Bill Paterson Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
• Made his first professional appearance in a production of "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre in 1967
• Spent three years as a quantity surveyor's apprentice before deciding to go to acting school
• Made his screen acting debut in the TV series "The Flight of the Heron" in 1976
• Became a founding member of John McGrath's 7:84 Theatre Company and toured Europe in productions like "The Cheviot" and "The Stag and the Black Oil․"
• Best known for his role as Dr․ MacEntire in "The Killing Fields" and as Mr․ Jenkins in "The Witches․"
• Appeared in the sci-fi series "Doctor Who" as Professor Edwin Bracewell in the episodes "Victory of the Daleks" and "The Pandorica Opens․"