Paul Higgins is a Scottish actor, best known for appearing in the British television series ''
The Thick of It
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'', ''
Utopia
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'' and ''
Line of Duty
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''.
Early life
Higgins was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was raised as a
Roman Catholic
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*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
, but now he considers himself a
lapsed Catholic
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. As a teenager, he trained to be a priest, but gave his training up aged 17 when he began dating.
Career
Higgins has appeared onstage in ''
Paul
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*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
*Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...
'' and ''
Black Watch
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'', and in the film ''
Complicity
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''. He played Alan in ''Staying Alive'', a hospital drama on ITV. He has also played Jamie McDonald, an aggressive press officer, in the
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''. In 2009, he appeared as Gil Cameron on the BBC drama ''
''. He played Michael Dugdale in Channel 4's acclaimed conspiracy thriller ''
''. In 2013 he appeared in series 1 of the BBC series ''
'' and returned for season 4 in 2017.
He wrote a play titled ''Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us'', which was performed at the Traverse Theatre,
in November 2008.
.
Since December 2019 he has been Chair of ACT, the Actors' Children's Trust, and since September 2021 a Trustee of The Vegan Society.