Paul Higgins
Known For: Acting
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
2025
- Brian and Maggie as Geoffrey Howe
2024
- Kill as Don
- Meat Puppet as University Dean (voice)
2022
- Slow Horses as Struan Loy
- The Ipcress File as Minister
2019
- Greed as Jim McBride
2018
- Apostle as Frank
- The Party's Just Beginning as Luisaidh's Dad
2017
- Victoria & Abdul as Dr. James Reid
- 11th Hour as Drunk
2016
- Couple in a Hole as John
- Charlie Cloudhead as Charlie
2015
- Raised by Wolves as Sean Garry
2014
- Hangar 10 ... (Producer)
2013
- Utopia as Michael Dugdale
- The Wrong Mans as PC Hennessy
- Lawless as Simon Harding
- Utopia as Dugdale
2012
- Line of Duty as ACC Derek Hilton
2011
- Vera as Clive Stringer
- Case Histories as Ian Kelso
2009
- In the Loop as Jamie McDonald
- Hope Springs as Gil Cameron
- New Town as Hamish
- No Holds Bard as Struan Robertson
2008
- The Last Enemy as Professor Lawrence Cooper
2007
- Spinners and Losers as Jamie
- Shell as The Salesman
- The Rise of the Nutters as Jamie
- A Hartley Story as Hartley
2006
- Red Road as Avery
- Low Winter Sun as David Westwood
2005
- The Thick of It as Jamie
2002
- Murder as Lee Finch
- Birthday Girl as Drew
2000
- Beautiful Creatures as Aidan
- Complicity as Andy
1998
- Bedrooms and Hallways as John
1996
- Silent Witness as Det Sgt Nick Wallace
- Riot as Gang Member
1994
- Being Human as Soldier
- The Negotiator as Det. Sergeant Andrew Coyne
1993
- Rik Mayall Presents as Writer
- Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love as Writer
1989
- The Simpsons as Hamish (voice)
1988
- The Play on One as Murdo Caldwell
- Tumbledown as Saltemarsh
- A Wholly Healthy Glasgow as Murdo Caldwell
1986
- A Very Peculiar Practice as Adie Shaw