baxter (2025) as Self
• The Repair Shop on the Road (2025) as Self - Narrator
• The House Was Not Hungry Then (2025) as Father
• Arthur's Whisky (2024) as Henry
• Children of the Wicker Man (2024) as Self
• A Bear Named Wojtek (2023) as Zoo Director (voice)
• House of the Dragon (2022) as Lord Lyman Beesbury
• The Sandman (2022) as Dr. John Hathaway
• Halo (2022) as Ackerson's Dad
• The Spirit of 1926 (2022) as Family Lawyer
• The Colour Room (2021) as Gordon Forsythe
• Britain’s Scenic Railways (2021) as Narrator
• Love Sarah (2020) as Felix
• Rebecca (2020) as Dr. Baker
• Between the Covers (2020) as Self
• Marionette (2020) as Dr. Mandelbaum
• Good Omens (2019) as Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
• Brassic (2019) as Tony Tillerton
• Guilt (2019) as Roy Lynch
• The Day Mountbatten Died (2019) as Narrator (voice)
• Zanzibar (2018) as Mr Green
• Wonderdate (2018) as Kolodon
• Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018) as Gordon Burstead
• The Repair Shop (2017) as Narrator (voice)
• Urban Myths (2017) as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) as Mr. Grimsby
• Fleabag (2016) as Dad
• Dad's Army (2016) as Private Frazer
• Churchill's Secret (2016) as Lord Moran
• The Rebel (2016) as Charles
• High-Rise (2015) as Mercer
• Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story (2015)
• The Vote (2015) as Simon Featherstone
• Outlander (2014) as Ned Gowan
• Inside No. 9 (2014) as Mr. Green
• Scot Squad (2014) as Sir Neville Archibald
• 37 Days (2014) as Lord Morley
• Documenting John Grierson (2014) as Narrator
• Shetland (2013) as James Perez
• The List (2013) as Reg Troughton
• Dirk Gently (2012) as Professor Jericho
• Them From That Thing (2012) as Various
• Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games (2012) as Narrator
• The Man who Crossed Hitler (2011) as Kurt Ohnesorge
• Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me (2011) as Judge Underwood
• The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema (2011) as Narrator (Voice)
• The Michael Ball Show (2010) as Self
• Birds Britannia (2010)
• Law & Order: UK (2009) as George Castle
• 1929: The Great Crash (2009) as Narrator
• Creation (2009) as Dr. Gully
• Into the Storm (2009) as Clement Attlee
• Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (2009) as Dr James Niven
• Ghosts in the Machine (2009) as Himself
• Little Dorrit (2008) as Mr. Meagles
• Criminal Justice (2008) as Harry Box
• How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) as Richard Young
• The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen (2008) as Self - 'Henry Salt'
• Gone Fishing (2008) as Old Bill
• The Man Who Lives with Bears (2008) as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Intervention (2007) as Dr. Martin
• Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007) as Dr Watson
• The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007) as Self
• The One Show (2006) as Self - Guest
• Miss Potter (2006) as Rupert Potter
• Amazing Grace (2006) as Lord Dundas
• A War on Science (2006) as Narrator (voice)
• Fascism in Colour (2006) as Narrator (voice)
• Doctor Who (2005) as Edwin Bracewell
• ShakespeaRe-Told (2005)
• Rag Tale (2005) as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
• A Passion for Churches (2005) as Narrator
• Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) as Bradley
• Shoebox Zoo (2004) as The Storyteller (voice)
• Sea of Souls (2004) as Dr. Douglas Monaghan
• Lie with Me (2004) as DCI Collman
• Lie with Me (2004) as DCI Collman
• Bright Young Things (2003) as Sir James Brown
• Canterbury Tales (2003) as Theo
• Trust (2003) as John Tilson
• Danielle Cable: Eyewitness (2003) as DI Nick Biddiss
• Foyle's War (2002) as Patrick Jamieson
• Born and Bred (2002) as Harry Woolf
• Doctor Zhivago (2002) as Alexander Maximovich Gromeko
• The Entity (2002)
• Home Road Movies (2002) as Father
• Crush (2002) as Gerald
• Battle of the Atlantic (2002) as Himself - Narrator
• Othello (2001) as Sinclair Carver
