Paul Higgins
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Acting Credits
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. H...
Known For
Filmography
Brian and Maggie
2025
as Geoffrey Howe
Kill
2024
as Don
Meat Puppet
2024
as University Dean (voice)
The Ipcress File
2022
as Minister
Slow Horses
2022
as Struan Loy
Greed
2019
as Jim McBride
The Party's Just Beginning
2018
as Luisaidh's Dad
Apostle
2018
as Frank
Victoria & Abdul
2017
as Dr. James Reid
11th Hour
2017
as Drunk
Charlie Cloudhead
2016
as Charlie
Couple in a Hole
2016
as John
Raised by Wolves
2015
as Sean Garry
Lawless
2013
as Simon Harding
Utopia
2013
as Dugdale
Utopia
2013
as Michael Dugdale
The Wrong Mans
2013
as PC Hennessy
Line of Duty
2012
as ACC Derek Hilton
Line of Duty
2012
as CS Derek Hilton
Vera
2011
as Clive Stringer
Case Histories
2011
as Ian Kelso
In the Loop
2009
as Jamie McDonald
No Holds Bard
2009
as Struan Robertson
New Town
2009
as Hamish
Hope Springs
2009
as Gil Cameron
The Last Enemy
2008
as Professor Lawrence Cooper
A Hartley Story
2007
as Hartley
The Rise of the Nutters
2007
as Jamie
Shell
2007
as The Salesman
Spinners and Losers
2007
as Jamie
Red Road
2006
as Avery
Low Winter Sun
2006
as David Westwood
The Thick of It
2005
as Jamie
Birthday Girl
2002
as Drew
Murder
2002
as Lee Finch
Complicity
2000
as Andy
Beautiful Creatures
2000
as Aidan
Bedrooms and Hallways
1998
as John
Riot
1996
as Gang Member
Silent Witness
1996
as Det Sgt Nick Wallace
Staying Alive
1996
as Alan McPherson
The Negotiator
1994
as Det. Sergeant Andrew Coyne
Being Human
1994
as Soldier
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993
as Writer
Rik Mayall Presents
1993
as Writer
The Simpsons
1989
as Hamish (voice)
A Wholly Healthy Glasgow
1988
as Murdo Caldwell
Tumbledown
1988
as Saltemarsh
The Play on One
1988
as Murdo Caldwell
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Adie Shaw