Jimmy Yuill
Actor
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
The Raven
as Captain Eldridge 2012
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Greigori 1994
Much Ado About Nothing
as Friar Francis 1993
Henry V
as Jamy 1989
Local Hero
as Iain 1983
Retreat
as Doug 2011
All Is True
as Edward Woolmer 2018
Ladies in Lavender
as Constable Timmins 2004
The Kindred
as Robert 2021
Death Watch
1980
As You Like It
as Corin 2006
Love's Labour's Lost
as Constable Dull 2000
The Road Dance
as Doctor Connolly 2022
Princess Kaiulani
as Archie Cleghorn 2010
The Magic Flute
as Queen's Commander 2006
Paper Mask
as Alec Moran 1990