Russell Tovey

Born: 1981-11-14

Russell George Tovey (born 14 November 1981) is an English actor with numerous television, film and stage credits. Tovey is best known for playing the role of a werewolf, George Sands in the BBC's supernatural drama Being Human. His other notable roles include Rudge in both the stage and film version of The History Boys, Steve in the BBC Three sitcom Him & Her, Kevin Matheson in the HBO original series Looking and as Henry Knight on BBC TV series Sherlock.


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The Good Liar

as Steven
Released: 2019-11-08

Career con man Roy sets his sights on his latest mark: recently widowed Betty, worth millions....

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Love Again

as Billy Brooks
Released: 2023-05-04

Mira Ray, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell...

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Muppets Most Wanted

as Delivery Man
Released: 2014-03-20

While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist...

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as Albino Pirate (voice)
Released: 2012-03-12

The luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain is a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat...

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Pride

as Tim
Released: 2014-09-12

In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of...

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Effie Gray

as George
Released: 2014-03-08

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage...

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The Lady in the Van

as Young Man with Earring
Released: 2015-10-30

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman...

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Stick Man

as Dog (voice)
Released: 2015-12-07

Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three, and...

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Grabbers

as Dr. Adam Smith
Released: 2012-08-10

Something sinister has come to the shores of Erin Island, unbeknownst to the quaint population...

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Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

as Midshipman Alonso Frame
Released: 2007-12-25

When disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling...

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Tower Block

as Paul
Released: 2012-09-19

A year after witnessing a murder, residents of Tower Block 31 find themselves being picked off...

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The Pass

as Jason
Released: 2016-03-16

The night before their debut game, two professional soccer players share a kiss. In a sporting...

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Freedom Fighters: The Ray

as Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice)
Released: 2018-08-28

Earth-X is one of many realities in the multiverse, with one glaring difference from our Earth:...

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The History Boys

as Rudge
Released: 2006-10-02

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in...

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Mindhorn

as Paul Melly
Released: 2016-10-09

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show...

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Looking: The Movie

as Kevin Matheson
Released: 2016-07-24

Patrick returns to San Francisco for the first time in almost a year to celebrate a momentous...

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The Hippopotamus

as Rupert Keynes
Released: 2017-03-08

Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of...

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The Emperor's New Clothes

as Recruit
Released: 2001-08-11

Napoleon, exiled, devises a plan to retake the throne. He'll swap places with commoner Eugene...

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My Family and Other Animals

as Leslie Durrell
Released: 2005-12-27

An English family relocates to sunny Greece in the months before WWII.

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Allelujah

as Colin Colman
Released: 2023-03-17

When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the...

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Rhythm of Life

as Self
Released: 2021-07-03

A star-studded short film encouraging people to get COVID-19 vaccines and featuring the song...

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Blackwood

as Jack
Released: 2014-08-01

Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates...

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Roar

as Tom
Released: 2009-08-05

London. It's Christmas. Tom is a timid loner who cuts keys in a dry-cleaners in Soho. He's...

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White Widow

as Charlie
Released: 2023-11-20

A young American running from a painful past meets an Irishman heading to London.

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Huge

as Carl
Released: 2010-06-18

A feuding double act try to make it in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy.

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National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches

as Joseph Pitt/Prior 1/The Eskimo
Released: 2017-07-20

The National Theatre's live theatrical production of Tony Kushner's two-part play 'Angels In...

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Red Top

as Andy Coulson
Released: 2016-01-20

Comic fantasy telling the story of Rebekah, an innocent and beguiling Northern girl who...

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Constellations

as Roland
Released: 2021-10-28

A quantum physicist and a beekeeper meet at a barbeque. They hit it off, or perhaps they don’t....

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Walking the Dogs

as Footman
Released: 2012-05-31

A Buckingham Palace guard attending to Queen Elizabeth's room takes her dogs for a walk and...

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Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2013-11-18

The Ultimate Guide was a documentary made by BBC Events Production in London which aired on BBC...

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National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika

as Joseph Pitt/Mormon Centre Father/The Angel Europa
Released: 2017-07-27

America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Basil Hallward
Released: 2021-03-16

In a profile pic-obsessed, filter-fixated world where online and reality blur, influencer Dorian...

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The Ballad of Russell & Julie

as Midshipman Frame (archive footage)
Released: 2011-10-31

David Tennant, Catherine Tate and John Barrowman thank Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner for...

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The King is Dead

as Nicky
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There's a mole in the organisation, and Lionel doesn't like moles. So he's brought his right...

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The Sea

as David
Released: 2019-03-10

On a grey day, a woman sits alone on a beach and calmly watches the birds. As she sits, she is...

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Hymn of Hate

as Sergeant George May
Released: 2018-11-11

Sgt George May and Pvt Billy Booth are sent to patrol the deadly No Man's Land by a young and...

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Baby Lies Truthfully

as uncredited
Released: 2020-07-01

It's 1987. David Robilliard is a young artist and writer in London. His work is raw as it is...

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In Passing

as Henry Travers
Released: 2009-01-01

A Blitz mother confronts a home truth.

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Wayfinder

as Russell
Released: 2022-07-01

Set during a pandemic, the film tracks the movements of its central protagonist – The Wanderer,...

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Doctor Who

as Midshipman Frame
First aired: 2005-03-26

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...

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The Flash

as Ray Terrill / The Ray
First aired: 2014-10-07

After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to...

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Silent Witness

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-02-21

Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology...

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American Horror Story

as Patrick Read
First aired: 2011-10-05

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a...

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Supergirl

as Ray Terrill / The Ray (uncredited)
First aired: 2015-10-26

Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after...

