Jimmy Yuill

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-01-01 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Golspie, Scotland

Jimmy Yuill

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 cha...

Acting

1994

Grushko

as Chazov

1983

Local Hero

as Iain

2004

The Rocket Post

as James MacLeod

1993

Much Ado About Nothing

as Friar Francis

2004

Ladies in Lavender

as Constable Timmins

2006

The Magic Flute

as Queen's Commander

2010

Princess Kaiulani

as Archie Cleghorn

2012

The Raven

as Captain Eldridge

2006

2011

Retreat

as Doug

2009

2012

Flat Lake

as Murdo Strachen

1989

The Picnic

as Man at Dyke

1981

Andrina

as Stanley

1990

Paper Mask

as Alec Moran

1989

Henry V

as Jamy

1987

The Interrogation of John

as Det. Sgt. Chandler

2000

Love's Labour's Lost

as Constable Dull

2013

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

as Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, general in the King's army

2001

Schneider's 2nd Stage

as Detective Chief Inspector

1990

Discovering Hamlet

as Himself / Guildenstern

2007

Extraordinary Rendition

as University Dean

2001

Strictly Sinatra

as Rod Edmunds

1985

2018

All Is True

as Edward Woolmer

2020

Artemis Fowl

as Fisherman (Time Freeze)

1981

2021

The Kindred

as Robert

2022

The Road Dance

as Doctor Connolly

1982

Our Winnie

as Charles

Production

1992

Swan Song

as Original Music Composer

1995

In the Bleak Midwinter

as Original Music Composer

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