Jimmy Yuill
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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, most recently as Corin in the 2006 As You Like It. 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.
[edit] Selected roles
- The Mackinnons (1977, Tv Series) as Tom Stewart
- A Sense of Freedom (1977, Film)as Dunkie
- Death Watch (1978, Film)
- Square Mile of Murder (1980, Tv Series)
- Mindrape at Sheffield Crucible and Greenwich Theatre 1982
- Play for Today (1981, Tv Series) as Finlayson
- People V Scott (1982, Tv Movie) as Kevin Gourlay
- The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (Tv Movie)
- Objects of Affection (1982, Tv Series) as Charles
- Local Hero (1983, film) as Iain
- Eurocops (Tv Series) as McCulloch
- Boon (1987 - 1992 Tv Series) as Eric
- Henry V (1989, film) as Jamy
- Paper Mask (1990, film) as Alec Moran
- Much Ado About Nothing (1993, film) as the Friar
- Grushko, (1994 Tt Series) as Chazov
- Alleyn Mysteries (1994 - 1995 Tv Series) as Angus Findlay
- Frankenstein (Movie)
- Hamish Macbeth (1994, TV) as Lachlan McRae (Series 1)
- A Mugs Game (1995 Tv Series) as Alan
- Wycliffe (1994 - 1998, TV) As DI Doug Kersey
- Casualty (1998, TV) as Donald Mallett
- Psychos (1998 - 1999, Tv Mini Series)
- Monsignor Renard (2000, TV) as Malo Gagnepain
- Strictly Sinatra (2000, film)
- Brotherly Love (2000, Tv Series) as Callum
- Schneider's 2nd Stage (2001, film short) as Detective Chief Inspector
- A Touch of Frost (2003, TV) as Charles Lightfoot in Close Encounters
- Murphy's Law (2004, Tv Series) as Inspector Davidson
- Ladies in Lavender (2004, film) as Constable Timmins
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2005, TV) as PC Garrett in In Divine Proportion
- Dalziel and Pascoe (2006, TV), one episode as Robert MacAlpine
- As You Like It (2006, film) as Corin
- Eastenders (Tv Series, 2006 - Present) as Victor Brown
- Antigone (2007, play) as Creon, King of Thebes
- The Bill (2007 - 2009, Tv Series) as Martin Turnbull
- Holby City (2008 - Present, Tv Series) as Kenneth McGivering
- Taggart (2009 - 2011, Tv Series) as DCI Wilson
- Princess Ka'iulani (2010, Movie) as Archie Cleghorn
- Terry Pratchett's Going Postal 2010, Mr Spools
- New Tricks (2010, TV) as George Milligan in The Fourth Man
- Retreat (2011, Movie)
- The Raven (2011, Movie) (post production) as Captain Eldridge
