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
All Movies (34)
- The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford2026
- The Road Dance2022 · as Doctor Connolly
- The Kindred2021 · as Robert
- Artemis Fowl2020 · as Fisherman (Time Freeze)
- All Is True2018 · as Edward Woolmer
- National Theatre Live: Macbeth2013 · as Banquo
- Flat Lake2012 · as Murdo Strachen
- The Raven2012 · as Captain Eldridge
- Retreat2011 · as Doug
- Princess Kaiulani2010 · as Archie Cleghorn
- Within the Whirlwind2009 · as Siderov
- Extraordinary Rendition2007 · as University Dean
- The Magic Flute2006 · as Queen's Commander
- As You Like It2006 · as Corin
- Ladies in Lavender2004 · as Constable Timmins
- The Rocket Post2004 · as James MacLeod
- Strictly Sinatra2001 · as Rod Edmunds
- Schneider's 2nd Stage2001 · as Detective Chief Inspector
- Love's Labour's Lost2000 · as Constable Dull
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein1994 · as Greigori
- Grushko1994 · as Chazov
- Much Ado About Nothing1993 · as Friar Francis
- Paper Mask1990 · as Alec Moran
- Discovering Hamlet1990 · as Himself / Guildenstern
- Henry V1989 · as Jamy
- The Picnic1989 · as Man at Dyke
- Sales People from Hell1989
- The Interrogation of John1987 · as Det. Sgt. Chandler
- A Sense of Freedom1985 · as Dunkie
- Local Hero1983 · as Iain
- Our Winnie1982 · as Charles
- Andrina1981 · as Stanley
- The Good Time Girls1981 · as Finlayson
- Death Watch1980
All TV Shows (19)
- Guilt2019 · as Albert
- Shetland2013 · as Angus Wallace
- Young James Herriot2011
- Going Postal2010 · as Mr. Spools
- New Tricks2004 · as George Milligan
- The Afternoon Play2003 · as Geoffrey
- Murphy's Law2001 · as Mr Davidson
- Rebus2000 · as Mickey
- Monsignor Renard2000
- Psychos1999 · as Alexander Drew
- Hamish Macbeth1995 · as Lachlan McCrae
- Wycliffe1994 · as DI Doug Kersey
- A Touch of Frost1992 · as Charles Lightfoot
- Eurocops1988 · as McCulloch
- ScreenPlay1986 · as Det. Sgt. Chandler
- EastEnders1985 · as Victor Brown
- Screen Two1985 · as Man at Dyke
- Objects of Affection1982 · as Charles
- Cloud Howe1982 · as Sands