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.
Movie | Scenes From A Broken Past | Norman | 2025 |
Movie | Bilby | Bilby / Bill | 2025 |
Movie | Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery | Duncan | 2023-12-16 |
Movie | Dick Dynamite: 1944 | The Abbot | 2023-02-09 |
Movie | Tales of Babylon | Silver Dragon | 2023-06-11 |
Movie | The Last Duel | King's Uncle | 2021-10-13 |
Movie | How We Forgot to Save the Planet | 2021-10-19 | |
Series | Semi-Detached | Willie | 2020-08-06 |
Movie | The Etruscan Smile | Campbell | 2019-05-03 |
Series | Catherine the Great | The Fool | 2019-10-03 |
Movie | Supervized | Jerry | 2019-07-16 |
Movie | Jocky Wilson Said | Narrator | 2019-05-15 |
Movie | Outlaw King | Lord Mackinnon of Skye | 2018-09-06 |
Series | The Good Karma Hospital | Desmond | 2017-02-05 |
Movie | Their Finest | Mr. Starling (uncredited) | 2017-02-19 |
Movie | The Hatton Garden Job | Kenny Collins | 2017-04-14 |
Series | Rellik | Henry | 2017-09-11 |
Series | 1066: A Year to Conquer England | Harold Hardrada | 2017-02-28 |
Movie | 1066: A Year to Conquer England | Harold Hardrada | 2017-02-28 |
Movie | The Limehouse Golem | Prison Warden | 2016-10-18 |
Series | Mountain Goats | Malton Jennings | 2015-08-14 |
Movie | Still Game: The Story So Far | Self - Big Innes | 2014-12-31 |
Series | Outlander | Lord Lovat | 2014-08-09 |
Series | Shetland | Adam Markham | 2013-03-10 |
Movie | The List | Peter | 2013-07-05 |
Movie | Mary, Queen of Scots | Douglas | 2013-08-04 |
Movie | Thor: The Dark World | Tyr | 2013-10-30 |
Series | Ripper Street | Frederick Abberline | 2012-12-30 |
Series | Stella | Unknown | 2012-01-06 |
Movie | The Fighter's Ballad | Father John | 2012-06-18 |
Movie | Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia | Lachlan Macquarie | 2011-01-25 |
Series | The Borgias | Unknown | 2011-04-03 |
Series | Vera | Allen Barnes | 2011-05-01 |
Movie | The Wicker Tree | Beame | 2011-08-27 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Captain Tanner | 2011-11-22 |
Series | Game of Thrones | Brynden 'Blackfish' Tully | 2011-04-17 |
Movie | The Wolfman | MacQueen | 2010-02-10 |
Series | Identity | Unknown | 2010-07-05 |
Movie | Cup Cake | Mute McGill | 2010-03-01 |
Movie | Beyond the Pole | Steve | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | Dead Man Running | McClintoch | 2009-01-29 |
Movie | Book of Blood | Wyburd | 2009-03-07 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes | Captain Tanner | 2009-12-23 |
Series | The Old Guys | Unknown | 2009-01-31 |
Series | Garrow's Law | Alexander Creighton | 2009-11-01 |
Movie | Made of Honor | Cousin Finlay | 2008-04-30 |
Series | Honest | Unknown | 2008-01-09 |
Series | No Heroics | Unknown | 2008-09-18 |
Series | Merlin | Bayard | 2008-09-20 |
Series | The Devil's Whore | Presbyterian Preacher | 2008-11-19 |
Movie | Lecture 21 | Hoffmeister | 2008-10-17 |
Series | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Unknown | 2007-09-27 |
Movie | Joe's Palace | Dave | 2007-11-04 |
Movie | The Yellow House | Monsieur Roulin | 2007-03-22 |
Movie | Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy | MacPherson | 2006-08-04 |
Series | Hotel Babylon | Unknown | 2006-01-19 |
Series | According to Bex | 2005-01-07 | |
