Paul Brightwell is an English actor. He has acted in many different films and TV shows since the late 1980s.

Early life & career

Brightwell's first main role was as Uriah Heep

Uriah Heep

Uriah Heep is a fictional character created by Charles Dickens in his novel David Copperfield.The character is notable for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, making frequent references to his own "'umbleness". His name has become synonymous with being a yes man...

 in the TV Series David Copperfield in 1986. He went on to have parts in popular films and shows, including Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...

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Titanic (1997)

One of Brightwell's most memorable roles was in Titanic

Titanic (1997 film)

Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Billy Zane as Rose's fiancé, Cal...

as Quartermaster Hichens, the crew member who was at the Ship's Wheel at the time of RMS Titanic's impact with the iceberg which sank it.

Later career

Brightwell has continued to act in many and varied parts, including guest starring in The Bill

The Bill

The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...

in a number of episodes. His longest recurring role is as DS Hall in popular TV series, The Commander, which he has played throughout the 2000s.