Paul Higgins

Born: None

Paul Higgins is a Scottish actor, best known for appearing in the British television series The Thick of It, Utopia and Line of Duty. Higgins was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was raised as a Roman Catholic, but now he considers himself a lapsed Catholic. As a teenager, he trained to be a priest, but gave his training up aged 17 when he began dating. Higgins has appeared onstage in Paul and Black Watch, and in the film Complicity. He played Alan in Staying Alive, a hospital drama on ITV. He has also played Jamie McDonald, an aggressive press officer, in the BBC show The Thick of It and its spin-off feature-length film, In the Loop. In 2009, he appeared as Gil Cameron on the BBC drama Hope Springs. He played Michael Dugdale in Channel 4's acclaimed conspiracy thriller Utopia. In 2013 he appeared in series 1 of the BBC series Line of Duty and returned for season 4 in 2017. He wrote a play titled Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us, which was performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in a co-production with the National Theatre of Scotland in November 2008.


See
Placeholder

Apostle

as Frank
Released: 2018-09-21

In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped...

Movie page

Victoria & Abdul

as Dr. James Reid
Released: 2017-09-13

Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

Movie page

Greed

as Jim McBride
Released: 2019-09-07

A retail billionaire's 60th birthday party is celebrated in an exclusive hotel on the Greek...

Movie page
as Jamie McDonald
Released: 2009-01-22

The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East,...

Movie page
See!

Beautiful Creatures

as Aidan
Released: 2000-08-23

When Petula and Dorothy cover up the accidental murder of one jerk boyfriend, they hatch a...

Movie page

Being Human

as Soldier
Released: 1994-05-06

One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.

Movie page

Red Road

as Avery
Released: 2006-10-27

Jackie is a CCTV operator. Each day, she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the...

Movie page

The Party's Just Beginning

as Luisaidh's Dad
Released: 2018-12-07

In a bleak Inverness midwinter, Luisaidh is careening off the rails after the suicide of her...

Movie page

Riot

as Gang Member
Released: 1996-12-01

An heiress is kidnapped during the chaos of a riot.

Movie page

Bedrooms and Hallways

as John
Released: 1998-08-01

At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some...

Movie page

Complicity

as Andy
Released: 2000-05-06

Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the...

Movie page

Tumbledown

as Saltemarsh
Released: 1988-05-29

The film centers on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC, an officer of the Scots Guards during...

Movie page

Lawless

as Simon Harding
Released: 2013-10-03

From the cells in the basement to the judge's chambers, Lawless offers a backstage pass to the...

Movie page

Low Winter Sun

as David Westwood
Released: 2006-09-13

Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the...

Movie page

The Rise of the Nutters

as Jamie
Released: 2007-01-02

With Hugh in Australia and Glenn in Wales, Ollie is left in charge, feeding policies to junior...

Movie page

Charlie Cloudhead

as Charlie
Released: 2016-10-04

A tragic comedy drama about a man who bottles up his problems into a cloud floating above his...

Movie page

Birthday Girl

as Drew
Released: 2002-12-22

A woman decides to celebrate her recovery from leukaemia by throwing a party. But before the big...

Movie page

The Negotiator

as Det. Sergeant Andrew Coyne
Released: 1994-05-31

A serious heart condition puts an end to Charlie King's job as a "street copper", but he refuses...

Movie page

Kill

as Don
Released: 2023-08-22

The story centres on three brothers and their violent father who live in a remote forest. The...

Movie page

Couple in a Hole

as John
Released: 2016-04-06

A middle-aged couple who have renounced civilization to live in a cave in the woods are...

Movie page

No Holds Bard

as Struan Robertson
Released: 2009-01-25

Comedy following the lives of five people as they prepare to vie for the 2009 Cup O'Kindness,...

Movie page

New Town

as Hamish
Released: 2009-04-14

Starry architects Purves and Pekkala are offered the chance to redesign a Georgian church, but...

Movie page

Spinners and Losers

as Jamie
Released: 2007-07-03

Peter Mannion's speech on immigration, leaking the PM's policy, did not have the effect Tucker...

Movie page

A Hartley Story

as Hartley
Released: 2007-04-20

A short film about an agoraphobic poet who lives all alone with his loving goldfish, when a...

Movie page

The Simpsons

as Hamish (voice)
First aired: 1989-12-17

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday...

TV Show page

Line of Duty

as ACC Derek Hilton
First aired: 2012-06-26

A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.

TV Show page

Vera

as Clive Stringer
First aired: 2011-05-01

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England,...

TV Show page

The Thick of It

as Jamie
First aired: 2005-05-19

Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed...

TV Show page

Silent Witness

as Det Sgt Nick Wallace
First aired: 1996-02-21

Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology...

TV Show page

Slow Horses

as Struan Loy
First aired: 2022-04-01

This quick-witted spy drama follows a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss,...

TV Show page

The Ipcress File

as Minister
First aired: 2022-03-06

As the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre...

TV Show page

The Last Enemy

as Professor Lawrence Cooper
First aired: 2008-02-17

Stephen Ezard's search for the truth about the death of his brother Michael catapults him into...

TV Show page

Rik Mayall Presents

as Writer
First aired: 1993-05-20

Showcasing the talent and versatility of its star, Rik Mayall Presents comprises six episodes of...

TV Show page

Utopia

as Michael Dugdale
First aired: 2013-01-15

The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of...

TV Show page

The Wrong Mans

as PC Hennessy
First aired: 2013-09-24

Comedy thriller about two well-meaning idiots who become entangled in a hideous world of crime,...

TV Show page

Raised by Wolves

as Sean Garry
First aired: 2015-03-16

Set on a Wolverhampton council estate, Raised By Wolves is modern day reimagining of the...

TV Show page

Hope Springs

as Gil Cameron
First aired: 2009-06-07

Ellie finds herself in hiding in a remote Scottish village called Hope Springs along with fellow...

TV Show page

Murder

as Lee Finch
First aired: 2002-05-29

Julie Walters stars as a mother dealing with the impact of the sudden murder of her 21 year old...

TV Show page