Jimmy Yuill
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1956 (age 70)
- Birthplace
- Golspie, Scotland
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
Movie · as King Ergon
The Road Dance
Movie · as Doctor Connolly
The Kindred
Movie · as Robert
Artemis Fowl
Movie · as Fisherman (Time Freeze)
Guilt
TV · as Albert · 1 ep
All Is True
Movie · as Edward Woolmer
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Movie · as Banquo
Shetland
TV · as Angus Wallace · 5 eps
The Raven
Movie · as Captain Eldridge
Flat Lake
Movie · as Murdo Strachen
Retreat
Movie · as Doug
Going Postal 2in1
Movie · as Mr. Spools
Young James Herriot
TV · 3 eps
Princess Kaiulani
Movie · as Archie Cleghorn
Going Postal
TV · as Mr. Spools · 2 eps
Within the Whirlwind
Movie · as Siderov
Extraordinary Rendition
Movie · as University Dean
The Magic Flute
Movie · as Queen's Commander
As You Like It
Movie · as Corin
The Rocket Post
Movie · as James MacLeod
Ladies in Lavender
Movie · as Constable Timmins
New Tricks
TV · as George Milligan · 1 ep
The Afternoon Play
TV · as Geoffrey · 1 ep
Schneider's 2nd Stage
Movie · as Detective Chief Inspector
Strictly Sinatra
Movie · as Rod Edmunds
Murphy's Law
TV · as Mr Davidson · 1 ep
Love's Labour's Lost
Movie · as Constable Dull
Monsignor Renard
TV · as Malo Gagnepain · 4 eps
Rebus
TV · as Mickey · 1 ep
Psychos
TV · as Alexander Drew · 1 ep
Dalziel and Pascoe
TV · as Robert MacAlpine · 2 eps
Hamish Macbeth
TV · as Lachlan McCrae · 6 eps
Grushko
Movie · as Chazov
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Movie · as Greigori
Wycliffe
TV · as DI Doug Kersey · 36 eps
Much Ado About Nothing
Movie · as Friar Francis
A Touch of Frost
TV · as Charles Lightfoot · 1 ep
Paper Mask
Movie · as Alec Moran
Discovering Hamlet
Movie · as Himself / Guildenstern
The Picnic
Movie · as Man at Dyke
Henry V
Movie · as Jamy
Sales People from Hell
Movie
Eurocops
TV · as McCulloch · 1 ep
The Interrogation of John
Movie · as Det. Sgt. Chandler
ScreenPlay
TV · as Det. Sgt. Chandler · 1 ep
A Sense of Freedom
Movie · as Dunkie
EastEnders
TV · as Victor Brown · 207 eps
Screen Two
TV · as Man at Dyke · 1 ep
Local Hero
Movie · as Iain
Our Winnie
Movie · as Charles
Objects of Affection
TV · as Charles · 1 ep
Cloud Howe
TV · as Sands · 4 eps
Andrina
Movie · as Stanley
The Good Time Girls
Movie · as Finlayson
Death Watch
Movie