
Jimmy Yuill
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

EastEnders
1985

Shetland
2013

A Touch of Frost
1992

Screen Two
1985

New Tricks
2004

Dalziel and Pascoe
1996

Wycliffe
1994

Murphy's Law
2001

ScreenPlay
1986

Guilt
2019

Hamish Macbeth
1995

Much Ado About Nothing
1993

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994

Artemis Fowl
2020

Rebus
2000

The Afternoon Play
2003

Going Postal
2010

The Raven
2012

Eurocops
1988

Local Hero
1983

All Is True
2018

Henry V
1989

Psychos
1999

Ladies in Lavender
2004