Jimmy Yuill
Known for Acting · 52 credits
- Born
- 1956-01-01 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- 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
TV Shows (19)
EastEnders
1985
as Victor Brown
Shetland
2013
as Angus Wallace
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Charles Lightfoot
New Tricks
2004
as George Milligan
Screen Two
1985
as Man at Dyke
Wycliffe
1994
as DI Doug Kersey
ScreenPlay
1986
as Det. Sgt. Chandler
Rebus
2000
as Mickey
Murphy's Law
2001
as Mr Davidson
Hamish Macbeth
1995
as Lachlan McCrae
Guilt
2019
as Albert
The Afternoon Play
2003
as Geoffrey
Eurocops
1988
as McCulloch
Going Postal
2010
as Mr. Spools
Psychos
1999
as Alexander Drew
Young James Herriot
2011
Objects of Affection
1982
as Charles
Cloud Howe
1982
as Sands
Monsignor Renard
2000
Movies (33)
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
as Friar Francis
Artemis Fowl
2020
as Fisherman (Time Freeze)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
as Greigori
Local Hero
1983
as Iain
Henry V
1989
as Jamy
The Raven
2012
as Captain Eldridge
Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Constable Timmins
As You Like It
2006
as Corin
Love's Labour's Lost
2000
as Constable Dull
All Is True
2018
as Edward Woolmer
Retreat
2011
as Doug
The Kindred
2021
as Robert
Paper Mask
1990
as Alec Moran
Death Watch
1980
The Rocket Post
2004
as James MacLeod
The Magic Flute
2006
as Queen's Commander
Within the Whirlwind
2009
as Siderov
Strictly Sinatra
2001
as Rod Edmunds
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
2013
as Banquo
The Road Dance
2022
as Doctor Connolly
The Interrogation of John
1987
as Det. Sgt. Chandler
The Picnic
1989
as Man at Dyke
Extraordinary Rendition
2007
as University Dean
Discovering Hamlet
1990
as Himself / Guildenstern
Grushko
1994
as Chazov
Princess Kaiulani
2010
as Archie Cleghorn
Andrina
1981
as Stanley
Our Winnie
1982
as Charles
A Sense of Freedom
1985
as Dunkie
The Good Time Girls
1981
as Finlayson
Flat Lake
2012
as Murdo Strachen
Sales People from Hell
1989
Schneider's 2nd Stage
2001
as Detective Chief Inspector
About 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 televis… With 52 credits spanning from 1980 to 2022, Jimmy Yuill has appeared in 33 films and 19 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jimmy Yuill Movies
- Much Ado About Nothing (1993) — as Friar Francis
- Artemis Fowl (2020) — as Fisherman (Time Freeze)
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) — as Greigori
- Local Hero (1983) — as Iain
- Henry V (1989) — as Jamy
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