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Clive Russell

Highest Rated: 80% Clive Barker's Book of Blood (2008)

Lowest Rated: 17% One Last Heist (2017)

Birthday: Dec 7, 1945

Birthplace: Hampshire, England, UK

Since the 1960s, English-born/Scottish-raised actor Clive Russell has compiled an impressive list of roles, typically playing salt-of-the-earth, working class characters and cops. Originally trained as a school teacher, he found his true calling as an actor. He landed a few small parts in the 1960s on shows like "Danger Man," but it wasn't until the 80s that his acting career really kicked off. Of his early work, he probably gained the most attention for his role as the superintendent in the television movie adaptation of Dario Fo's play "The Accidental Death of an Anarchist." He has been a familiar face in many television programs over the years, playing several different characters on the long-running soap opera "Coronation Street," as well as landing significant roles in various prestigious mini-series such as "Middlemarch" (as Caleb Garth) and the urban fantasy "Neverwhere" (as the brutish Mr. Vandermar). In 1999, he co-starred in two Charles Dickens adaptations, "Great Expectations" and "Oliver Twist." Action fans may remember him as one of the Viking warriors in "The 13th Warrior" and as Lancelot's father in 2004's "King Arthur." But this veteran actor's career high came with an acclaimed role as a sensitive coal miner (opposite Helena Bonham Carter) in the 1995 independent drama "Margaret's Museum." He has also appeared in the lavishly produced Guy Ritchie movie "Sherlock Holmes" and the 2010 version of "The Wolfman."

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Highest rated movies

80% 30% Clive Barker's Book of Blood
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80% 54% Festival
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73% 65% The Emperor's New Clothes
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69% 43% Beyond the Pole Watchlist
67% 79% Margaret's Museum
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67% 65% Oscar and Lucinda
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64% 66% Ladies in Lavender
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50% 52% Fatherland
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44% 27% Supervized Watchlist
33% 66% The 13th Warrior
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Babylon Silver Dragon (Character) - 2023
44% 27% Supervized Jerry (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 27% Where the Skin Lies Old Man (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Between a Rock and a Hard Place Unknown (Character) - 2017
17% 20% One Last Heist Kenny Collins (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 33% The List Peter (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 23% Mary Queen of Scots Douglas (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 17% Outpost: Black Sun Marius (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fighter's Ballad Father John (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cup Cake Mute McGill (Character) - 2010
20% 10% The Wicker Tree Beame (Character) - 2010
32% 33% The Wolfman MacQueen (Character) $61.9M 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet North Atlantic James Compston (Character) - 2010
69% 43% Beyond the Pole Steve (Character) - 2009
80% 30% Clive Barker's Book of Blood Wyburd (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 59% Lesson 21 Hoffmeister (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 45% Joe's Palace Dave (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rocket Post Angus MacKay (Character) - 2006
80% 54% Festival Brother Mike (Character) - 2005
64% 66% Ladies in Lavender Adam Penruddocke (Character) $6.8M 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mad Dogs Thin Man (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 78% Silent Cry DS Dennis Betts (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 55% Mr. In-Between Mr. Michaelmas (Character) - 2001
73% 65% The Emperor's New Clothes Bommel (Character) $569.4K 2001
No Score Yet 81% The Railway Children Station Master (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bodywork Billy Hunch (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Out of Depth Tinker (Character) - 2000
33% 66% The 13th Warrior Helfdane the Fat (Character) $32.7M 1999
No Score Yet 73% Great Expectations Joe Gargery (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Body Work Unknown (Character) - 1999
67% 65% Oscar and Lucinda Russell (Character) $1.6M 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet For My Baby Miklos Rumbold (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Neverwhere Mr. Vandemaar (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crossing the Floor Mick Boyd (Character) - 1996
67% 79% Margaret's Museum Neil Currie (Character) $79.2K 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ruffian Hearts Grazetti (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cracker: Brotherly Love Danny Fitzgerald (Character) - 1995
50% 52% Fatherland Krebs (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 25% The Hawk Chief Inspector Daybury (Character) - 1993

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Casualty Callum Robertshaw (Character) 2024
No Score Yet 78% Shakespeare and Hathaway -- Private Investigators Greg Alban (Character) 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Code 404 Clifford Major (Character) 2021
68% 33% Catherine the Great The Fool (Character) 2019
82% 96% Doc Martin Ken Hollister (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2017 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zapped Sved (Character) 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Digby Dragon Albert (Character),
Unknown (Voice)
2016-2017
94% 91% Ripper Street Unknown (Character),
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2012-2014 2016
89% 85% Game of Thrones Brynden Tully (Guest Star) 2013 2016
90% 87% Outlander Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mountain Goats Malton Jennings (Character) 2015
No Score Yet 83% Shetland Adam Markham (Character) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Football Manager (Character) 2011
No Score Yet 85% Midsomer Murders Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Old Guys Unknown (Character) 2009
85% 88% The Adventures of Merlin Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
No Score Yet 64% Secret Diary of a Call Girl Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
No Score Yet 96% Still Game Unknown (Character) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shameless Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mists of Avalon Gorlois (Character) 2001
100% 95% Spaced Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hearts and Bones Mark Dolby (Character) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Neverwhere Mr Vandemar (Character) 1996
No Score Yet 93% Cracker Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lovejoy Unknown (Character) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Screen One Alan Simpson (Character) 1991