Portrait of Jimmy Yuill

Acting

Jimmy Yuill

Career

Active from 1981 to 2026, with a break from 2013 to 2025, busiest in 1995 and 2012 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for In the Bleak Midwinter
In the Bleak Midwinter
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jimmy Yuill Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Scare
    1.6, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 3
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Slow Burn 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

54
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles ยท average score 51
The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford (2026)
GoodWatch score 65

as King Ergon

The Road Dance
The Road Dance (2022)
GoodWatch score 62

as Doctor Connolly

The Kindred
The Kindred (2021)
GoodWatch score 50

as Robert

Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl (2020)
GoodWatch score 27

as Fisherman (Time Freeze)

2010s

11 titles ยท average score 64
Guilt
Guilt (2019)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Albert

All Is True
All Is True (2018)
GoodWatch score 63

as Edward Woolmer

Shetland
Shetland (2013)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Angus Wallace

National Theatre Live: Macbeth
National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2013)
GoodWatch score 74

as Banquo

The Raven
The Raven (2012)
GoodWatch score 45

as Captain Eldridge

Flat Lake
Flat Lake (2012)

as Murdo Strachen

Retreat
Retreat (2011)
GoodWatch score 58

as Doug

Going Postal 2in1
Going Postal 2in1 (2011)
GoodWatch score 80

as Mr. Spools

Young James Herriot
Young James Herriot (2011)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

Princess Kaiulani
Princess Kaiulani (2010)
GoodWatch score 36

as Archie Cleghorn

Going Postal
Going Postal (2010)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Mr. Spools

2000s

14 titles ยท average score 62
Within the Whirlwind
Within the Whirlwind (2009)
GoodWatch score 58

as Siderov

Extraordinary Rendition
Extraordinary Rendition (2007)
GoodWatch score 49

as University Dean

As You Like It
As You Like It (2006)
GoodWatch score 48

as Corin

The Rocket Post
The Rocket Post (2004)
GoodWatch score 60

as James MacLeod

New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as George Milligan

Ladies in Lavender
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
GoodWatch score 65

as Constable Timmins

The Afternoon Play
The Afternoon Play (2003)

TV show ยท as Geoffrey

Murphy's Law
Murphy's Law (2001)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Mr Davidson

Schneider's 2nd Stage
Schneider's 2nd Stage (2001)

as Detective Chief Inspector

Monsignor Renard
Monsignor Renard (2000)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

Rebus
Rebus (2000)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Mickey

Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
GoodWatch score 49

as Constable Dull

1990s

11 titles ยท average score 64
Psychos
Psychos (1999)

TV show ยท as Alexander Drew

Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Robert MacAlpine

Hamish Macbeth
Hamish Macbeth (1995)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Lachlan McCrae

In the Bleak Midwinter
In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer

Wycliffe
Wycliffe (1994)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as DI Doug Kersey

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
GoodWatch score 50

as Greigori

Grushko
Grushko (1994)

as Chazov

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
GoodWatch score 79

as Friar Francis

Swan Song
Swan Song (1992)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer

A Touch of Frost
A Touch of Frost (1992)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Charles Lightfoot

Paper Mask
Paper Mask (1990)
GoodWatch score 61

as Alec Moran

1980s

14 titles ยท average score 71
Henry V
Henry V (1989)
GoodWatch score 82

as Jamy

The Picnic
The Picnic (1989)

as Man at Dyke

Eurocops
Eurocops (1988)

TV show ยท as McCulloch

The Interrogation of John
The Interrogation of John (1987)

as Det. Sgt. Chandler

ScreenPlay
ScreenPlay (1986)

TV show ยท as Det. Sgt. Chandler

EastEnders
EastEnders (1985)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show ยท as Victor Brown

Screen Two
Screen Two (1985)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Man at Dyke

A Sense of Freedom
A Sense of Freedom (1985)
GoodWatch score 69

as Dunkie

Local Hero
Local Hero (1983)
GoodWatch score 83

as Iain

Objects of Affection
Objects of Affection (1982)

TV show ยท as Charles

Andrina
Andrina (1981)

as Stanley

The Good Time Girls
The Good Time Girls (1981)

as Finlayson