Movie | Festival | Brother Mike | 2005-07-15 |
Movie | Heartless | Ricy | 2005-04-04 |
Movie | Faith | Gordon | 2005-02-28 |
Series | Shameless | Unknown | 2004-01-13 |
Movie | Tumshie McFadgen's Bid for Ultimate Bliss | Moon River Thompson | 2004-08-24 |
Movie | Ladies in Lavender | Adam Penruddocke | 2004-11-12 |
Movie | King Arthur | Lancelot's Father | 2004-07-07 |
Movie | The Rocket Post | Angus Mackay | 2004-05-13 |
Series | Rockface | 2002-03-13 | |
Series | Being April | 2002-06-20 | |
Movie | Mad Dogs | The Thin Man | 2002-12-05 |
Series | Still Game | Unknown | 2002-09-06 |
Movie | Silent Cry | 2002-07-05 | |
Series | Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps | Unknown | 2001-02-26 |
Series | Happiness | Angus O'Connor | 2001-03-20 |
Movie | Bodywork | Billy Hunch | 2001-09-04 |
Movie | Mr In-Between | Mr. Michaelmas | 2001-09-10 |
Series | Waking the Dead | Unknown | 2001-06-18 |
Movie | The Emperor's New Clothes | Sergeant Justin Bommel | 2001-08-11 |
Series | The Mists of Avalon | Gorlois | 2001-07-14 |
Series | Hearts and Bones | Mark Dolby | 2000-04-30 |
Movie | For My Baby | Miklos Rumbold | 2000-10-19 |
Series | Lock, Stock... | Unknown | 2000-05-29 |
Movie | The Railway Children | Station Master | 2000-09-11 |
Movie | Great Expectations | Joe Gargery | 1999-04-12 |
Series | Oliver Twist | Scottish Lawyer | 1999-11-28 |
Series | Hope and Glory | Phil Jakes | 1999-06-22 |
Series | Spaced | Unknown | 1999-09-24 |
Movie | The 13th Warrior | Helfdane (Fat) | 1999-08-13 |
Series | Heartburn Hotel | 1998-07-20 | |
Series | Sunnyside Farm | Unknown | 1997-04-18 |
Movie | Oscar and Lucinda | Theophilus | 1997-12-31 |
Series | Silent Witness | Unknown | 1996-02-21 |
Movie | Lord of Misrule | Arthur | 1996-05-06 |
Series | Neverwhere | Mr. Vandemar | 1996-09-12 |
Movie | Flowers of the Forest | Gordon Weir | 1996-10-26 |
Movie | Crossing the Floor | Mick Boyd | 1996-10-05 |
Movie | Margaret's Museum | Neil Currie | 1995-09-13 |
Movie | Ruffian Hearts | Grazetti | 1995-09-29 |
Series | Roughnecks | Archie | 1994-06-16 |
Series | Middlemarch | Caleb Garth | 1994-04-10 |
Series | The Tales of Para Handy | Unknown | 1994-07-31 |
Series | Finney | Tucker | 1994-11-17 |
Movie | Fatherland | Krebs | 1994-11-26 |
Series | Cracker | Danny Fitzgerald | 1993-09-27 |
Movie | The Hawk | Chief Inspector Daybury | 1993-12-03 |
Movie | Soft Top Hard Shoulder | Clegg | 1993-01-15 |
Movie | The Power of One | Sgt. Bormann | 1992-03-27 |
Movie | The Grass Arena | 1992-01-19 | |
Series | Spender | Unknown | 1991-01-08 |
Movie | Hancock | Alan Simpson | 1991-09-01 |
Movie | Do Not Disturb | Chris Anderson | 1991-03-17 |
Series | Murder Most Horrid | Unknown | 1991-11-14 |
Series | Drop the Dead Donkey | Unknown | 1990-08-09 |
Movie | The Gift | Mowat | 1989-03-28 |
Movie | Tumbledown | Terry Knapp | 1988-05-29 |
Series | Casualty | Jon Marston | 1986-09-06 |
Series | Lovejoy | Unknown | 1986-01-10 |
Series | The Bill | Unknown | 1984-10-16 |
Series | Scully | Lorry Driver | 1984-05-14 |
Series | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | Gary Turnbull | 1983-11-11 |
Series | Boys from the Blackstuff | Policeman | 1982-10-10 |
Movie | The July Plot | Lieutenant Ludwig von Hammerstein | 1964-12-09 |