Bown is best known for playing a leading role in the Granada Television comedy Watching (1987–93) and more recently as Philip Reid in BBC's Holby City. He starred as an AA Patrolman in the BBC television series The Last Salute in the late 1990s.
Bown also appeared in November 2007, in acclaimed British drama Britz. He appeared in the first episode of Mr. Bean as "The Student". He was in an episode of New Tricks on 25 August 2008.
In 2009, he appeared briefly as Mike Bamber, chairman of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club, in the Brian Clough bio pic The Damned United. In the 2010 Christmas Special of My Family, he played the grandfather of a young girl who Ben meets whilst filling in for Father Christmas. Bown appeared in an advert for Toffee Crisp in the 1980s.
In 2016, he appears in the BBC television series Father Brown as Mordaunt Jackson, episode 4.9 "The Sins of the Father". In 2017 he appears in the ITV television series Endeavour as Rev Mervyn Golightly, episode 2.4 "Canticle" Paul has four kids Stanley , olive , fin and Alfie And is married to the makeup artist , Jane Jamieson.
Old toffee crisp advert paul bown
Filmography
Actor
2023 Vera (TV Series)
Glynn Allen
- Against the Tide (2023)
2022 The Walk-In (TV Series)
Renshaw's Solicitor
- Episode #1.5 (2022)
2022 Death in Paradise (TV Series)
Maurice Holburne
- Episode #11.8 (2022)
2020 Belgravia (TV Mini Series)
Jacob Astley
- Episode #1.6 (2020)
- Episode #1.5 (2020)
2020 Bancroft (TV Series)
Michael Connors
- Episode #2.3 (2020) ... Michael Connors
- Episode #2.1 (2020) ... Michael Connors
2019 Coronation Street (TV Series)
Richard Lucas
2019 A Confession (TV Mini Series)
Roy Sandlake
- Episode 4 (2019)
2018 Peterloo
Mill Owner
2017 Hollyoaks (TV Series)
Judge Francis Hume
- Episode #1.4740 (2017)
- Episode #1.4739 (2017)
- Episode #1.4737 (2017)
2000 Doctors (2000-2017 TV Series)
Christian Glover / Paul Chandley / Graeme Goodson
2017 Endeavour (TV Series)
Rev. Mervyn Golightly
- Canticle (2017)
2017 The Hippopotamus
Roddy (as Paul Brown)
2016 Exodus: Our Journey to Europe (TV Series)
Narrator
2016 Hetty Feather (TV Series)
Collins
- Plans (2016) ... Collins
- Dreams (2016) ... Collins
2016 Father Brown (TV Series)
Mordaunt Jackson
- The Sins of the Father (2016)
2016/I The Carer
Head Examiner
2000 Casualty (2000-2015 TV Series)
Col Morrison / Ed Connors
2015 No Offence (TV Series)
Robert Wade
- Episode #1.1 (2015)
2014 Harriet's Army (TV Mini Series)
Harbourmaster
- Casualties of War (2014)
2013 The Arbiter
Peter
2012 Rosamunde Pilcher (TV Series)
- In der Mitte eines Lebens (2012)
2012 Gates (TV Series)
Mr. Fielding
- Episode #1.1 (2012)
2003 Holby City (2003-2011 TV Series)
Julian Wells / Philip Reid / Karl Massey
2010 My Family (TV Series)
Frank
- Mary Christmas (2010)
2010 Law & Order: UK (TV Series)
John Stirman
- Survivor (2010)
2009 The Damned United
Mike Bamber
2009 Missing (TV Series)
Tom Laird
- Episode #1.3 (2009)
2008 Caught in a Trap (TV Movie)
Mr. Thornton
2008 New Tricks (TV Series)
Rod Erskine
- Mad Dogs (2008)
2006 The Green Green Grass (2006-2007 TV Series)
Colin Cakeworthy
- The Special Relationship (2007)
- From Here to Paternity (2006)
2007 Britz (TV Series)
Phipps
2007 The History of Mr Polly (TV Movie)
Teacher
1997 The Bill (1997-2006 TV Series)
Trevor Wright / Tony Dean
1994 Heartbeat (1994-2005 TV Series)
John Boaden / Vladimir Ivanov
- The Good Samaritan (2005)
- Red Herring (1994)
2005 Diamond Geezer (TV Mini Series)
Guv'nor
- Pilot (2005)
2005 Planespotting (TV Movie)
Ralph
2004 The Courtroom (TV Series)
George Bowes
- The Postman (2004)
2003 M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team (TV Series)
Gary Sutcliffe
- Models and Millionaires (2003)
2002 Born and Bred (2002-2003 TV Series)
Don McClure
- Fertility Rites (2003)
- Nothing Like the Son (2002)
2001 Merseybeat (2001-2002 TV Series)
Dr. Al Blake
2001 My Uncle Silas (TV Series)
Charlie White
- The Wedding/Queenie White (2001)
2001 Out of the Ashes (TV Movie)
Ben
2001 Young Blades
Bassous
2000 Badger (TV Series)
First Investigator
- Troubled Waters (2000)
1998 The Last Salute (1998-1999 TV Series)
Harry Thorpe
1998 Peak Practice (TV Series)
James 'Mac' Macarty
- Glass Houses (1998)
1994 Pirates (1994-1997 TV Series)
Roger Bones
1996 Jude
Uncle Jim
1995 Butterfly Kiss
Gary
1993 Last of the Summer Wine (TV Series)
Space Watcher
- Welcome to Earth (1993)
1987 Watching (1987-1993 TV Series)
Malcolm Stoneway
1991 Time Riders (TV Series)
Captain
1990 Mr. Bean (TV Series)
The Student
- Mr. Bean (1990)
1987 Screen Two (1987-1988 TV Series)
Prynne - The Journalists / Police Constable
1987 Up Line (TV Mini Series)
Victor Technology
1985 Underworld
Nygaard
1985 The Assam Garden
Water Board Man
1985 Morons from Outer Space
Julian Tope
1984 Still Life (TV Movie)
Orderly
Self
2022 Ash Cloud: The Week the World Stopped (Documentary)
Narrator
2022 The Big Freeze: Winter '63 (TV Movie documentary)
Self - Narrator (voice)
2017 999: on the frontline (2017-2021 TV Series documentary)