- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1956
- Place of Birth
- Golspie, Scotland
Jimmy Yuill
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…
Filmography
movieThe Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
2026 · King Ergon
movieThe Road Dance
2022 · Doctor Connolly
movieThe Kindred
2021 · Robert
movieArtemis Fowl
2020 · Fisherman (Time Freeze)
tvGuilt
2019 · Albert
movieAll Is True
2018 · Edward Woolmer
movieNational Theatre Live: Macbeth
2013 · Banquo
tvShetland
2013 · Angus Wallace
Flat Lake
movieFlat Lake
2012 · Murdo Strachen
movieThe Raven
2012 · Captain Eldridge
tvYoung James Herriot
2011
movieRetreat
2011 · Doug
tvGoing Postal
2010 · Mr. Spools
moviePrincess Kaiulani
2010 · Archie Cleghorn
movieWithin the Whirlwind
2009 · Siderov
Extraordinary Rendition
movieExtraordinary Rendition
2007 · University Dean
movieThe Magic Flute
2006 · Queen's Commander
movieAs You Like It
2006 · Corin
movieLadies in Lavender
2004 · Constable Timmins
movieThe Rocket Post
2004 · James MacLeod
tvNew Tricks
2004 · George Milligan
tvThe Afternoon Play
2003 · Geoffrey
tvMurphy's Law
2001 · Mr Davidson
movieStrictly Sinatra
2001 · Rod Edmunds
Schneider's 2nd Stage
movieSchneider's 2nd Stage
2001 · Detective Chief Inspector
tvRebus
2000 · Mickey
movieLove's Labour's Lost
2000 · Constable Dull
tvMonsignor Renard
2000
tvPsychos
1999 · Alexander Drew
movieIn the Bleak Midwinter
1995 · Original Music Composer
tvHamish Macbeth
1995 · Lachlan McCrae
movieMary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994 · Greigori
tvWycliffe
1994 · DI Doug Kersey
movieGrushko
1994 · Chazov
movieMuch Ado About Nothing
1993 · Friar Francis
tvA Touch of Frost
1992 · Charles Lightfoot
Swan Song
movieSwan Song
1992 · Original Music Composer
moviePaper Mask
1990 · Alec Moran
movieDiscovering Hamlet
1990 · Himself / Guildenstern
movieHenry V
1989 · Jamy
movieThe Picnic
1989 · Man at Dyke
movieSales People from Hell
1989
tvEurocops
1988 · McCulloch
movieThe Interrogation of John
1987 · Det. Sgt. Chandler
tvScreenPlay
1986 · Det. Sgt. Chandler
movieA Sense of Freedom
1985 · Dunkie
tvEastEnders
1985 · Victor Brown
tvScreen Two
1985 · Man at Dyke
movieLocal Hero
1983 · Iain
movieOur Winnie
1982 · Charles
tvObjects of Affection
1982 · Charles
tvCloud Howe
1982 · Sands
movieAndrina
1981 · Stanley
The Good Time Girls
movieThe Good Time Girls
1981 · Finlayson
movieDeath Watch
1980