Jimmy Yuill

Born: 1956-01-01

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.


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The Kindred

as Robert
Released: 2021-12-28

After her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is...

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Artemis Fowl

as Fisherman (Time Freeze)
Released: 2020-06-12

Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He...

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

as Greigori
Released: 1994-11-04

Based on Mary Shelley's novel, "Frankenstein" tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a...

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as Captain Eldridge
Released: 2012-03-09

A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in...

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Henry V

as Jamy
Released: 1989-10-05

Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.

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Much Ado About Nothing

as Friar Francis
Released: 1993-05-07

In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's...

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Local Hero

as Iain
Released: 1983-02-17

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to...

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Death Watch

as uncredited
Released: 1980-01-23

In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even...

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All Is True

as Edward Woolmer
Released: 2018-12-21

London, June 29th, 1613. The Globe Theater, ran by the famous playwright William Shakespeare,...

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Ladies in Lavender

as Constable Timmins
Released: 2004-11-12

Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept...

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As You Like It

as Corin
Released: 2006-09-01

Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which...

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Retreat

as Doug
Released: 2011-10-14

Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside...

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Love's Labour's Lost

as Constable Dull
Released: 2000-03-31

The King of Navarre and his three companions swear a very public oath to study together and to...

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Within the Whirlwind

as Siderov
Released: 2009-09-18

During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years...

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Strictly Sinatra

as Rod Edmunds
Released: 2001-06-29

In Glasgow, Toni Cocozza, age 28, aspires to be a lounge singer; his repertoire is strictly...

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The Road Dance

as Doctor Connolly
Released: 2022-05-20

A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI....

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Paper Mask

as Alec Moran
Released: 1990-09-14

A lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER...

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The Picnic

as Man at Dyke
Released: 1989-02-19

A widowed teacher marries again, but her hopes of her daughter accepting a stepfather her own...

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Grushko

as Chazov
Released: 1994-03-24

A restaurant is fire-bombed, a TV journalist and a member of a local mafia are murdered, and a...

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Princess Ka'iulani

as Archie Cleghorn
Released: 2010-05-14

Ka'iulani, a 19th-century Hawaiian princess, is raised in England but determined to maintain her...

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The Rocket Post

as James MacLeod
Released: 2004-05-13

Switch off and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Scotland. Based on fact, this film will take you...

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National Theatre Live: Macbeth

as Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, general in the King's army
Released: 2013-07-19

Performing from within the walls of a deconsecrated Manchester church, Kenneth Branagh takes the...

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Andrina

as Stanley
Released: 1981-11-22

Captain Bill Torvald has retired to his quiet home in Orkney after fifty years at sea. When a...

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Discovering Hamlet

as Himself / Guildenstern
Released: 1990-01-07

IN 1988, rising star Kenneth Branagh tackled the role of Shakespeare’s prince of Denmark for the...

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The Magic Flute

as Queen's Commander
Released: 2006-09-07

During World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the...

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A Sense of Freedom

as Dunkie
Released: 1979-10-19

The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man.

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The Interrogation of John

as Det. Sgt. Chandler
Released: 1987-09-30

A suspect is brought to a London police station charged with gross indecency. Police at the...

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EastEnders

as Victor Brown
First aired: 1985-02-19

The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square...

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New Tricks

as George Milligan
First aired: 2004-01-01

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and...

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Wycliffe

as DI Doug Kersey
First aired: 1994-07-24

Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective...

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Hamish Macbeth

as Lachlan McCrae
First aired: 1995-03-26

Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is...

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Rebus

as Mickey
First aired: 2000-04-26

Detective series set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector John Rebus, whose methods earn...

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Eurocops

as McCulloch
First aired: 1988-11-06

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Objects of Affection

as Charles
First aired: 1982-11-12

A series of plays written by Alan Bennett.

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Young James Herriot

as uncredited
First aired: 2011-12-18

Young James Herriot is a three-part British television drama based on the early life of...

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Monsignor Renard

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-03-27

Monsignor Renard was a four-part ITV television drama set in occupied France during World War...

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