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Paul Higgins

Acting

9.1 Popularity 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 pries...

Biography

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.

Filmography 45

2025
Brian and Maggie TV

as Geoffrey Howe

2024
Kill Movie

as Don

2024
Meat Puppet Movie

as University Dean (voice)

2022
Slow Horses TV

as Struan Loy

2022
The Ipcress File TV

as Minister

2019
Greed Movie

as Jim McBride

2018
The Party's Just Beginning Movie

as Luisaidh's Dad

2018
Apostle Movie

as Frank

2017
Victoria & Abdul Movie

as Dr. James Reid

2016
Charlie Cloudhead Movie

as Charlie

2016
Couple in a Hole Movie

as John

2015
Raised by Wolves TV

as Sean Garry

2014
Hangar 10 Movie

Producer

2013
Lawless Movie

as Simon Harding

2013
The Wrong Mans TV

as PC Hennessy

2013
Utopia TV

as Michael Dugdale

2012
Line of Duty TV

as ACC Derek Hilton

2011
Case Histories TV

as Ian Kelso

2011
Vera TV

as Clive Stringer

2009
Hope Springs TV

as Gil Cameron

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Male
Place of Birth Scotland, UK
Years Active 1988 - 2025
Popularity 9.1
Career Stats
45 Total Credits
28 Movie Roles
16 TV Roles
1 Photos