ACTOR

Bill Paterson

1945 - Today

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William Tulloch Paterson (born 3 June 1945) is a Scottish actor with a career in theatre, film, television and radio. Throughout his career he has appeared regularly in radio drama and provided the narration for a large number of documentaries. He has appeared in films and TV series including Comfort and Joy (1984), Traffik (1989), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1986), Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990), Wives and Daughters (1999), Sea of Souls (2004–2007), Amazing Grace (2006), Miss Potter (2006), Little Dorrit (2008), Doctor Who (2010), Outlander (2014), Fleabag (2016–2019), Inside No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Paterson has received more than 9,060 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bill Paterson is the 4,730th most popular actor (up from 5,320th in 2019), the 3,617th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,067th in 2019) and the 547th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.1k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bill Patersons by language

Over the past year Bill Paterson has had the most page views in the with 12,443 views, followed by Spanish (7,552), and Italian (7,445). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (230.25%), Serbian (90.23%), and Portuguese (14.62%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bill Paterson ranks 4,730 out of 13,578. Before him are Vivian Hsu, Olga Aroseva, Marie Doro, Olena Chekan, Una O'Connor, and Dana Reeve. After him are Ku Hye-sun, Hugh Dancy, Park Bo-young, Emily Ratajkowski, Carmelo Bene, and Kim Jung-eun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Bill Paterson ranks 434. Before him are Gordon Thomson, José Luis Romero, Charles Greene, Mladen Ramljak, Ágnes Hranitzky, and Wolfram Löwe. After him are Virginia Wade, Helga Vlahović, Jürgen Möllemann, Leigh Taylor-Young, Paul McCarthy, and Eric Stewart.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bill Paterson ranks 3,617 out of 8,785. Before him are G. M. Trevelyan (1876), Mary Moser (1744), Frederic G. Kenyon (1863), Una O'Connor (1880), Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762), and Emma Thomas (1971). After him are Dave Charlton (1936), Kirsty MacColl (1959), Hugh Dancy (1975), Virginia Wade (1945), Thomas Dekker (1572), and Emily Ratajkowski (1991).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Bill Paterson ranks 547. Before him are Callum Keith Rennie (1960), Doug Bradley (1954), Kay Kendall (1927), Ken Stott (1954), Robert Douglas (1909), and Una O'Connor (1880). After him are Hugh Dancy (1975), Emily Ratajkowski (1991), Kelly Macdonald (1976), Sydney Greenstreet (1879), Roger Allam (1953), and Sam Riley (1980).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Witches
Mr Jenkins
A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the witches' plot before he can stop them?
May 25o 19906.919 / 10
Outlander
Ned Gowan
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
8.2 / 10
Rebecca
Dr. Baker
After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.
Oct 16o 20206.3 / 10