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Clive Russell

Acting

Born December 7, 1945 · Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK

Biography

Clive Russell was raised in Fife, Scotland, from 3 months old. He originally trained as a teacher, but when his drama lecturer resigned and took over a theatre in the provincial town of Bolton, Lancaster, Russell joined him. Russell has been working solely in film and television since 1991.

Filmography50+ titles

Game of Thrones

2011as Brynden 'The Blackfish' Tully

Still Game

2002

Outlander

2014as Lord Lovat

ONE PIECE

2023as Crocus

Dept. Q

2025as Jamie Lingard

The Sandman

2022as Odin

The Witcher

2019as Stribog

Spaced

1999as Damien Knox

Middlemarch

1994as Caleb Garth

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

1983as Gary Turnbull

Merlin

2008as Bayard

The Peripheral

2022as Frank Derosa

The Good Karma Hospital

2017as Desmond

The Borgias

2011

Shameless

2004as Billy Wilson

Shetland

2013as Arthur Mair

Midsomer Murders

1997as Seth Comfort

Silent Witness

1996

The Power of One

1992as Sgt. Bormann

The Tales of Para Handy

as McVicar

The Last Duel

2021as King's Uncle

Ripper Street

2012as Fred Abberline

Vera

2011as Allen Barnes

Garrow's Law

2009as Alexander Creighton

Heartless

2005as Ricy

Lovejoy

1986as Mark Tabor

Hotel Babylon

2006

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

2018as Greg Alban

Sherlock Holmes

2009as Captain Tanner

Waking the Dead

2001as Perry Coleman

Heartbeat

1992as Big Eddy

Stella

2012

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

2011as Captain Tanner

Dracula

2020as Valentin

Drop the Dead Donkey

1990

The Mayor of Casterbridge

as Newson

Jam and Jerusalem

as Jock

The Devil's Mistress

2008as Presbyterian Preacher

Murder Most Horrid

1991as DCS Barratt

The Guest

2025as Derek Abbott

Mr. Bigstuff

2024as Uncle Ron

Mrs Sidhu Investigates

2023as Eddie Melville

Outlaw King

2018as Lord Mackinnon of Skye

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

2007as Gary

The Emperor's New Clothes

2001as Sergeant Justin Bommel

The Railway Children

2000as Station Master

The Bill

1984

Catherine the Great

2019as The Fool

The Feed

2019as Graham

The 13th Warrior

1999as Helfdane (Fat)