Jimmy Yuill
Known for

Acting

Credits

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Gender

Man

Birthday

Jan 1, 1956 (68)

Place of birth

Golspie, Scotland

Also known as

Jimmy Yuill

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
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2022The Road DanceDoctor Connolly
2021The KindredRobert
2020Artemis FowlFisherman (Time Freeze)
2018All Is TrueEdward Woolmer
2013National Theatre Live: MacbethBanquo, Thane of Lochaber, general in the King's army
2012The RavenCaptain Eldridge
2012Flat LakeMurdo Strachen
2011RetreatDoug
2011Young James Herriot
2010Princess KaiulaniArchie Cleghorn
2009Within the WhirlwindSiderov
2007Extraordinary RenditionUniversity Dean
2006As You Like ItCorin
2006The Magic FluteQueen's Commander
2004Ladies in LavenderConstable Timmins
2004New TricksGeorge Milligan
2004The Rocket PostJames MacLeod
2001Strictly SinatraRod Edmunds
2001Schneider's 2nd StageDetective Chief Inspector
2000Love's Labour's LostConstable Dull
2000RebusMickey
2000Monsignor Renard
1995Hamish MacbethLachlan McCrae
1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinGreigori
1994WycliffeDI Doug Kersey
1994GrushkoChazov
1993Much Ado About NothingFriar Francis
1990Paper MaskAlec Moran
1990Discovering HamletHimself / Guildenstern
1989Henry VJamy
1989The PicnicMan at Dyke
1988EurocopsMcCulloch
1987The Interrogation of JohnDet. Sgt. Chandler
1985EastEndersVictor Brown
1983Local HeroIain
1982Objects of AffectionCharles
1981AndrinaStanley
1981The Good Time GirlsFinlayson
1980Death Watch
1979A Sense of FreedomDunkie
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
1995In the Bleak MidwinterOriginal Music Composer
1992Swan SongOriginal Music Composer