Jimmy Yuill
Known for: Acting
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
Series
EastEnders
Victor Brown
1985
Series
Shetland
Angus Wallace
2013
Series
Screen Two
Man at Dyke
1985
Series
Dalziel and Pascoe
Robert MacAlpine
1996
Series
A Touch of Frost
Charles Lightfoot
1992
Series
New Tricks
George Milligan
2004
Series
Wycliffe
DI Doug Kersey
1994
Series
ScreenPlay
Det. Sgt. Chandler
1986
Series
Murphy's Law
Mr Davidson
2001
Series
Guilt
Albert
2019
Series
Rebus
Mickey
2000
Series
Hamish Macbeth
Lachlan McCrae
1995
Film
Much Ado About Nothing
Friar Francis
1993
Film
Artemis Fowl
Fisherman (Time Freeze)
2020
Series
The Afternoon Play
Geoffrey
2003
Film
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Greigori
1994
Series
Going Postal
Mr. Spools
2010
Film
The Raven
Captain Eldridge
2012
Series
Eurocops
McCulloch
1988
Film
Ladies in Lavender
Constable Timmins
2004
Film
Henry V
Jamy
1989
Film
Local Hero
Iain
1983
Series
Psychos
Alexander Drew
1999
Film
Love's Labour's Lost
Constable Dull
2000
Film
As You Like It
Corin
2006
Film
Death Watch
1980
Film
The Road Dance
Doctor Connolly
2022
Film
All Is True
Edward Woolmer
2018
Film
Retreat
Doug
2011
Series
Objects of Affection
Charles
1982
Film
The Kindred
Robert
2021
Film
The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
King Ergon
2026
Series
Monsignor Renard
2000
Series
Cloud Howe
Sands
1982
Film
The Magic Flute
Queen's Commander
2006
Film
Princess Kaiulani
Archie Cleghorn
2010
Film
Andrina
Stanley
1981
Film
Within the Whirlwind
Siderov
2009
Series
Young James Herriot
2011
Film
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Banquo
2013
Film
The Picnic
Man at Dyke
1989
Film
Our Winnie
Charles
1982
Film
Strictly Sinatra
Rod Edmunds
2001
Film
A Sense of Freedom
Dunkie
1985
Film
Discovering Hamlet
Himself / Guildenstern
1990
Film
Paper Mask
Alec Moran
1990
Film
The Interrogation of John
Det. Sgt. Chandler
1987
Film
Grushko
Chazov
1994
Film
The Rocket Post
James MacLeod
2004
The Good Time Girls
Finlayson
1981
Flat Lake
Murdo Strachen
2012
Film
Sales People from Hell
1989
Extraordinary Rendition
University Dean
2007
Schneider's 2nd Stage
Detective Chief Inspector
2001