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