Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 01, 1956
Place of Birth
Golspie, Scotland
Credits
55 titles
Jimmy Yuill
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
King Ergon
The Road Dance
Doctor Connolly
The Kindred
Robert
Artemis Fowl
Fisherman (Time Freeze)
Guilt
Albert
All Is True
Edward Woolmer
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Banquo
Shetland
Angus Wallace
Flat Lake
Murdo Strachen
The Raven
Captain Eldridge
Young James Herriot
Retreat
Doug
Going Postal
Mr. Spools
Princess Kaiulani
Archie Cleghorn
Within the Whirlwind
Siderov
Extraordinary Rendition
University Dean
The Magic Flute
Queen's Commander
As You Like It
Corin
Ladies in Lavender
Constable Timmins
The Rocket Post
James MacLeod
New Tricks
George Milligan
The Afternoon Play
Geoffrey
Murphy's Law
Mr Davidson
Strictly Sinatra
Rod Edmunds
Schneider's 2nd Stage
Detective Chief Inspector
Rebus
Mickey
Love's Labour's Lost
Constable Dull
Monsignor Renard
Psychos
Alexander Drew
In the Bleak Midwinter
Original Music Composer
Hamish Macbeth
Lachlan McCrae
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Greigori
Wycliffe
DI Doug Kersey
Grushko
Chazov
Much Ado About Nothing
Friar Francis
A Touch of Frost
Charles Lightfoot
Swan Song
Original Music Composer
Paper Mask
Alec Moran
Discovering Hamlet
Himself / Guildenstern
Henry V
Jamy
The Picnic
Man at Dyke
Sales People from Hell
Eurocops
McCulloch
The Interrogation of John
Det. Sgt. Chandler
ScreenPlay
Det. Sgt. Chandler
A Sense of Freedom
Dunkie
EastEnders
Victor Brown
Screen Two
Man at Dyke
Local Hero
Iain
Objects of Affection
Charles