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name: "Jimmy Yuill"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 65
updated: "2026-09-16T21:49:49.007935+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jimmy Yuill

Actor. Born 1 January 1956 in Golspie, Scotland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1956, Golspie, Scotland
- **Active:** 1983–present

## Biography

Jimmy Yuill is a Scottish actor. Born James Evander Munro Yuill on 13 February 1956 in Golspie, he trained with the Royal Shakespeare Company before joining the Renaissance Theatre Company, where he first worked with Kenneth Branagh.

He has appeared in all five of Branagh's Shakespeare film adaptations, including as Jamy in *Henry V* (1989) and Friar Francis in *Much Ado About Nothing* (1993). Yuill is best known for playing Detective Inspector Doug Kersey in the television series *Wycliffe* (1994–1998). He has also appeared in films such as *Local Hero* (1983) and *Mary Shelley's Frankenstein* (1994), and in *EastEnders* as Victor Brown from 2006.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Artemis Fowl* (2020), Fi1m 32, as Fisherman (Time Freeze) — [page](https://film.one/film/artemis-fowl.md)
- *Much Ado About Nothing* (1993), Fi1m 78, as Friar Francis — [page](https://film.one/film/much-ado-about-nothing.md)
- *Local Hero* (1983), Fi1m 86, as Iain — [page](https://film.one/film/local-hero.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Hamish Macbeth* (1995), Actor

## Also known for

- *The Raven* (2012), Captain Eldridge
- *Mary Shelley's Frankenstein* (1994), Greigori
- *Henry V* (1989), Jamy
- *Retreat* (2011), Doug
- *EastEnders* (1985), Victor Brown
- *Going Postal* (2010), Mr. Spools
- *Shetland* (2013), Angus Wallace
- *All Is True* (2018), Edward Woolmer

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