Paul Higgins

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Paul Higgins

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Scotland, UK

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. H…

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The Simpsons

The Simpsons

8.0 1989 TV Show
Slow Horses

Slow Horses

8.0 2022 TV Show
Apostle

Apostle

6.2 2018 Movie
Victoria & Abdul

Victoria & Abdul

6.9 2017 Movie
In the Loop

In the Loop

7.0 2009 Movie
Line of Duty

Line of Duty

8.2 2012 TV Show
Utopia

Utopia

7.9 2013 TV Show
Silent Witness

Silent Witness

7.6 1996 TV Show
Vera

Vera

7.4 2011 TV Show
The Thick of It

The Thick of It

8.1 2005 TV Show
Red Road

Red Road

6.5 2006 Movie
Greed

Greed

5.6 2019 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Brian and Maggie

    TV show Geoffrey Howe

  2. 2024
    Kill

    Movie Don

  3. 2024
    Meat Puppet

    Movie University Dean (voice)

  4. 2022
    Slow Horses

    TV show Struan Loy

  5. 2022
    The Ipcress File

    TV show Minister

  6. 2019
    Greed

    Movie Jim McBride

  7. 2018
    The Party's Just Beginning

    Movie Luisaidh's Dad

  8. 2018
    Apostle

    Movie Frank

  9. 2017
    11th Hour

    Movie Drunk

  10. 2017
    Victoria & Abdul

    Movie Dr. James Reid

  11. 2016
    Charlie Cloudhead

    Movie Charlie

  12. 2016
    Couple in a Hole

    Movie John

  13. 2015
    Raised by Wolves

    TV show Sean Garry

  14. 2014
    Hangar 10

    Movie Producer

  15. 2013
    Lawless

    Movie Simon Harding

  16. 2013
    The Wrong Mans

    TV show PC Hennessy

More credits
  1. 2013
    Utopia

    TV show Michael Dugdale

  2. 2013
    Utopia

    Movie Dugdale

  3. 2012
    Line of Duty

    TV show ACC Derek Hilton

  4. 2011
    Case Histories

    TV show Ian Kelso

  5. 2011
    Vera

    TV show Clive Stringer

  6. 2009
    Hope Springs

    TV show Gil Cameron

  7. 2009
    New Town

    Movie Hamish

  8. 2009
    No Holds Bard

    Movie Struan Robertson

  9. 2009
    In the Loop

    Movie Jamie McDonald

  10. 2008
    The Last Enemy

    TV show Professor Lawrence Cooper

  11. 2007
    Shell

    Movie The Salesman

  12. 2007
    Spinners and Losers

    Movie Jamie

  13. 2007
    A Hartley Story

    Movie Hartley

  14. 2007
    The Rise of the Nutters

    Movie Jamie

  15. 2006
    Red Road

    Movie Avery

  16. 2006
    Low Winter Sun

    Movie David Westwood

  17. 2005
    The Thick of It

    TV show Jamie

  18. 2002
    Birthday Girl

    Movie Drew

  19. 2002
    Murder

    TV show Lee Finch

  20. 2000
    Beautiful Creatures

    Movie Aidan

  21. 2000
    Complicity

    Movie Andy

  22. 1998
    Bedrooms and Hallways

    Movie John

  23. 1996
    Riot

    Movie Gang Member

  24. 1996
    Staying Alive

    TV show Alan McPherson