
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

The Road Dance

The Kindred

Artemis Fowl

All Is True

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

Flat Lake

The Raven

Retreat

Princess Kaiulani

Within the Whirlwind

Extraordinary Rendition

The Magic Flute

As You Like It

Ladies in Lavender

The Rocket Post

Strictly Sinatra

Schneider's 2nd Stage

Love's Labour's Lost

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Grushko

Much Ado About Nothing

Paper Mask

Discovering Hamlet

Henry V

The Picnic

The Interrogation of John

A Sense of Freedom

Local Hero

Our Winnie

Andrina

The Good Time Girls
