
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.
Filmography
Schneider's 2nd Stage
2001 · 10.0

Andrina
1981 · 8.0

Objects of Affection
1982 · 8.0

Hamish Macbeth
1995 · 7.7

A Touch of Frost
1992 · 7.6

Murphy's Law
2001 · 7.6

Young James Herriot
2011 · 7.6

Shetland
2013 · 7.5

Monsignor Renard
2000 · 7.5

Grushko
1994 · 7.5

New Tricks
2004 · 7.3

Going Postal
2010 · 7.2

Psychos
1999 · 7.2

Screen Two
1985 · 7.1

Henry V
1989 · 7.1

Much Ado About Nothing
1993 · 7.0

Rebus
2000 · 6.9

The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
2026 · 6.9

National Theatre Live: Macbeth
2013 · 6.9

Wycliffe
1994 · 6.8

Local Hero
1983 · 6.8

The Road Dance
2022 · 6.7

Guilt
2019 · 6.6

Eurocops
1988 · 6.5

The Afternoon Play
2003 · 6.5

A Sense of Freedom
1985 · 6.5

Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · 6.4

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994 · 6.4

Ladies in Lavender
2004 · 6.4

Death Watch
1980 · 6.4

The Kindred
2021 · 6.4

The Raven
2012 · 6.3

The Magic Flute
2006 · 6.3

ScreenPlay
1986 · 6.0

All Is True
2018 · 6.0

As You Like It
2006 · 5.8

Princess Kaiulani
2010 · 5.7

Love's Labour's Lost
2000 · 5.6

Retreat
2011 · 5.6

Paper Mask
1990 · 5.6

Artemis Fowl
2020 · 5.5

The Rocket Post
2004 · 5.4

Within the Whirlwind
2009 · 5.0

Strictly Sinatra
2001 · 5.0
Extraordinary Rendition
2007 · 4.8

EastEnders
1985 · 4.3

Cloud Howe
1982 · 0.0

Our Winnie
1982 · 0.0

Sales People from Hell
1989 · 0.0

Going Postal 2in1
2011 · 0.0
The Good Time Girls
1981 · 0.0
Flat Lake
2012 · 0.0