Paul Higgins
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.17 |
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Place of Birth | Scotland, UK |
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2006
Red Road
6.5/186
Jackie is a CCTV operator. One day, a man shows his face on her monitor, a man she hoped never to see again. Now she has no choice and is compelled to...
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Red Road
2000
Complicity
5.9/13
Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some m...
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Complicity
2024
Kill
4.625/4
The story centres on three brothers and their violent father who live in a remote forest. The brothers attempt to kill their father while on a hunting...
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Kill
2009
In the Loop
7.02/658
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers...
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In the Loop
1996
Riot
5.2/12
An heiress is kidnapped during the chaos of a riot.
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Riot
2000
Beautiful Creatures
5.7/71
When Petula and Dorothy cover up the accidental murder of one jerk boyfriend, they hatch a hilarious scheme to collect a huge ransom.
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Beautiful Creatures
2016
Charlie Cloudhead
0/0
A tragic comedy drama about a man who bottles up his problems into a cloud floating above his head. A tense birthday dinner with his wife forces Charl...
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Charlie Cloudhead
2007
A Hartley Story
0/0
A short film about an agoraphobic poet who lives all alone with his loving goldfish, when a taxidermist comes in to rock the boat.
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A Hartley Story
1994
The Negotiator
0/0
A serious heart condition puts an end to Charlie King's job as a "street copper", but he refuses the offer of a desk job and a promotion. When a secre...
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The Negotiator
2009
No Holds Bard
10/1
Comedy following the lives of five people as they prepare to vie for the 2009 Cup O'Kindness, the trophy awarded to the champion in Robert Burns poetr...
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No Holds Bard
2006
Low Winter Sun
6.632/19
Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.
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Low Winter Sun
1994
Being Human
5/58
One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.
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Being Human
1998
Bedrooms and Hallways
6.156/45
At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members...
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Bedrooms and Hallways
2007
The Rise of the Nutters
8.1/4
With Hugh in Australia and Glenn in Wales, Ollie is left in charge, feeding policies to junior minister Ben Swain. He is one of the 'Nutters', the gro...
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The Rise of the Nutters
2007
Shell
0/0
A roadside movie about a teenage girl who feels trapped by her life in a remote petrol station in the Scottish Highlands.
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Shell
1988
A Wholly Healthy Glasgow
0/0
A fresh-faced gym instructor, Murdo Caldwell, threatens the cosy lifestyle established in the seedy Adonis Health Club in Glasgow, where, up until now...
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A Wholly Healthy Glasgow
2002
Birthday Girl
0/0
A woman decides to celebrate her recovery from leukaemia by throwing a party. But before the big night, she discovers that the illness has returned. S...
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Birthday Girl
2018
The Party's Just Beginning
6.25/54
In a bleak Inverness midwinter, Luisaidh is careening off the rails after the suicide of her best friend. She medicates her misery with joyless sex, c...
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The Party's Just Beginning
1988
Tumbledown
5.893/14
The film centers on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC, an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Batt...
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Tumbledown
2016
Couple in a Hole
5.353/17
A middle-aged couple who have renounced civilization to live in a cave in the woods are befriended by a local farmer with mysterious ulterior motives.
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Couple in a Hole
2017
Victoria & Abdul
6.913/1137
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
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Victoria & Abdul
2002
Murder
0/0
Chris Maurer is killed the day after his 21st birthday and his grieving mother, Angela Maurer, is unable to come to grips with that fact. She is taken...
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Murder
2013
Lawless
10/1
From the cells in the basement to the judge's chambers, Lawless offers a backstage pass to the inner workings of a modern court. Suranne Jones stars a...
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Lawless
2018
Apostle
6.108/1403
In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.
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Apostle
2009
New Town
0/0
Starry architects Purves and Pekkala are offered the chance to redesign a Georgian church, but when the head of Scottish Heritage falls from the churc...
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New Town
2019
Greed
5.7/145
A retail billionaire's 60th birthday party is celebrated in an exclusive hotel on the Greek island of Mykonos.
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Greed
2007
Spinners and Losers
8/2
Peter Mannion's speech on immigration, leaking the PM's policy, did not have the effect Tucker desired and now the PM is resigning, leaving the way cl...
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Spinners and Losers
1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
6.5/6
Mickey Love is an aging television quiz show host who after climbing his way back to the top after conquering alcoholism has hosted the highly rated "...
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