- Films
- 26
- Avg rating
- 6.63
- Peak run
- 1984’88
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Bill by the numbers
Average
6.63
17 rated films
Vote weighted
6.69
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.62
rating spread
Career
48y
1978 to 2025
Total votes
289K
across every film
Best
7.8
The Killing Fields
Worst
6.8
The Witches
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 | The House Was Not Hungry Then | Dad | · | 202 |
| 2021 | The Colour Room | Gordon Forsythe | 6.8 | 2,184 |
| 2020 | Marionette | Dr. Mandelbaum | 5.9 | 2,845 |
| 2018 | Happy New Year, Colin Burstead | Gordon | 6.4 | 2,129 |
| 2013 | The List | Reg Troughton | · | 437 |
| 2006 |  Miss Potter | Rupert Potter | 7.0 | 34,217 |
| 2005 | Rag Tale | News Editor - The Rag, Tulloch (Lucky) Lloyd | · | 426 |
| 2001 | Crush | Gerald | 5.8 | 4,046 |
| 2000 | Complicity | Wallace Byatt | · | 988 |
| 1999 | The Match | Tommy | 6.2 | 1,454 |
| 1999 | Heart | Mr. Kreitman | · | 722 |
| 1998 |  Hilary and Jackie | Cello Teacher | 7.3 | 11,370 |
| 1996 | Victory | Capt. Davidson | · | 576 |
| 1995 |  Richard III | Ratcliffe | 7.3 | 16,514 |
| 1991 | The Object of Beauty | Victor Swayle | 5.6 | 2,510 |
| 1990 |  Truly Madly Deeply | Sandy | 7.2 | 9,476 |
| 1990 |  The Witches | Mr. Jenkins | 6.8 | 60,200 |
| 1989 | The Rachel Papers | Gordon Highway | 5.9 | 2,435 |
| 1988 |  The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Henry Salt | 7.1 | 60,412 |
| 1987 | Hidden City | Anthony | · | 380 |
Takes
On Bill Paterson
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