Paul Higgins
Skuespiller, Producer
1. januar 1964 (62 år)
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.
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.
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| 2025 | Brian and Maggie · as Geoffrey Howe |
| 2024 | Meat Puppet · as University Dean (voice) |
| 2023 | Betrayal · as DonPå Plex |
| 2022 | Slow Horses · as Struan Loy |
| 2022 | The Ipcress File · as Minister |
| 2019 | Cold Call · as Kirk Wiley |
| 2019 | Greed · as Jim Mcbride |
| 2018 | The Party's Just Beginning · as Luisaidh's DadPå Plex |
| 2018 | Apostle · as Frank |
| 2017 | Victoria & Abdul · as Dr. James Reid |
| 2017 | Decline and Fall · as Chief Warder |
| 2015 | Couple in a Hole · as John |
| 2013 | Raised by Wolves (2013) · as Sean Garry |
| 2013 | Lawless · as Simon Harding |
| 2013 | The Wrong Mans · as Pc Hennessy |
| 2013 | Utopia · as Dugdale |
| 2013 | Utopia · as Michael Dugdale |
| 2012 | Line of Duty · as Acc Derek HiltonPå Plex |
| 2011 | Case Histories · as Ian Kelso |
| 2011 | Vera · as Clive Stringer |
| 2009 | Hope Springs · as Gil Cameron |
| 2009 | In the Loop · as Jamie Mcdonald |
| 2009 | Purves + Pekkala · as Hamish |
| 2008 | The Last Enemy · as Professor Lawrence Cooper |
| 2007 | Spinners and Losers · as Jamie |
| 2007 | The Rise of the Nutters · as Jamie |
| 2006 | Red Road · as Avery |
| 2006 | Low Winter Sun · as David Westwood |
| 2005 | The Thick of It · as Jamie |
| 2002 | Birthday Girl · as Drew |
| 2002 | Murder (2002) · as Lee Finch |
| 2000 | Beautiful Creatures · as Aidan |
| 2000 | Complicity · as AndyPå Plex |
| 1998 | Bedrooms and Hallways · as JohnPå Plex |
| 1996 | Riot · as Gang Member |
| 1996 | Silent Witness · as Det Sgt Nick Wallace |
| 1995 | Dangerfield · as Glenn Jones |
| 1994 | The Negotiator · as Det. Sergeant Andrew Coyne |
| 1994 | Being Human · as Soldier |
| 1993 | Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love · as Writer |
| 1993 | Rik Mayall Presents · as Writer |
| 1993 | Doctor Finlay (1993) · as Danny Gallagher |
| 1992 | Between the Lines · as David Ray |
| 1991 | Clarissa · as Preacher |
| 1989 | The Simpsons · as Hamish (voice) |
| 1988 | Tumbledown · as Saltemarsh |
| 1988 | The Play on One · as Murdo Caldwell |
| 1986 | Sunday Premiere · as Saltemarsh |
| 1986 | A Very Peculiar Practice · as Adie Shaw |
| 1986 | Boon · as SimonPå Plex |
| 1983 | Taggart · as Alastair Finn |
| 2014 | Hangar 10På Plex |
| 2002 | Celebrity Mastermind · as Self - Contestant |