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Jimmy Yuill

Jimmy Yuill

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 01, 1956 (69)
Birthplace Golspie, Scotland
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Aug 04, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Cus ... ack. 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 Road Dance

The Road Dance

2022

as Doctor Connolly

The Kindred

The Kindred

2021

as Robert

Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl

2020

as Fisherman (Time Freeze)

All Is True

All Is True

2018

as Edward Woolmer

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

2013

as Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, general in the King's army

Flat Lake

Flat Lake

2012

as Murdo Strachen

The Raven

The Raven

2012

as Captain Eldridge

Retreat

Retreat

2011

as Doug

Princess Kaiulani

Princess Kaiulani

2010

as Archie Cleghorn

Within the Whirlwind

Within the Whirlwind

2009

as Siderov

Extraordinary Rendition

Extraordinary Rendition

2007

as University Dean

As You Like It

As You Like It

2006

as Corin

The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute

2006

as Queen's Commander

The Rocket Post

The Rocket Post

2004

as James MacLeod

Ladies in Lavender

Ladies in Lavender

2004

as Constable Timmins

Schneider's 2nd Stage

Schneider's 2nd Stage

2001

as Detective Chief Inspector

Strictly Sinatra

Strictly Sinatra

2001

as Rod Edmunds

Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost

2000

as Constable Dull

Grushko

Grushko

1994

as Chazov

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994

as Greigori

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

1993

as Friar Francis

Paper Mask

Paper Mask

1990

as Alec Moran

The Picnic

The Picnic

1989

as Man at Dyke

Henry V

Henry V

1989

as Jamy

The Interrogation of John

The Interrogation of John

1987

as Det. Sgt. Chandler

Local Hero

Local Hero

1983

as Iain

Andrina

Andrina

1981

as Stanley

The Good Time Girls

The Good Time Girls

1981

as Finlayson

A Sense of Freedom

A Sense of Freedom

1979

as Dunkie

In the Bleak Midwinter

In the Bleak Midwinter

1995

Original Music Composer

Swan Song

Swan Song

1992

Original Music Composer

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

EastEnders

as Victor Brown

Episodes: 207

First Aired: Feb 19, 1985

Wycliffe

as DI Doug Kersey

Episodes: 36

First Aired: Jul 24, 1994

Hamish Macbeth

as Lachlan McCrae

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Mar 26, 1995

Shetland

as Angus Wallace

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Mar 10, 2013

Cloud Howe

as Sands

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jul 14, 1982

Rebus

as Mickey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 26, 2000

Eurocops

as McCulloch

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 06, 1988

New Tricks

as George Milligan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 2004

Objects of Affection

as Charles

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 12, 1982

Guilt

as Albert

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 24, 2019

Monsignor Renard

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Mar 27, 2000

Young James Herriot

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 18, 2011

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2024 6 4 9 2
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2025 1 6 13 2
2025 2 3 6 1
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2025 7 0 0 0
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