Colin Buchanan (born 1966)[1] is a Scottish actor who is best known for playing Detective Peter Pascoe in the BBC television series Dalziel and Pascoe which commenced in March 1996 and ran until June 2007.
[2][3][4] Buchanan's breakthrough television role came in the detective series A Touch of Frost in 1994 playing Constable Austin in three episodes.
[6] Buchanan has also appeared in comedy drama television series All Quiet on the Preston Front (later called Preston Front),[7] The Bill, Between the Lines, Dangerfield, Heartbeat, Space Island One and Brief Encounters.
[8] Buchanan had a supporting role in the feature movie Red Hot (1993) also starring Donald Sutherland and Balthazar Getty,[9] a featured role in Witness Against Hitler (1995),[10] starred in the television movie of Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse (1996) as Mark Easterbrook.
[8] Colin Buchanan has narrated several Reginald Hill audio books, including Deadheads and Exit Lines.