After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Paul became a leading actor for the Glasgow Citizens Theatre over a period of ten years, playing such roles and Jimmy Porter, Jean in Miss Julie, Lenny in the Homecoming, Nero in Britannicus and Joey in Pal Joey.

Other roles include Beauty Smith in ‘White Fang’, Bert Barricune in ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’ (Park Theatre), Nick in ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ (Kings Theatre Edinburgh), Don Antonio in ‘The Rover’ (Hampton Court), Jerry in ‘Betrayal’ (Byre Theatre St Andrews), Phil in ‘The People Next Door’ (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Baz in ‘Damages’ (Bush Theatre) Carl in ‘Carver’ (Arcola), Daniel in 'The Little Pony' (Cervantes) and the 3 sons in 'A Number' (Rapture Theatre tour).

Recent Screen work includes ‘Extras’ with Ricky Gervais, ‘Sherlock’ 'The Gold', ‘The Playlist’, ‘Eastenders’, ‘Love Soup’, ‘Holby City’, ‘Heartbeat’ ‘Coronation Street’ and ‘All at Sea’.

Feature films include ‘The Honourable Rebel’, ‘Excalibur Rising’, ‘The Great Director’ and ‘Radioactive’.

He is also a voice actor and has recently won four 'One Voice Awards' in London.