Paul William Riley (born 17 January 1970) is a Scottish actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Winston Ingram in the sitcom, ''

Still Game ''Still Game'' is a Scotland, Scottish sitcom produced by Effingee Productions, The Comedy Unit and BBC Scotland. It was created by Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, who played the lead characters, Jack Jarvis (Still Game character), Jack Jarvis, ...

''. Previously he had worked on ''

Chewin' the Fat ''Chewin' the Fat'' is a Scottish comedy sketch show, starring Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill and Karen Dunbar. Comedians Paul Riley and Mark Cox also appeared regularly on the show among other actors such as Tom Urie. ''Chewin' the Fat'' ...

'', the

sketch show Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches" or, "skits", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. While the form developed and became popular in ...

from which ''Still Game'' was spun-off. Riley also starred in, wrote and directed ''

Dear Green Place ''Dear Green Place'' is a Scottish comedy programme set in a park in central Glasgow. It first aired on 19 October 2007 on BBC One Scotland. The second series finished airing on 5 December 2008. The show was created by comedy actor Paul Riley, ...

'', again with

Ford Kiernan Ford John Kiernan (born 10 January 1962) is a Scottish actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work with Greg Hemphill on the BBC Scotland sketch comedy series ''Chewin' the Fat'' (1999–2005) and the sitcom ''Still Game'' (2002� ...

from ''Still Game''.

Awards

On 1 November 2006, it was announced that Riley had been nominated for a

BAFTA Scotland BAFTA in Scotland is the Scottish branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Formed in 1986, the branch holds two annual awards ceremonies recognising the achievement by performers and production staff in Scottish film, televis ...

award for his role as pensioner Winston Ingram in ''

''. He was up against Barry Jones and Stuart McLeod in their show, ''Tricks from the Bible''. On 12 November, Riley won the award, also picking up the "Best Entertainment" category as well for ''Dear Green Place''.

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* 1970 births Living people Scottish male comedians British male comedians Scottish male television actors Comedians from Glasgow Male actors from Glasgow Scottish sketch comedians {{Scotland-actor-stub