Jimmy Yuill

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

44

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-01-01 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Golspie, Scotland

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

Artemis Fowl
5.6%

Artemis Fowl

May 29, 2020

The Raven
6.3%

The Raven

Mar 9, 2012

Much Ado About Nothing
6.9%

Much Ado About Nothing

May 7, 1993

Henry V
7.1%

Henry V

Oct 5, 1989

Local Hero
6.7%

Local Hero

Feb 17, 1983

Retreat
5.6%

Retreat

Oct 14, 2011

EastEnders
4.1%

EastEnders

Feb 19, 1985

Shetland
7.5%

Shetland

Mar 10, 2013

Ladies in Lavender
6.4%

Ladies in Lavender

Nov 12, 2004

All Is True
6.1%

All Is True

Dec 21, 2018

The Kindred
6.4%

The Kindred

Dec 28, 2021

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Acting

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

Sound

1995
In the Bleak Midwinter as Original Music Composer
1992
Swan Song as Original Music Composer
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