
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.

EastEnders
TV • 1985

Local Hero
MOVIE • 1983

New Tricks
TV • 2004

Shetland
TV • 2013

Wycliffe
TV • 1994

Screen Two
TV • 1985

Murphy's Law
TV • 2001

Hamish Macbeth
TV • 1995

The Afternoon Play
TV • 2003

Rebus
TV • 2000

Eurocops
TV • 1988

Guilt
TV • 2019

Going Postal
TV • 2010

Artemis Fowl
MOVIE • 2020

Objects of Affection
TV • 1982

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
MOVIE • 1994

Much Ado About Nothing
MOVIE • 1993

The Raven
MOVIE • 2012