Clive Russell
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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Clive Russell
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Babylon | Silver Dragon (Character) | - | 2023 |
44% |
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Supervized | Jerry (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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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% |
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One Last Heist | Kenny Collins (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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The List | Peter (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Mary Queen of Scots | Douglas (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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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% |
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The Wicker Tree | Beame (Character) | - | 2010 |
32% |
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The Wolfman | MacQueen (Character) | $61.9M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North Atlantic | James Compston (Character) | - | 2010 |
69% |
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Beyond the Pole | Steve (Character) | - | 2009 |
80% |
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Clive Barker's Book of Blood | Wyburd (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Lesson 21 | Hoffmeister (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Joe's Palace | Dave (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rocket Post | Angus MacKay (Character) | - | 2006 |
80% |
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Festival | Brother Mike (Character) | - | 2005 |
64% |
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Ladies in Lavender | Adam Penruddocke (Character) | $6.8M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mad Dogs | Thin Man (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Silent Cry | DS Dennis Betts (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Mr. In-Between | Mr. Michaelmas (Character) | - | 2001 |
73% |
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The Emperor's New Clothes | Bommel (Character) | $569.4K | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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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% |
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The 13th Warrior | Helfdane the Fat (Character) | $32.7M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Great Expectations | Joe Gargery (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Body Work | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
67% |
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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% |
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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% |
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Fatherland | Krebs (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hawk | Chief Inspector Daybury (Character) | - | 1993 |
TV
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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), Unknown (Guest Star) |
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 |