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
Artemis Fowl (2020)
as Fisherman (Time Freeze)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
as Greigori
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
as Friar Francis
The Raven (2012)
as Captain Eldridge
Henry V (1989)
as Jamy
Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
as Constable Dull
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
as Constable Timmins
As You Like It (2006)
as Corin
Local Hero (1983)
as Iain
Death Watch (1980)
Actor
The Kindred (2021)
as Robert
Going Postal 2in1 (2011)
as Mr. Spools
All Is True (2018)
as Edward Woolmer
The Road Dance (2022)
as Doctor Connolly
The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford (2026)
as King Ergon
Retreat (2011)
as Doug
National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2013)
as Banquo
The Magic Flute (2006)
as Queen's Commander
A Sense of Freedom (1985)
as Dunkie
Our Winnie (1982)
as Charles
Princess Kaiulani (2010)
as Archie Cleghorn
Sales People from Hell (1989)
Actor
Paper Mask (1990)
as Alec Moran
Strictly Sinatra (2001)
as Rod Edmunds
Within the Whirlwind (2009)
as Siderov
The Rocket Post (2004)
as James MacLeod
Andrina (1981)
as Stanley
The Good Time Girls (1981)
as Finlayson
The Interrogation of John (1987)
as Det. Sgt. Chandler
Discovering Hamlet (1990)
as Himself / Guildenstern
Schneider's 2nd Stage (2001)
as Detective Chief Inspector
The Picnic (1989)
as Man at Dyke
Grushko (1994)
as Chazov
Extraordinary Rendition (2007)
as University Dean
Flat Lake (2012)
as Murdo Strachen