Jimmy Yuill

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Jimmy Yuill is a Scottish actor. Originally hailing from Golspie in the far north of Scotland, he went on to become a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and then later of the Renaissance Theatre Company. He has appeared in many of Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare films, most recently as Corin in the 2006 adaptation of As you like it. Yuill was also the music score composer for A Midwinter's Tale and Swan Song. He is possibly best known for the character Doug Kersey in the British television show Wycliffe. The bulk of his acting work has been in the theatre although he has played a handful of police officers on television. In appearance he is short, somewhat heavyset and bearded. In June 2006 he made his first appearance in EastEnders as the recurring character Victor Brown.

[edit] Selected roles

Local Hero (1983, film) as Iain
Henry V (1989, film) as Jamy
Paper Mask (1990, film) as Alec Moran
Much Ado About Nothing (1993, film) as the Friar
Hamish Macbeth (1994, TV) as Lachlan McRae (in series 1 only)
Wycliffe (1994, TV) As DI Doug Kersey
Casualty (1998, TV) as Donald Mallett
Strictly Sinatra (2000, film)
Schneider's 2nd Stage (2001, film short) as Detective Chief Inspector
A Touch of Frost (2003, TV) as Charles Lightfoot in Close Encounters
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