Jimmy Yuill

Acting

Born Jan 01, 1956

From Golspie, Scotland

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.

Jimmy Yuill

Known For

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Artemis Fowl

Much Ado About Nothing

Local Hero

The Raven

Henry V

All Is True

Love's Labour's Lost

As You Like It

Ladies in Lavender

Filmography — Acting

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Artemis Fowl

Much Ado About Nothing

Local Hero

The Raven

Henry V

All Is True

Love's Labour's Lost

As You Like It

Ladies in Lavender

The Road Dance

Retreat

Death Watch

The Kindred

Princess Kaiulani

The Magic Flute

A Sense of Freedom

Grushko

The Rocket Post

Paper Mask

Strictly Sinatra

Within the Whirlwind

The Interrogation of John

The Picnic

Discovering Hamlet

Our Winnie

Andrina

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

Extraordinary Rendition

Sales People from Hell

Schneider's 2nd Stage

The Good Time Girls

Flat Lake