Clive Russell

Career timeline

1. 1945 · Born

   Born in Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK

2. 1982 · Screen debut

   Boys from the Blackstuff (TV)

3. 2009 · Breakthrough

   Sherlock Holmes (Movie)

4. 2026 · Latest release

   Ali G: Who Iz I? (Movie)

Career in numbers

7 1980s

16 1990s

17 2000s

24 2010s

10 2020s

• Drama53
• Comedy21
• Crime17
• Mystery14
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy12
• Action8

Highest-rated title The Amazing World of Gumball 2011 8.5 Most popular title Game of Thrones 2011 8.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Clive Russell in our catalogue.

Robert Downey Jr.

2 titles together

1. 2026 Ali G: Who Iz I? as Malcolm 'Rocky' Atkins 5.6 Movie
2. 2026 The Death of Robin Hood as Elderfather 6.7 Movie
3. 2025 The Guest as Derek Abbott 6.8 TV
4. 2025 Dept. Q as Jamie Lingard 7.9 TV
5. 2024 Mr Bigstuff as Uncle Ron 6.8 TV
6. 2023 ONE PIECE as Crocus 8.1 TV
7. 2022 The Peripheral as Frank Derosa 7.6 TV
8. 2022 The Sandman as Odin 7.8 TV
9. 2021 The Last Duel as King's Uncle 7.4 Movie
10. 2020 Dracula as Valentin 7.0 TV
11. 2019 The Witcher as Stribog 7.9 TV
12. 2019 Catherine the Great as The Fool 6.7 TV
13. 2019 The Feed as Graham 6.6 TV
14. 2018 1983 as William Keating 6.5 TV
15. 2018 Outlaw King as Lord Mackinnon of Skye 6.8 Movie
16. 2018 Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators as Greg Alban 7.0 TV
17. 2017 Rellik as Henry 6.1 TV
18. 2017 1066: A Year to Conquer England as Harold Hardrada TV
19. 2017 Their Finest as Mr. Starling (uncredited) 6.6 Movie
20. 2017 The Good Karma Hospital as Desmond 7.6 TV
21. 2016 The Limehouse Golem as Prison Warden 6.2 Movie
22. 2016 Zapped as Svedd 6.5 TV
23. 2016 Digby Dragon as Albert (voice) TV
24. 2014 Outlander as Lord Lovat 8.2 TV
25. 2013 Thor: The Dark World as Tyr 6.5 Movie
26. 2013 Shetland as Adam Markham 7.5 TV
27. 2012 Ripper Street as Fred Abberline 7.4 TV
28. 2012 Stella TV
29. 2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Captain Tanner 7.2 Movie
30. 2011 The Amazing World of Gumball as Daniel Senicourt (voice) 8.5 TV
31. 2011 Vera as Allen Barnes 7.4 TV
32. 2011 Game of Thrones as Brynden 'The Blackfish' Tully 8.5 TV
33. 2011 The Borgias 7.6 TV
34. 2010 The Wolfman as MacQueen 5.9 Movie
35. 2009 Sherlock Holmes as Captain Tanner 7.2 Movie
36. 2009 Garrow's Law as Alexander Creighton TV
37. 2009 Book of Blood as Wyburd 5.4 Movie
38. 2008 The Devil's Whore as Presbyterian Preacher 6.8 TV
39. 2008 Merlin as Bayard 7.8 TV
40. 2008 Made of Honor as Cousin Finlay 6.5 Movie
41. 2007 Secret Diary of a Call Girl as Gary 6.8 TV
42. 2006 Jam and Jerusalem as Jock TV
43. 2006 Waterloo Road as Laurence Brown 7.1 TV
44. 2006 Hotel Babylon 7.3 TV
45. 2004 King Arthur as Lancelot's Father 6.3 Movie
46. 2004 Shameless as Billy Wilson 7.6 TV
47. 2002 Still Game 8.4 TV
48. 2002 Rockface as Dr Gordon Urquhart TV
49. 2001 The Mists of Avalon as Gorlois 6.7 TV
50. 2001 Waking the Dead as Perry Coleman 7.2 TV
51. 2001 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps as Football Manager 6.8 TV
52. 1999 Oliver Twist as Scottish Lawyer 6.3 TV
53. 1999 Spaced as Damien Knox 7.9 TV
54. 1999 The 13th Warrior as Helfdane (Fat) 6.7 Movie
55. 1997 Midsomer Murders as Seth Comfort 7.5 TV
56. 1996 Testament: The Bible in Animation as Boaz (voice) TV
57. 1996 Neverwhere as Mr. Vandemar 6.7 TV
58. 1996 Silent Witness 7.6 TV
59. 1994 Fatherland as Krebs 6.3 Movie
60. 1994 Roughnecks as Archie TV
61. 1994 Middlemarch as Caleb Garth TV
62. 1993 Cracker as Danny 6.6 TV
63. 1992 Heartbeat as Big Eddy 7.1 TV
64. 1992 The Power of One as Sgt. Bormann 7.4 Movie
65. 1991 Murder Most Horrid as DCS Barratt TV
66. 1991 Spender as Albie Sloeman TV
67. 1990 Drop the Dead Donkey as Detective Sergeant 7.0 TV
68. 1988 The Play on One as Mowat TV
69. 1986 Casualty as Dave McCray 6.2 TV
70. 1986 Lovejoy as Mark Tabor 7.4 TV
71. 1985 Screen Two as Chief Inspector Daybury TV
72. 1984 The Bill 6.9 TV
73. 1983 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Gary Turnbull 7.9 TV
74. 1982 Boys from the Blackstuff as Policeman TV

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