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Jimmy Yuill

Acting
Known For

69 Years Old

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.

Born

Golspie, Scotland on 1st January 1956

All Credits

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