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 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.

Most Known For

EastEnders

as Victor Brown

Shetland

as Angus Wallace

New Tricks

as George Milligan

Wycliffe

as DI Doug Kersey

Screen Two

as Man at Dyke

Hamish Macbeth

as Lachlan McCrae

Rebus

as Mickey

Artemis Fowl

as Fisherman (Time Freeze)

Guilt

as Albert

The Afternoon Play

as Geoffrey

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

as Greigori

Our Winnie

as Charles

Going Postal

as Mr. Spools

Eurocops

as McCulloch

Much Ado About Nothing

as Friar Francis

Andrina

as Stanley

The Raven

as Captain Eldridge

Henry V

as Jamy

Local Hero

as Iain

Ladies in Lavender

as Constable Timmins