Jimmy Yuill
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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
Credits
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
as Friar Francis
Artemis Fowl (2020)
as Fisherman (Time Freeze)
The Raven (2012)
as Captain Eldridge
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
as Greigori
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
as Constable Timmins
Local Hero (1983)
as Iain
Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
as Constable Dull
Henry V (1989)
as Jamy
The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford (2026)
as King Ergon
Death Watch (1980)
Actor
Princess Kaiulani (2010)
as Archie Cleghorn
Our Winnie (1982)
as Charles
All Is True (2018)
as Edward Woolmer
Retreat (2011)
as Doug
The Magic Flute (2006)
as Queen's Commander
Andrina (1981)
as Stanley
The Road Dance (2022)
as Doctor Connolly
As You Like It (2006)
as Corin
Extraordinary Rendition (2007)
as University Dean
Strictly Sinatra (2001)
as Rod Edmunds
Within the Whirlwind (2009)
as Siderov
Paper Mask (1990)
as Alec Moran
Sales People from Hell (1989)
Actor
The Rocket Post (2004)
as James MacLeod
A Sense of Freedom (1985)
as Dunkie
Discovering Hamlet (1990)
as Himself / Guildenstern
National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2013)
as Banquo
The Kindred (2021)
as Robert
Grushko (1994)
as Chazov
The Interrogation of John (1987)
as Det. Sgt. Chandler
Flat Lake (2012)
as Murdo Strachen
The Picnic (1989)
as Man at Dyke
The Good Time Girls (1981)
as Finlayson
Schneider's 2nd Stage (2001)
as Detective Chief Inspector