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.
Known For
Movies
- Sherlock Holmes
2009
- Mad Dogs
2002
- The 13th Warrior
1999
- How We Forgot to Save t...
2021
- The Railway Children
2000
- The Power of One
1992
- Made of Honor
2008
- Dick Dynamite: 1944
2024
- The Gift
1989
- Book of Blood
2009
- Lezione 21
2008
- Margaret's Museum
1995
- Thor: The Dark World
2013
- The Hawk
1993
- Mary, Queen of Scots
2013
- The List
2013
- The Rocket Post
2004
- Flowers of the Forest
1996
- Cup Cake
2010
- Lachlan Macquarie: The ...
2011
- Tales of Babylon
2023
- The Last Duel
2021
- Bilby
- Ladies in Lavender
2004
- Blood Actually: A Murde...
2023
- The Wicker Tree
2011
- Hancock
1991
- Scenes From A Broken Pa...
- Fatherland
1994
- Still Game: The Story S...
2014
- The Grass Arena
1992
- Faith
2005
- For My Baby
2000
- Ruffian Hearts
1995
- Great Expectations
1999
- Beyond the Pole
2009
- King Arthur
2004
- Tumbledown
1988
- Lord of Misrule
1996
- Heartless
2005
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game...
2011
- Joe's Palace
2007
- The Hatton Garden Job
2017
- Bodywork
2001
- The Yellow House
2007
- Their Finest
2017
- The Limehouse Golem
2016
- Festival
2005
- 1066: A Year to Conquer...
2017
- The Wolfman
2010
- Mist: The Tale of a She...
2006
- Do Not Disturb
1991
- The Emperor's New Cloth...
2001
- Crossing the Floor
1996
- Silent Cry
2002
- Oscar and Lucinda
1997
- The Etruscan Smile
2018
- Outlaw King
2018
- Dead Man Running
2009
- Ladder to You
2018
- Tumshie McFadgen's Bid ...
2004
- Supervized
2019
- The Fighter's Ballad
2012
- 1745
2017
- Mr In-Between
2001
- Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993
- Petrichor
2020
- The Accidental Death of...
1983
- The House Was Not Hungr...
2025
TV Shows
- Spaced
1999
- Hope and Glory
1999
- Murder Most Horrid
1991
- Still Game
2002
- The Bill
1984
- Shameless
2004
- Silent Witness
1996
- Lock, Stock...
2000
- Lovejoy
1986
- Waking the Dead
2001
- According to Bex
2005
- The Mists of Avalon
2001
- Semi-Detached
2020
- Spender
1991
- Neverwhere
1996
- Being April
2002
- Secret Diary of a Call ...
2007
- Heartburn Hotel
1998
- Happiness
2001
- Rockface
2002
- The Borgias
2011
- Ripper Street
2012
- Mountain Goats
2015
- Garrow's Law
2009
- Stella
2012
- Digby Dragon
2016
- Hearts and Bones
2000
- Hotel Babylon
2006
- Identity
2010
- Outlander
2014
- Sunnyside Farm
1997
- Shetland
2013
- The Old Guys
2009
- The Tales of Para Handy
1994
- Two Pints of Lager and ...
2001
- Game of Thrones
2011
- Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
- Honest
2008
- No Heroics
2008
- The Good Karma Hospital
2017
- Casualty
1986
- Roughnecks
1994
- 1983
2018
- Vera
2011
- Casualty
1986
- Ripper Street
2012
- Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993
- Casualty
1986
- Casualty
1986
- Mrs Sidhu Investigates
2023
- Midsomer Murders
1997
- Oliver Twist
1999
- Scully
1984
- The Devil's Whore
2008
- Boys from the Blackstuff
1982
- Cracker
1993
- Middlemarch
1994
- Murder, They Hope
2021
- The Mayor of Casterbrid...
2003
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
- Merlin
2008
- Rellik
2017
- My Family
2000
- Finney
1994
- Heartbeat
1992
- 1066: A Year to Conquer...
2017
- Celebrity Antiques Road...
2011
- The Peripheral
2022
- Casualty
1986
- Catherine the Great
2019
- Shakespeare & Hathaway ...
2018
- Dracula
2020
- The Feed
2019
- Testament: The Bible in...
1996
- Mr. Bigstuff
2024
- The Guest