
Jimmy Yuill
Actor
Born: January 1, 1956 (70 years old)
Place of birth: Golspie, Scotland
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.
Filmography (33)
- Local Hero (1983, ★ 6.8)
- Much Ado About Nothing (1993, ★ 6.9)
- Ladies in Lavender (2004, ★ 6.4)
- The Magic Flute (2006, ★ 6.4)
- National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2013, ★ 7)
- Hamish Macbeth (1995, ★ 7.7)
- Shetland (2013, ★ 7.5)
- Murphy's Law (2001, ★ 7.7)
- The Raven (2012, ★ 6.3)
- Henry V (1989, ★ 7.1)
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994, ★ 6.4)
- A Sense of Freedom (1985, ★ 6.4)
- New Tricks (2004, ★ 7.3)
- Young James Herriot (2011, ★ 7.6)
- Death Watch (1980, ★ 6.3)
- The Kindred (2021, ★ 6.4)
- The Road Dance (2022, ★ 6.7)
- Rebus (2000, ★ 6.9)
- Guilt (2019, ★ 6.6)
- Going Postal (2010, ★ 7.2)
- Screen Two (1985, ★ 6.8)
- In the Bleak Midwinter (1995, ★ 7.1)
- The Rocket Post (2004, ★ 5.1)
- Princess Kaiulani (2010, ★ 5.7)
- As You Like It (2006, ★ 5.7)
- Retreat (2011, ★ 5.6)
- Within the Whirlwind (2009, ★ 5)
- Paper Mask (1990, ★ 5.6)
- Love's Labour's Lost (2000, ★ 5.5)
- Discovering Hamlet (1990, ★ 5.7)