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 of Cresseid by the Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Grushko | Chazov | 1994 |
Local Hero | Iain | 1983 |
The Rocket Post | James MacLeod | 2004 |
Much Ado About Nothing | Friar Francis | 1993 |
Ladies in Lavender | Constable Timmins | 2004 |
The Magic Flute | Queen's Commander | 2006 |
Princess Kaiulani | Archie Cleghorn | 2010 |
The Raven | Captain Eldridge | 2012 |
As You Like It | Corin | 2006 |
Retreat | Doug | 2011 |
Within the Whirlwind | Siderov | 2009 |
Flat Lake | Murdo Strachen | 2012 |
The Picnic | Man at Dyke | 1989 |
Andrina | Stanley | 1981 |
Henry V | Jamy | 1989 |
Paper Mask | Alec Moran | 1990 |
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Greigori | 1994 |
The Interrogation of John | Det. Sgt. Chandler | 1987 |
National Theatre Live: Macbeth | Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, general in the King's army | 2013 |
Schneider's 2nd Stage | Detective Chief Inspector | 2001 |
Love's Labour's Lost | Constable Dull | 2000 |
Discovering Hamlet | Himself / Guildenstern | 1990 |
Extraordinary Rendition | University Dean | 2007 |
Strictly Sinatra | Rod Edmunds | 2001 |
A Sense of Freedom | Dunkie | 1985 |
All Is True | Edward Woolmer | 2018 |
Artemis Fowl | Fisherman (Time Freeze) | 2020 |
Death Watch | 1980 | |
The Good Time Girls | Finlayson | 1981 |
The Kindred | Robert | 2021 |
The Road Dance | Doctor Connolly | 2022 |
Our Winnie | Charles | 1982 | Series | Cast | Year |
Wycliffe | DI Doug Kersey | 1994 |
Hamish Macbeth | Lachlan McCrae | 1995 |
Monsignor Renard | 2000 | |
Rebus | Mickey | 2000 |
EastEnders | Victor Brown | 1985 |
Eurocops | McCulloch | 1988 |
New Tricks | George Milligan | 2004 |
Young James Herriot | 2011 | |
Objects of Affection | Charles | 1982 |
Guilt | Albert | 2019 |
Shetland | Angus Wallace | 2013 |