Jimmy Yuill
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.
Acted in
The Road Dance
2022
as Doctor Connolly
The Kindred
2021
as Robert
Artemis Fowl
2020
as Fisherman (Time Freeze)
Guilt
2019
as Albert
All Is True
2018
as Edward Woolmer
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
2013
as Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, general in the King's army
Shetland
2013
as Angus Wallace
Flat Lake
2012
as Murdo Strachen
The Raven
2012
as Captain Eldridge
Young James Herriot
2011
Retreat
2011
as Doug
Princess Kaiulani
2010
as Archie Cleghorn
Within the Whirlwind
2009
as Siderov
Extraordinary Rendition
2007
as University Dean
The Magic Flute
2006
as Queen's Commander
As You Like It
2006
as Corin
Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Constable Timmins
The Rocket Post
2004
as James MacLeod
New Tricks
2004
as George Milligan
Strictly Sinatra
2001
as Rod Edmunds
Schneider's 2nd Stage
2001
as Detective Chief Inspector
Rebus
2000
as Mickey
Love's Labour's Lost
2000
as Constable Dull
Monsignor Renard
2000
Hamish Macbeth
1995
as Lachlan McCrae
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
as Greigori
Wycliffe
1994
as DI Doug Kersey
Grushko
1994
as Chazov
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
as Friar Francis
Paper Mask
1990
as Alec Moran
Discovering Hamlet
1990
as Himself / Guildenstern
Henry V
1989
as Jamy
The Picnic
1989
as Man at Dyke
Eurocops
1988
as McCulloch
The Interrogation of John
1987
as Det. Sgt. Chandler
A Sense of Freedom
1985
as Dunkie
EastEnders
1985
as Victor Brown
Local Hero
1983
as Iain
Our Winnie
1982
as Charles
Objects of Affection
1982
as Charles
Andrina
1981
as Stanley
The Good Time Girls
1981
as Finlayson
Death Watch
1980