Robert Paterson

Short Biography

After gaining a degree in English and Drama from the University of Glasgow, Robert was awarded a scholarship to the Drama Studio, London. As an actor he has worked in most of Scotland’s theatres including productions of Woyzeck, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Comedy of Errors and Beauty and the Beast at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh.Since joining Dundee Rep Ensemble he has performed in If Destroyed True, The Visit, Macbeth, Scenes from an Execution, Dumbstruck!, Peter Pan, The Danny Crowe Show, Twelfth Night, The Laird O’Grippy, The Winter’s Tale, The Snow Queen, The Mill Lavvies, The Duchess of Malfi, Nightflights, Pants, Mince? and Measure for Measure. Previous performances at the Rep include STIFF! On film and television Robert has appeared in Last Legs, one of the Newfoundland series, Sword of Honour, and Rebus. He also married Mel Gibson in Braveheart (to Catherine McCormack).As a writer he has had plays commissioned by Radio 4 and by several theatres. A production of his adaptation of R.L. Stevenson’s Kidnapped toured Scotland as did his adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde with Alasdair McCrone. He is Associate Director at Mull Theatre where he has directed The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Woman in Black, and Skylight. He also directed Dundee Rep’s recent Christmas show Merlin the Magnificent.