Acting credits
44
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jimmy Yuill
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 30Series: 15Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 151797
IMDb ID: nm0950788
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1956
Age: 70
Place of birth: Golspie, Scotland
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1980 - 2022
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 6.34
Wikidata: Q2606409
Other jobs
Original Music Composer (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jimmy Yuill.
6.7
The Road Dance
as Doctor Connolly
2022 Movie
6.4
The Kindred
as Robert
2021 Movie
5.5
Artemis Fowl
as Fisherman (Time Freeze)
2020 Movie
6.0
All Is True
as Edward Woolmer
2018 Movie
7.0
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
as Banquo
2013 Movie
6.3
The Raven
as Captain Eldridge
2012 Movie
5.6
Retreat
as Doug
2011 Movie
5.7
Princess Kaiulani
as Archie Cleghorn
2010 Movie
5.0
Within the Whirlwind
as Siderov
2009 Movie
6.3
The Magic Flute
as Queen's Commander
2006 Movie
5.7
As You Like It
as Corin
2006 Movie
6.4
Ladies in Lavender
as Constable Timmins
2004 Movie
5.1
The Rocket Post
as James MacLeod
2004 Movie
4.8
Strictly Sinatra
as Rod Edmunds
2001 Movie
5.5
Love's Labour's Lost
as Constable Dull
2000 Movie
7.1
In the Bleak Midwinter
Original Music Composer
1995 Movie
6.4
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Greigori
1994 Movie
6.0
Grushko
as Chazov
1994 Movie
6.9
Much Ado About Nothing
as Friar Francis
1993 Movie
5.6
Paper Mask
as Alec Moran
1990 Movie
5.7
Discovering Hamlet
as Himself / Guildenstern
1990 Movie
7.1
Henry V
as Jamy
1989 Movie
The Picnic
as Man at Dyke
1989 Movie
Sales People from Hell
1989 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jimmy Yuill.
6.6
Guilt
as Albert • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.5
Shetland
as Angus Wallace • 5 eps
2013 Series
7.6
Young James Herriot
3 eps
2011 Series
7.2
Going Postal
as Mr. Spools • 2 eps
2010 Series
7.4
New Tricks
as George Milligan • 1 eps
2004 Series
The Afternoon Play
as Geoffrey • 1 eps
2003 Series
6.9
Rebus
as Mickey • 1 eps
2000 Series
Monsignor Renard
4 eps
2000 Series
7.7
Hamish Macbeth
as Lachlan McCrae • 6 eps
1995 Series
6.0
Wycliffe
as DI Doug Kersey • 36 eps
1994 Series
5.0
Eurocops
as McCulloch • 1 eps
1988 Series
4.1
EastEnders
as Victor Brown • 207 eps
1985 Series
6.8
Screen Two
as Man at Dyke • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.0
Objects of Affection
as Charles • 1 eps
1982 Series
Cloud Howe
as Sands • 4 eps
1982 Series