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Paul Higgins

Actor | * 1964 (60) | Lanarkshire (United Kingdom (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. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Thriller

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Movies with Paul Higgins as Actor(22)

as Don2023 Kill
as Jim McBride2020 Greed
as Luisaidh's Dad2018 The Party's Just Beginning
as Frank2018 Apostle
as Dr. James Reid2017 Victoria & Abdul
as John2016 Couple in a Hole
as Simon Harding2013 Lawless
as Hamish2009 New Town
as Jamie McDonald2009 In the Loop
as The Salesman2007 Shell
as Avery2007 Red Road
as Jamie2007 Spinners and Losers
as David Westwood2006 Low Winter Sun
as Lee Finch2002 Murder
as Drew2002 Birthday Girl
as Aidan2000 Beautiful Creatures
as Andy2000 Complicity
as Gang Member1996 Riot
as Soldier1994 Being Human
as Saltemarsh1988 Tumbledown

TV Shows/Series with Paul Higgins as Actor(10)

as Minister2022 The Ipcress File
as Struan Loy2022 Slow Horses
as Sean Garry2015 Raised by Wolves
as Michael Dugdale2013 Utopia
as PC Hennessy2013 The Wrong Mans
as ACC Derek Hilton2012 Line of Duty
as Clive Stringer2011 Vera
as Gil Cameron2009 Hope Springs
as Professor Lawrence Cooper2008 The Last Enemy
as Jamie2005 The Thick of It

Movies with Paul Higgins as Crew(1)

Production/Producer2014 Hangar 10

Full Name: Paul Higgins
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: 1964 in Lanarkshire (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 60 years)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): Amelia Bullmore
Paul Higgins frequently works together with these people:
Armando Iannucci (12x, Crew)
Andrew Nosal (10x, Crew)
Gareth Evans (5x, Crew)
John Hodge (4x, Crew)
Jamie Cairney (4x, Crew)
Jed Mercurio (4x, Crew)
Karen Gillan (3x, Actress)
Joanna Scanlan (3x, Actress)
Simon Donald (3x, Crew)
Chris Addison (3x, Actor)
Alex MacQueen (3x, Actor)
Jude Poyer (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1409321, Added: 09/05/2019, Last updated: 03/22/2024