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Jimmy Yuill

Jimmy Yuill

Actor · Born 1956-01-01 · Golspie, Scotland

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Biography

Jimmy Yuill is an actor, born in 1959, in Golspie, Scotland. He is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and later joined the Renaissance Theatre Company. He has appeared in many of Kenneth Branagh's films. His most recent work saw him play the Chief Constable in "The Raven"  along side John Cusack. Yuill was also the music composer for A Midwinter's Tale and Swan Song. Most of his acting work has been in theatre, although he has played police officers on television; he is best remembered for the character Doug Kersey in the British television show Wycliffe. In June 2006 Jimmy made his first appearance in EastEnders as the recurring character Victor Brown. In October 2007, Yuill took the lead in Sophocles' Antigone as Creon, King of Thebes at The Tron Theatre, Glasgow. In 2010, he was nominated for the award of Best Male Performance for his role in a play adaption of the Testament of Cresseid by the Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Artemis Fowl (2020) — Fisherman (Time Freeze)
  2. The Raven (2012) — Captain Eldridge
  3. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) — Greigori
  4. Much Ado About Nothing (1993) — Friar Francis
  5. Henry V (1989) — Jamy
  6. Local Hero (1983) — Iain
  7. Retreat (2011) — Doug
  8. EastEnders (1985) — Victor Brown
  9. Going Postal (2010) — Mr. Spools
  10. Shetland (2013) — Angus Wallace
  11. All Is True (2018) — Edward Woolmer
  12. Ladies in Lavender (2004) — Constable Timmins
  13. The Kindred (2021) — Robert
  14. Death Watch (1980)
  15. As You Like It (2006) — Corin
  16. Love's Labour's Lost (2000) — Constable Dull
  17. A Touch of Frost (1992) — Charles Lightfoot
  18. New Tricks (2004) — George Milligan
  19. Guilt (2019) — Albert
  20. The Road Dance (2022) — Doctor Connolly
  21. Princess Kaiulani (2010) — Archie Cleghorn
  22. The Magic Flute (2006) — Queen's Commander
  23. Paper Mask (1990) — Alec Moran
  24. Rebus (2000) — Mickey
  25. A Sense of Freedom (1985) — Dunkie
  26. Within the Whirlwind (2009) — Siderov
  27. Murphy's Law (2001) — Mr Davidson
  28. Hamish Macbeth (1995) — Lachlan McCrae
  29. The Rocket Post (2004) — James MacLeod
  30. Strictly Sinatra (2001) — Rod Edmunds
  31. National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2013) — Banquo
  32. Discovering Hamlet (1990) — Himself / Guildenstern
  33. Young James Herriot (2011)
  34. Screen Two (1985) — Man at Dyke
  35. Extraordinary Rendition (2007) — University Dean
  36. Wycliffe (1994) — DI Doug Kersey
  37. Psychos (1999) — Alexander Drew
  38. Andrina (1981) — Stanley
  39. Grushko (1994) — Chazov
  40. The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford (2026) — King Ergon