About
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...
Known for
The SimpsonsSeries • 1989
Slow HorsesSeries • 2022
Silent WitnessSeries • 1996
VeraSeries • 2011
Line of DutySeries • 2012
The Thick of ItSeries • 2005
UtopiaSeries • 2013
The Play on OneSeries • 1988
Case HistoriesSeries • 2011
ApostleMovie • 2018
The Ipcress FileSeries • 2022
Victoria & AbdulMovie • 2017
The Last EnemySeries • 2008
The Wrong MansSeries • 2013
In the LoopMovie • 2009
Raised by WolvesSeries • 2015
GreedMovie • 2019
Being HumanMovie • 1994
The Party's Just BeginningMovie • 2018
Bedrooms and HallwaysMovie • 1998
Red RoadMovie • 2006
Beautiful CreaturesMovie • 2000
Low Winter SunMovie • 2006
Couple in a HoleMovie • 2016