Paul Higgins (actor)

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Paul Higgins
Born (1964-12-03) 3 December 1964 (age 60)
Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Occupation(s)Actor, Writer
Spouse
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(m. 1993)​
Children2

Paul Higgins is a Scottish actor, best known for appearing in the British television series The Thick of It , Utopia and Line of Duty .

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Early life

Higgins was born in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was raised as a Roman Catholic, but now he considers himself a lapsed Catholic. [1] As a teenager, he trained to be a priest, but gave his training up aged 17 when he began dating. [2]

Career

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. [3]

Personal life

Higgins is married to actress Amelia Bullmore, whom he met in 1992 while co-starring with her in A View from the Bridge in Manchester. [2] Since December 2019 he has been Chair of ACT, the Actors' Children's Trust, and since September 2021 a Trustee of The Vegan Society.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
1986-90 Taggart Alastair Finn/ David CrawfordTV series: 4 episodes
1988 A Very Peculiar Practice Adie ShawTV series: 1 Episode
1988 The Play on One Murdo CaldwellTV series: 1 Episode ("A Wholly Healthy Glasgow")
1990 Boon SimonTV series: 1 Episode
1994 Being Human Soldier
1996-1997 Staying Alive Alan McPhersonTV series: 12 episodes
1998 Bedrooms and Hallways John
2000 Complicity Andy
Beautiful Creatures Aidan
2005-2007 The Thick of It Jamie McDonaldTV series: 3 episodes
2006 Red Road Avery
2008 The Last Enemy Professor Lawrence CooperTV series: 3 episodes
2009 Hope Springs Gil CameronTV series: 8 episodes
In the Loop Jamie McDonald
Silent Witness DS Nick WallaceTV series: 2 episodes ("Safe")
2011 Vera Clive StringerTV series: 1 Episode
2013 The Wrong Mans PC HennessyTV series: 1 Episode
2012-2017 Line of Duty ACC Derek HiltonTV series: 11 episodes
2013-2014 Utopia Michael DugdaleTV series: 11 episodes
2015 Couple in a Hole John
2016 Raised by Wolves SeanTV series: 4 episodes
2017 Victoria & Abdul Sir James Reid
Decline and Fall Prison OfficerTV series: 1 Episode
2018 Apostle Frank
The Party's Just Beginning Liusaidh's Dad
2019 Cold Call Kirk WileyTV series: 4 episodes
Greed Jim McBride
2021 Beep Father SydneyTV movie
2022 Slow Horses Struan LoyTV series: 3 episodes
2023 Betrayal Don
2025 Brian and Maggie Geoffrey Howe TV series: 2 episodes [4]

References

  1. ↑ English, Paul (27 November 2008). "Paul Higgins: Priesthood just wasn't for me – so I chose acting". Glasgow: Daily Record . Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  2. 1 2 Higgins, Paul (15 August 2007). "Stuart Jeffries meets The Thick of It actor Paul Higgins". The Guardian. London.
  3. ↑ "No One Will Ever Forgive Us". National Theatre of Scotland. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Brian and Maggie Press Pack". Channel 4 . 21 January 2025. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
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