
Jimmy Yuill
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.
Born: January 1, 1956 · Golspie, Scotland
Filmography (37)

The Road Dance
2022

The Kindred
2021

Artemis Fowl
2020

Guilt
2019

All Is True
2018

National Theatre Live: Macbeth
2013

Shetland
2013

The Raven
2012

Young James Herriot
2011

Retreat
2011

Going Postal
2010

Princess Kaiulani
2010

Within the Whirlwind
2009

The Magic Flute
2006

As You Like It
2006

Ladies in Lavender
2004

The Rocket Post
2004

New Tricks
2004

The Afternoon Play
2003

Murphy's Law
2001

Strictly Sinatra
2001

Rebus
2000

Love's Labour's Lost
2000

In the Bleak Midwinter
1995

Hamish Macbeth
1995

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994

Wycliffe
1994

Much Ado About Nothing
1993

Paper Mask
1990

Discovering Hamlet
1990

Henry V
1989

Eurocops
1988

A Sense of Freedom
1985

EastEnders
1985

Screen Two
1985

Local Hero
1983

Death Watch
1980
