Jimmy Yuill

Birthday: 1956-01-01
Birthplace: Golspie, Scotland
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2022-05-20 The Road Dance Doctor Connolly
2021-12-28 The Kindred Robert
2020-05-29 Artemis Fowl Fisherman (Time Freeze)
2018-12-21 All Is True Edward Woolmer
2013-07-19 National Theatre Live: Macbeth Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, general in the King's army
2012-09-01 Flat Lake Murdo Strachen
2012-03-09 The Raven Captain Eldridge
2011-10-14 Retreat Doug
2010-05-14 Princess Kaiulani Archie Cleghorn
2009-09-18 Within the Whirlwind Siderov
2007-08-20 Extraordinary Rendition University Dean
2006-09-07 The Magic Flute Queen's Commander
2006-09-01 As You Like It Corin
2004-11-12 Ladies in Lavender Constable Timmins
2004-05-13 The Rocket Post James MacLeod
2001-06-29 Strictly Sinatra Rod Edmunds
2001-03-31 Schneider's 2nd Stage Detective Chief Inspector
2000-03-31 Love's Labour's Lost Constable Dull
1994-11-04 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Greigori
1994-03-24 Grushko Chazov
1993-05-07 Much Ado About Nothing Friar Francis
1990-09-14 Paper Mask Alec Moran
1989-10-05 Henry V Jamy
1989-02-19 The Picnic Man at Dyke
1987-09-30 The Interrogation of John Det. Sgt. Chandler
1985-10-18 A Sense of Freedom Dunkie
1983-02-17 Local Hero Iain
1982-11-12 Our Winnie Charles
1981-11-22 Andrina Stanley
1981-04-07 The Good Time Girls Finlayson
1980-01-23 Death Watch