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Lionel Marshall
First aired: 1989-01-08

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...

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Holby City

as Adam Spengler
First aired: 1999-01-12

Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the...

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Holby City

as Jerome Hibbert
First aired: 1999-01-12

Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the...

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Quantico

as Harry Doyle
First aired: 2015-09-27

A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the...

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DC's Legends of Tomorrow

as Ray Terrill / The Ray
First aired: 2016-01-21

When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he...

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Sherlock

as Henry Knight
First aired: 2010-07-25

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

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Agatha Christie's Marple

as PC Terence Reed
First aired: 2004-12-12

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St...

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Never Mind the Buzzcocks

as Panellist
First aired: 1996-11-12

Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show...

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RuPaul's Drag Race UK

as Self - Judge
First aired: 2019-10-03

RuPaul has made the trip across the pond in search of a queen with the most charisma,...

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FEUD

as John O'Shea
First aired: 2017-03-05

Anthology series of famous feuds with the first season based on the legendary rivalry between...

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Celebrity Juice

as Self
First aired: 2008-09-24

The outrageous comedy panel show hosted by the irrepressible Keith Lemon. Each episode sees top...

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Him & Her

as Steve
First aired: 2010-09-06

An acutely observed, forensically honest, warts-and-all look at a working-class couple in their...

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Doctor Who Confidential

as Narrator
First aired: 2005-03-26

Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation...

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Ultimate Force

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-09-16

This covert combat series focuses on the Red Troop, an elite group of soldiers from the British...

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Shane the Chef

as uncredited
First aired: 2018-04-02

Shane, an ambitious, energetic chef and his young daughter Izzy run a restaurant in the town of...

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Rob Beckett’s Smart TV

as Self
First aired: 2024-02-29

Hosted by the brilliant Rob Beckett alongside his team captains – TV fanatic Josh Widdicombe,...

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Little Dorrit

as John Chivery
First aired: 2008-10-26

Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who...

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The Night Manager

as Simon Ogilvey
First aired: 2016-02-21

Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington...

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The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

as Self - Baker
First aired: 2018-03-06

Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their...

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Being Human

as George Sands
First aired: 2009-01-25

Deciding to turn over a new leaf, a group of friends who also happen to be vampires and...

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The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

as Self
First aired: 2017-08-31

The show that gives fans another bite of Bake Off when one helping just isn't enough. Jo Brand...

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Looking

as Kevin Matheson
First aired: 2014-01-19

Three friends in San Francisco who explore the fun and sometimes overwhelming options available...

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Starstruck

as Dave
First aired: 2021-04-25

A drunken New Year's Eve hook-up becomes far more complicated for Jessie when she discovers her...

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Years and Years

as Daniel Lyons
First aired: 2019-05-14

As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the...

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Messiah

as Robbie McManus
First aired: 2001-05-26

Crime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.

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Freedom Fighters: The Ray

as Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice)
First aired: 2017-12-08

Reporter Raymond "Ray" Terrill is investigating a group of government scientists who are...

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The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-10-01

Comedy about an inept American placed in charge of sales at his company's London branch. He has...

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Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents

as Self - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2011-01-04

Teenagers take their first summer holiday abroad without their parents, who are secretly...

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The Fortress

as Charlie Oldman
First aired: 2024-04-12

2037, the inhabitants of Norway enjoy sheltered lives in a self-sufficient Nordic paradise. But...

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Flesh and Blood

as Jake
First aired: 2020-02-24

Three adult siblings find their family thrown into disarray when their recently widowed mother,...

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Servants

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-04-10

Bold and irreverent drama following the fortunes of a group of servants in an 1850s English...

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What Remains

as Michael
First aired: 2013-08-25

When the decomposed body of Melissa Young is found by a couple in their new flat, Detective Len...

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Banished

as James Freeman
First aired: 2015-03-05

At its heart, Banished is a story of survival. Though it is set in the stark historical reality...

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Mongrels

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-06-22

Mongrels, formerly known under the working titles of We Are Mongrels and The Un-Natural World,...

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Just a Minute

as Self
First aired: 2012-03-26

Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy and television panel game chaired by Nicholas...

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Juice

as Guy
First aired: 2023-09-18

Jamma desperately wants to be the centre of attention, but his family are constantly stealing...

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The Job Lot

as Karl Lyndhurst
First aired: 2013-04-29

The daily troubles of the people who work in a busy West Midlands Job Centre, and the people who...

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Queers.

as Phil
First aired: 2017-07-31

A series of eight monologues set in the same pub over many years of gay history in response to...

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AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

as Narrator
First aired: 2022-06-27

Real stories, real voices. The AIDS crisis as never told before, by those who survived - and...

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The Sister

as Nathan
First aired: 2020-10-26

Almost a decade into his new devoted married life Nathan is rocked to the core when Bob, an...

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Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents

as Self - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2013-11-12

In this spin off of 'Sun, Sex, and Suspicious Parents", parents secretly keep an eye on what...

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Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry

as Russell Tovey
First aired: 2023-08-14

Gavin & Stacey stars Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb take a 210-mile road trip from Billericay to...

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Talking to the Dead

as DS Huw Brydon
First aired: 2013-10-15

Rookie inspector Fiona Griffiths has a brilliant mind - and a secret history of mental illness...

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Mutual Friends

as Estate Agent
First aired: 2008-08-26

Martin's comfortable world is upturned by his friend's mid-life crises, beginning with his best...

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Festivals, Sex and Suspicious Parents

as Self - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2014-02-26

Parents secretly keep an eye on what their teenage kids get up to at music festivals.

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Spywatch

as Dennis Sealey
First aired: 1996-01-15

Spywatch is a story produced by the BBC as part of the Look and Read series. It originally aired...

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