Jimmy Yuill
Acting
Born: January 1, 1956 (age 70) · Golspie, Scotland
Highest Rated
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
Artemis Fowl
2020
The Raven
2012
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
Henry V
1989
Local Hero
1983
Retreat
2011
EastEnders
1985
Going Postal
2010
Shetland
2013
All Is True
2018
Ladies in Lavender
2004
Photos (1)
Movies (30)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Greigori
Artemis Fowl
Fisherman (Time Freeze)
Much Ado About Nothing
Friar Francis
The Raven
Captain Eldridge
Ladies in Lavender
Constable Timmins
Local Hero
Iain
Henry V
Jamy
All Is True
Edward Woolmer
Retreat
Doug
The Road Dance
Doctor Connolly
As You Like It
Corin
The Kindred
Robert
Love's Labour's Lost
Constable Dull
Death Watch
1980
The Magic Flute
Queen's Commander
Our Winnie
Charles
Andrina
Stanley
The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
King Ergon
Princess Kaiulani
Archie Cleghorn
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Banquo
Strictly Sinatra
Rod Edmunds
Within the Whirlwind
Siderov
The Picnic
Man at Dyke
A Sense of Freedom
Dunkie
The Rocket Post
James MacLeod
Paper Mask
Alec Moran
Grushko
Chazov
Sales People from Hell
1989
The Interrogation of John
Det. Sgt. Chandler
Going Postal 2in1
Mr. Spools
TV Shows (20)
EastEnders
Victor Brown · 207 eps
Shetland
Angus Wallace · 5 eps
New Tricks
George Milligan · 1 eps
A Touch of Frost
Charles Lightfoot · 1 eps
Screen Two
Man at Dyke · 1 eps
Dalziel and Pascoe
Robert MacAlpine · 2 eps
Wycliffe
DI Doug Kersey · 36 eps
ScreenPlay
Det. Sgt. Chandler · 1 eps
Murphy's Law
Mr Davidson · 1 eps
Guilt
Albert · 1 eps
Hamish Macbeth
Lachlan McCrae · 6 eps
Rebus
Mickey · 1 eps
The Afternoon Play
Geoffrey · 1 eps
Going Postal
Mr. Spools · 2 eps
Eurocops
McCulloch · 1 eps
Psychos
Alexander Drew · 1 eps
Cloud Howe
Sands · 4 eps
Objects of Affection
Charles · 1 eps
Monsignor Renard
4 eps
Young James Herriot
3 eps
