Paul Higgins
Scotland, UK
24 Movies
18 Series
Originally from Scotland, UK, Paul Higgins works as an actor. Apostle remains one of their most celebrated performances, playing Frank. Their work further includes Victoria & Abdul and Utopia. Their filmography spans 24 films and 18 TV productions across 38 years, working mainly across genres like drama, mystery, comedy.
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24Movies
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Paul Higgins
24 Movies
18 Series
Originally from Scotland, UK, Paul Higgins works as an actor. Apostle remains one of their most celebrated performances, playing Frank. Their work further includes Victoria & Abdul and Utopia. Their filmography spans 24 films and 18 TV productions across 38 years, working mainly across genres like drama, mystery, comedy.
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Age
24
Movies
18
Series
Movies
Apostle
2018
In the Loop
2009
Utopia
2013
Meat Puppet
2024
Victoria & Abdul
2017
The Negotiator
1994
Bedrooms and Hallways
1998
Being Human
1994
Greed
2019
Beautiful Creatures
2000
Red Road
2006
The Party's Just Beginning
2018
11th Hour
2017
Riot
1996
Complicity
2000
Kill
2024
Low Winter Sun
2006
Couple in a Hole
2016
The Rise of the Nutters
2007
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993
TV Shows
Utopia
2013
Hope Springs
2009
Line of Duty
2012
The Ipcress File
2022
Raised by Wolves
2015
Murder
2002
Slow Horses
2022
The Last Enemy
2008
Silent Witness
1996
Brian and Maggie
2025
Vera
2011
The Wrong Mans
2013
Rik Mayall Presents
1993
The Simpsons
1989
The Thick of It
2005
Case Histories
2011
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
The Play on One
1988
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the most famous roles of Paul Higgins?
Paul Higgins is best known for roles in Apostle, Victoria & Abdul, In the Loop.
How many movies has Paul Higgins been in?
Over a 38-year career (since 1988), Paul Higgins has appeared in 30 movies and 18 TV shows.
What was Paul Higgins's first movie?
The career of Paul Higgins began with A Wholly Healthy Glasgow (1988).
What is Paul Higgins's most recent movie or series?
Paul Higgins's most recent release is Brian and Maggie, which premiered on January 29, 2025.
What TV shows has Paul Higgins appeared in?
On television, Paul Higgins has appeared in The Simpsons, Slow Horses, Utopia, Line of Duty.
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.