Paul Bigley

Biography

Trained at LAMDA. Theatre includes ‘Breaking The Code’ with Derek Jacobi at The Haymarket, ‘One Way Pendulum’ directed by Jonathan Miller at The Old Vic and ‘Toronto’. He played Alan Bennett opposite Susan Hampshire in Bennett’s ‘The Lady In The Van’ for The Theatre Royal, Bath.

He has filmed on Arctic ice floes in ‘Shackleton’ with Kenneth Branagh and in Russia and Ukraine for ‘Sharpe’ with Sean Bean. Comedy series include ‘Just A Gigolo’ with Tony Slattery, ‘The Fast Show’, and ‘Men Behaving Badly’. Film work includes the Oscar winning ‘Shakespeare In Love’.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Tim Whitley

Rumpole of the Bailey

Silo

Dr. Leonard

Hustle

Property Auctioneer

My Hero

PC Dobbs

Ted Lasso

Vicar

Call the Midwife

Mr. Parry

The Crown

John Nott

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	The Great Escaper	Band Leader
2018	The Children Act	Colin
2018	Holmes & Watson	Teacher #1
2015	Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
2015	The Danish Girl	Man in Gallery
1998	The Very Thought of You	-
1998	Ted & Ralph	Short Tom
1998	Shakespeare in Love	Peter
1997	Sharpe: The Legend	Dobbs
1995	Eleven Men Against Eleven	Spode
1993	Royal Celebration	Andrew
1985	The Caucasian Chalk Circle	Stableman/Inn Servant/Bizergan Kazbeki/Lawyer 2

Year	TV Show	Role
2023	Silo	Dr. Leonard
2020	Ted Lasso	Vicar
2019	Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler	Chancellor
2017	Taboo	Delf
2016	The Crown	John Nott
2012	Call the Midwife	Mr. Parry
2004	Hustle	Property Auctioneer
2002	Shackleton	Charles Green
2001	There's A Viking In My Bed
2000	My Hero	PC Dobbs
1997	Midsomer Murders	Tim Whitley
1993	Just a Gigolo
1993	The Detectives	Clown
1992	Maigret
1989	Young Charlie Chaplin	Stan Laurel
1987	ChuckleVision
1975	Rumpole of the Bailey