Acting
Paul Higgins
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. 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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Brian and Maggie
2025
Drama · War & Politics
Kill
2024
Thriller · Horror · Drama
Meat Puppet
2024
Drama · Horror · Comedy
Slow Horses
2022
Crime · Drama · Mystery
The Ipcress File
2022
Action & Adventure · Drama · War & Politics
Greed
2019
Comedy · Drama
The Party's Just Beginning
2018
Drama · Comedy
Apostle
2018
Horror · Mystery
11th Hour
2017
Drama
Victoria & Abdul
2017
Drama · History
Charlie Cloudhead
2016
Couple in a Hole
2016
Thriller · Drama
Raised by Wolves
2015
Comedy
Lawless
2013
Drama · Crime · TV Movie
The Wrong Mans
2013
Comedy
Utopia
2013
Mystery · Drama · Comedy
Line of Duty
2012
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Case Histories
2011
Drama · Crime
Vera
2011
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Hope Springs
2009
Comedy · Drama · Crime
New Town
2009
Comedy
No Holds Bard
2009
Comedy
In the Loop
2009
Comedy
The Last Enemy
2008
Mystery · Drama
Spinners and Losers
2007
Comedy · TV Movie
A Hartley Story
2007
Family
The Rise of the Nutters
2007
Comedy · TV Movie
Red Road
2006
Drama · Thriller
Low Winter Sun
2006
Drama · Crime
The Thick of It
2005
Comedy
Birthday Girl
2002
TV Movie · Drama
Murder
2002
Crime
Beautiful Creatures
2000
Comedy · Crime · Drama
Complicity
2000
Thriller · Romance
Bedrooms and Hallways
1998
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Riot
1996
Action
Silent Witness
1996
Crime · Drama
The Negotiator
1994
Being Human
1994
Drama · Comedy · Fantasy
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993
Drama
Rik Mayall Presents
1993
Comedy
The Simpsons
1989
Animation · Comedy
Tumbledown
1988
TV Movie · Drama · War
The Play on One
1988
Drama
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
Drama · Comedy