Paul McGillion was born in Paisley, Scotland (January 5th, 1969) but emmigrated with his family to Canada at the age of 2. He's worked extensively in Film, TV and Theatre for the past 15 years and is best known for the role of 'Dr.Carson Beckett', the loveable Scottish physcian in "Stargate: Atlantis" . Paul also recently co-starred in the movie 'Just Breathe' alongside The Office's Melora Hardin and independent feature "A Dog's Breakfast", working with Atlantis co-star David Hewlett.
Other feature film credits include "The Deal" with Christian Slater and Selma Blair, "Jack" with Ron Silver, Stockard Channing and Anton Yelchin, "A Guy Thing" with Julia Stiles and Jason Lee and the award winning "See Grace Fly" which Paul was nominated in the 2004 'Lead Male' Leo Award catagory, for his heart wrenching performance as 'Dominic McKinley'.
Television credits include lead and guest starring roles on "Da Vinci's Inquest", "Cold Squad", "Smallville", "Stargate: SG1", "The Twilight Zone" and "The X-FIles".
Theatre credits include leading roles in productions such as "The Foreigners", "Piano", "Savage in Limbo", "El Salvador", and the Jessie nominated "Reservations for Two" which McGillion also produced and directed to rave reviews. |
