
Clive Russell
Highest Rated: 80% Clive Barker's Book of Blood (2008)
Lowest Rated: 18% One Last Heist (2017)
Birthday: Dec 07, 1945
Birthplace: Hampshire, England, UK
In need of a burly, intimidating looking British actor for your movie? Then Clive Russell is your man. Since the 1960s, this English-born/Scottish-raised actor 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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Filmography
Movies
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44% | 40% | Supervized | Jerry (Character) | - | 2019 |
18% | 19% | One Last Heist | Kenny Collins (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Between a Rock and a Hard Place | Unknown (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 27% | Where the Skin Lies | Old Man (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Mary Queen of Scots | Douglas (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The List | Peter (Character) | - | 2013 |
20% | 15% | Outpost: Black Sun | Marius (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cup Cake | Mute McGill (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fighter's Ballad | Father John (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North Atlantic | James Compston (Character) | - | 2010 |
27% | 10% | The Wicker Tree | Beame (Character) | - | 2010 |
34% | 33% | The Wolfman | MacQueen (Character) | $61.9M | 2010 |
62% | 43% | Beyond the Pole | Steve (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Lesson 21 | Hoffmeister (Character) | - | 2008 |
80% | 30% | Clive Barker's Book of Blood | Wyburd (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Joe's Palace | Dave (Character) | - | 2007 |
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 | 75% | Silent Cry | DS Dennis Betts (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 52% | Mr. In-Between | Mr. Michaelmas (Character) | - | 2001 |
73% | 63% | The Emperor's New Clothes | Bommel (Character) | $569.4K | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bodywork | Billy Hunch (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 82% | The Railway Children | Station Master (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Great Expectations | Joe Gargery (Character) | - | 1999 |
33% | 66% | The 13th Warrior | Helfdane the Fat (Character) | $32.7M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Body Work | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
66% | 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 | Crossing the Floor | Mick Boyd (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Neverwhere | Mr. Vandemaar (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% | 51% | Fatherland | Krebs (Character) | - | 1994 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Catherine the Great | The Fool (Character) | 2019 |
82% | 100% | Doc Martin |
Ken Hollister (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2019 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zapped | Sved (Character) | 2018 |
94% | 91% | Ripper Street |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2016 2012-2014 |
89% | 85% | Game of Thrones | Brynden Tully (Guest Star) | 2016 2013 |
89% | 90% | Outlander | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mountain Goats | Malton Jennings (Character) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midsomer Murders | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bill | Len Westbrook (Character) | 2009 1993-1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Old Guys | Unknown (Character) | 2009 |
85% | 88% | The Adventures of Merlin | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
52% | 61% | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Still Game | Unknown (Character) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shameless | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
100% | 97% | 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 | No Score Yet | Cracker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lovejoy | Unknown (Character) | 1994 |
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