
Acting
Jimmy Yuill
EN, FR cinema · 37 credits
Born
1 January 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography

The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
as King Ergon

The Road Dance
as Doctor Connolly

The Kindred
as Robert

Artemis Fowl
as Fisherman (Time Freeze)

All Is True
as Edward Woolmer

The Raven
as Captain Eldridge
Flat Lake
2012
Flat Lake
as Murdo Strachen

Retreat
as Doug

Going Postal 2in1
as Mr. Spools

Princess Kaiulani
as Archie Cleghorn

Within the Whirlwind
as Siderov
Extraordinary Rendition
2007
Extraordinary Rendition
as University Dean

The Magic Flute
as Queen's Commander

As You Like It
as Corin

The Rocket Post
as James MacLeod

Ladies in Lavender
as Constable Timmins
Schneider's 2nd Stage
2001
Schneider's 2nd Stage
as Detective Chief Inspector

Strictly Sinatra
as Rod Edmunds

Love's Labour's Lost
as Constable Dull

In the Bleak Midwinter
Original Music Composer

Grushko
as Chazov

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Greigori

Much Ado About Nothing
as Friar Francis
Swan Song
1992
Swan Song
Original Music Composer

Paper Mask
as Alec Moran

Discovering Hamlet
as Himself / Guildenstern

The Picnic
as Man at Dyke

Henry V
as Jamy

The Interrogation of John
as Det. Sgt. Chandler

A Sense of Freedom
as Dunkie

Local Hero
as Iain

Our Winnie
as Charles

Andrina
as Stanley




