Jimmy Yuill

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 of Cresseid by the Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland.

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2022

The Road Dance
The Road Dance
as Doctor Connolly
Movie - Released: 5/20/2022

2021

The Kindred
The Kindred
as Robert
Movie - Released: 12/28/2021

2020

Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl
as Fisherman (Time Freeze)
Movie - Released: 5/29/2020

2019

Guilt
Guilt
as Albert
TV - Released: 10/24/2019

2018

All Is True
All Is True
as Edward Woolmer
Movie - Released: 12/21/2018

2013

National Theatre Live: Macbeth
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
as Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, general in the King's army
Movie - Released: 7/19/2013
Shetland
Shetland
as Angus Wallace
TV - Released: 3/10/2013

2012

The Raven
The Raven
as Captain Eldridge
Movie - Released: 3/9/2012
Movie
Flat Lake
as Murdo Strachen
Movie - Released: 9/1/2012

2011

Retreat
Retreat
as Doug
Movie - Released: 10/14/2011
Young James Herriot
Young James Herriot
TV - Released: 12/18/2011

2010

Princess Kaiulani
Princess Kaiulani
as Archie Cleghorn
Movie - Released: 5/14/2010

2009

Within the Whirlwind
Within the Whirlwind
as Siderov
Movie - Released: 9/18/2009

2007

Movie
Extraordinary Rendition
as University Dean
Movie - Released: 8/20/2007

2006

The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute
as Queen's Commander
Movie - Released: 9/7/2006
As You Like It
As You Like It
as Corin
Movie - Released: 9/1/2006

2004

The Rocket Post
The Rocket Post
as James MacLeod
Movie - Released: 5/13/2004
Ladies in Lavender
Ladies in Lavender
as Constable Timmins
Movie - Released: 11/12/2004
New Tricks
New Tricks
as George Milligan
TV - Released: 1/1/2004

2001

Movie
Schneider's 2nd Stage
as Detective Chief Inspector
Movie - Released: 3/31/2001
Strictly Sinatra
Strictly Sinatra
as Rod Edmunds
Movie - Released: 6/29/2001

2000

Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost
as Constable Dull
Movie - Released: 3/31/2000
Monsignor Renard
Monsignor Renard
TV - Released: 3/27/2000
Rebus
Rebus
as Mickey
TV - Released: 4/26/2000

1995

Hamish Macbeth
Hamish Macbeth
as Lachlan McCrae
TV - Released: 3/26/1995

1994

Grushko
Grushko
as Chazov
Movie - Released: 3/24/1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Greigori
Movie - Released: 11/4/1994
Wycliffe
Wycliffe
as DI Doug Kersey
TV - Released: 7/24/1994

1993

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
as Friar Francis
Movie - Released: 5/7/1993

1990

Paper Mask
Paper Mask
as Alec Moran
Movie - Released: 9/14/1990
Discovering Hamlet
Discovering Hamlet
as Himself / Guildenstern
Movie - Released: 1/7/1990

1989

The Picnic
The Picnic
as Man at Dyke
Movie - Released: 2/19/1989
Henry V
Henry V
as Jamy
Movie - Released: 10/5/1989

1988

Eurocops
Eurocops
as McCulloch
TV - Released: 11/6/1988

1987

The Interrogation of John
The Interrogation of John
as Det. Sgt. Chandler
Movie - Released: 9/30/1987

1985

A Sense of Freedom
A Sense of Freedom
as Dunkie
Movie - Released: 10/18/1985
EastEnders
EastEnders
as Victor Brown
TV - Released: 2/19/1985

1983

Local Hero
Local Hero
as Iain
Movie - Released: 2/17/1983

1982

Our Winnie
Our Winnie
as Charles
Movie - Released: 11/12/1982
Objects of Affection
Objects of Affection
as Charles
TV - Released: 11/12/1982
Cloud Howe
Cloud Howe
as Sands
TV - Released: 7/14/1982

1981

Andrina
Andrina
as Stanley
Movie - Released: 11/22/1981
Movie
The Good Time Girls
as Finlayson
Movie - Released: 4/7/1981

1980

Death Watch
Death Watch
Movie - Released: 1/23/1980