• The Whistle-Blower (2001) as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
• Rebel Heart (2001) as James Connolly
• Behind Bars (2001) as Narrator
• The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (2000)
• Complicity (2000) as Wallace Byatt
• Wives and Daughters (1999) as Mr Gibson
• Sunshine (1999) as Minister of Justice
• The Match (1999) as Tommy
• Chrono-Perambulator (1999) as Professor Teddy Knox
• Heart (1999) as Mr. Kreitman
• Hilary and Jackie (1998) as Cello Teacher
• The Animal Train (1998) as Walrus
• Arthouse (1997) as Self
• Spice World (1997) as Brian
• Melissa (1997) as DCI Cameron
• Mr White Goes To Westminster (1997) as Ben White
• Chaplin's Goliath (1996) as Narrator (voice)
• The Crow Road (1996) as Kenneth McHoan
• The Writing on the Wall (1996) as Bull
• Victory (1996) as Capt. Davidson
• The Ghostbusters of East Finchley (1995) as Joe Small
• Richard III (1995) as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
• Sharman (1995) as James Webb
• Oliver's Travels (1995) as Baxter
• The Turnaround (1995) as James Webb
• The Riddle of the Sands (1995) as Narrator
• The Pen (1995)
• Junior Masterchef (1994)
• Hard Times (1994) as Stephen Blackpool
• Hard Times (1994) as Stephen Blackpool
• Wall of Silence (1993) as Howard Mullen
• Chaplin (1992) as Stage Manager
• In Dreams (1992) as Dr Gold
• Tell Tale Hearts (1992) as Anthony Steadman
• God on the Rocks (1992) as Kenneth Marsh
• Murder Most Horrid (1991) as Chief Inspector
• The Object of Beauty (1991) as Victor Swayle
• Shrinks (1991) as Matt Hennessey
• Truly Madly Deeply (1991) as Sandy
• The Witches (1990) as Mr Jenkins
• Yellowbacks (1990) as Alex McPherson
• Screen One (1989) as PC Howard Mullen
• Traffik (1989) as John Lithgow
• The Rachel Papers (1989) as Gordon Highway
• The Return of the Musketeers (1989) as Charles I
• Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale (1989) as Jordan
• The Play on One (1988) as Alex McPherson
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) as Henry Salt
• The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (1988) as Titorelli
• Byrne About Byrne (1988) as Father/F.S. McDade
• Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' (1988) as Titorelli
• Just Ask for Diamond (1988) as Chief Inspector Snape
• Lily My Love (1987) as Colin
• Friendship's Death (1987) as Sullivan
• Hidden City (1987) as Anthony
• Coming Up Roses (1987) as Mr. Valentine
• The Story of a Recluse (1987) as The Producer
• The Interrogation of John (1987) as Det. Supt. Chase
• ScreenPlay (1986) as Colin
• ScreenPlay (1986) as Det. Supt. Chase
• The Singing Detective (1986) as Dr Gibbon
• Defence of the Realm (1986) as Jack Macleod
• God's Chosen Car Park (1986) as Victor Rosen
• Dutch Girls (1985) as Mr Mole
• Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman (1985) as Self
• The Killing Fields (1984) as Dr. MacEntire
• A Private Function (1984) as Wormold
• Comfort and Joy (1984) as Alan
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983) as Ally Fraser
• The Ploughman's Lunch (1983) as Lecturer
• Smiley's People (1982) as Lauder Strickland
• The Cherry Orchard (1981) as Lopakhin
• United Kingdom (1981) as Tony
• One Fine Day (1979) as Third Man in Lift
• Licking Hitler (1978) as Archie MacLean
• Life of Shakespeare (1978) as King James I
• The Odd Job (1978) as Sergeant Mull
• The Vanishing Army (1978) as Girling
• Jackie McCafferty's Romance (1978) as Bus Conductor
• BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) as Girling
• The Thin End of the Wedge (1977) as Luke
• The Garden Beyond (1977) as Jim Finlayson
• Suilven Spring (1974)
• Clydescope (1974) as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
• The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974) as Various
• Passing Places (1973)
• Play for Today (1970) as Luke
• Play for Today (1970) as Archie MacLean
• Omnibus (1967)
• Horizon (1964)
• Kill Jackie as Owain
• The White Room as Jackie Jordan
• Tomb Raider as Winston