Bill Paterson Biography
Bill Paterson a Scottish actor and commentator known for his in Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag as the title character’s father. He as well featured in many film and television projects such asComfort and Joy, Wives and Daughters, Sea of Souls, PBS’s Little Dorrit and many more.
Bill Paterson Age
Paterson was born on 3 June 1945 in Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Bill Paterson Career
Paterson made his professional acting debut in 1967. He appeared in Bertolt Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre alongside Leonard Rossiter. Later on, he joined the Citizens’ Theatre for Youth in 1970. However, he left in 1972 to appear with Billy Connolly in The Great Northern Welly Boot Show at the Edinburgh Festival.
Paterson spent much of the 1970s in John McGrath’s theatre company. He then began to centre more on television than the theatre. His first appearances included the 1978 BAFTA award winning drama Licking Hitler. He also played King James in the UK television serial Will Shakespeare the same year.
He however did not neglect theater. In 1982, he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance as Schweyk in another Brecht play, Schweik in the Second World War. His most recent theatre is Earthquakes in London at the National Theatre in the summer of 2010.
In the 1980s, Peterson began to appear in films. Among them include: The Killing Fields, The Witches, Chaplin among many others. In addition, he appeared as Brian, a cafe owner who knows the Spice Girls, in Spice World.
Much of his later work has been for the BBC. Throughout his career, he has appeared regularly in radio drama and provided the narration for a large number of documentaries. In 2010, Paterson starred in Doctor Who as Professor Edwin Bracewell.
Paterson has also narrated for various television and radio programmes. In 2003, he began broadcasting radio stories about his childhood. He also narrates the BBC’s annual coverage of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Moreover, in 2016 he narrated The Farmers’ Country Showdown, a series for the BBC.
Bill Paterson Net Worth
Paterson estimated net worth is under review.
Bill Paterson Wife
Paterson is married to Hildegard Bechtler as of 1984. The pair first met at a bus stop The duo is two children, a son and a daughter. T
Bill Paterson Movies And Tv Shows
- 1999 Wives and Daughters
- 2004-2006 Sea of Souls
- 2008 Little Dorrit
- 2009–2011 Law & Order: UK
- 2010 Doctor Who
- 2014 Outlander
- 2016 The Rebel
- 2016–2019 Fleabag
- 2018 Inside No. 9
- 2019 Good Omens
Bill Paterson Books
- Tales From the Back Green
- Buppa’s Big Surprise
- Centennial Park Outlet Model