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.^[5] In 1996 he commenced playing DS (later DI) Peter Pascoe in Dalziel and Pascoe.^[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.^[11] Another BBC TV role Buchanan had was as the aristocratic seducer of Moll, in The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996).^[12] He also starred as Freddie Musgrave in Catherine Cookson's The Secret (1999). In 2009 he co-starred in the CBC TV film Diverted.^[8]

Colin Buchanan has narrated several Reginald Hill audio books, including Deadheads and Exit Lines.^[13][14]

Buchanan was born and brought up in Dundee, Scotland. He is a graduate of the Drama Centre London (1991).^[1] Buchanan has two daughters, Kira and Maya, with his ex-wife, Kim.^[15] He is a keen supporter of Birmingham City F.C.^[1]