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Russell Tovey

Actor / Playwright | * 11/14/1981 (42) | Billericay, Essex, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Russell George Tovey (born 14 November 1981) is an English actor. He is best known for playing the role of werewolf George Sands in the BBC's supernatural comedy-drama Being Human, Rudge in both the stage and film versions of The History Boys, Steve in the BBC Three sitcom Him & Her, Kevin Matheson in the HBO original series Looking and its subsequent series finale television film Looking: The Movie, and Patrick Read in American Horror Story: NYC. ()
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Russell George Tovey (born 14 November 1981) is an English actor with numerous television, film and stage credits. Tovey is best known for playing the role of a werewolf, George Sands in the BBC's supernatural drama Being Human. His other notable roles include Rudge in both the stage and film version of The History Boys, Steve in the BBC Three sitcom Him & Her, Kevin Matheson in the HBO original series Looking and as Henry Knight on BBC TV series Sherlock.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Mystery

Known for these Movies & Shows

The luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain is a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible ...

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

PG

2012 | 3.2/5 | 1h 28min
Animation, Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
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Something sinister has come to the shores of Erin Island, unbeknownst to the quaint population of this sleepy fishing village resting somewhere off Ireland’s coast. First, some fishermen go missing. ...

Grabbers

NR

2012 | 3.1/5 | 1h 34min
Science Fiction, Comedy, Thriller, Horror, Mystery
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Career con man Roy sets his sights on his latest mark: recently widowed Betty, worth millions. And he means to take it all. But as the two draw closer, what should have been another simple swindle tak ...

The Good Liar

R

2019 | 3.4/5 | 1h 49min
Crime
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Deciding to turn over a new leaf, a group of friends who also happen to be vampires and werewolves move into a house together, only to find that it is haunted by ghosts of people who have been killed ...

Being Human

Certification unknown

2009 | 3.5/5 | 1h per episode
Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure
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Movies with Russell Tovey as Actor(36)

as Charlie2023 White Widow
2023 Love Again
as Colin Colman2023 Allelujah
as Russell2022 Wayfinder
as himself2021 Rhythm of Life
as Basil Hallward2021 The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Steven2019 The Good Liar
as David2019 The Sea
as Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice)2018 Freedom Fighters: The Ray
as Rupert Keynes2017 The Hippopotamus
as Joseph Pitt/Mormon Centre Father/The Angel Europa2017 National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
as Joseph Pitt/Prior 1/The Eskimo2017 National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
as Jason2016 The Pass
as Andy Coulson2016 Red Top
as Kevin Matheson2016 Looking: The Movie
as Paul Melly2016 Mindhorn
as Dog (voice)2015 Stick Man
as Young Man with Earring2015 The Lady in the Van
as Jack2014 Blackwood
as George2014 Effie Gray
as Tim2014 Pride
as Delivery Man2014 Muppets Most Wanted
as Narrator (voice)2013 Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
as Footman2012 Walking the Dogs
as The Albino Pirate (voice) (UK version)2012 The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as Paul2012 Tower Block
as Dr. Adam Smith2012 Grabbers
as Tim2011 Is This a Joke?
as Midshipman Frame (archive footage)2011 The Ballad of Russell & Julie
as Carl2010 Huge
as Tom2009 Roar
as Henry Travers2009 In Passing
as Midshipman Alonso Frame2007 Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
as Rudge2006 The History Boys
as Leslie Durrell2005 My Family and Other Animals
as Recruit2001 The Emperor's New Clothes

TV Shows/Series with Russell Tovey as Actor(48)

2024 The Fortress
as Guy2023 Juice
as Narrator2022 AIDS: The Unheard Tapes
as Dave2021 Starstruck
as Jake2020 Flesh and Blood
as Nathan2020 The Sister
as Daniel Lyons2019 Years and Years
as Self - Judge2019 RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2018 Shane the Chef
as himself2018 The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as himself2017 We Have Been Watching
as John O'Shea2017 FEUD
as Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice)2017 Freedom Fighters: The Ray
as Simon Ogilvey2016 The Night Manager
as Ray Terrill / The Ray2016 DC's Legends of Tomorrow
as Ray Terrill / The Ray (uncredited)2015 Supergirl
as Harry Doyle2015 Quantico
as James Freeman2015 Banished
as Self - Narrator (voice)2014 Festivals, Sex and Suspicious Parents
as Ray Terrill / The Ray2014 The Flash
as Kevin Matheson2014 Looking
as Self - Narrator (voice)2013 Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents
as Michael2013 What Remains
as Karl Lyndhurst2013 The Job Lot
as Patrick Read2011 American Horror Story
as Self - Narrator (voice)2011 Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents
2010 Mongrels
2010 The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
as Steve2010 Him & Her
as Henry Knight2010 Sherlock
as George Sands2009 Being Human
as John Chivery2008 Little Dorrit
as himself2008 Celebrity Juice
as Estate Agent2008 Mutual Friends
as Midshipman Frame2005 Doctor Who
as Narrator2005 Doctor Who Confidential
as PC Terence Reed2004 Agatha Christie's Marple
2003 Servants
2002 Ultimate Force
2001 Messiah
as Jerome Hibbert1999 Holby City
as Adam Spengler1999 Holby City
1996 Silent Witness
as Dennis Sealey1996 Spywatch
as Panellist1996 Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1994 Mud
as Lionel Marshall1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot
1984 The Bill

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Full Name: Russell Tovey
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Saturday, 11/14 1981 (November) in Billericay, Essex, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 42 years + 163 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Shenfield High School
Other names for Russell Tovey (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Russell George Tovey"
Russell Tovey frequently works together with these people:
Paul Kasey (23x, Actor)
Tom Cavanagh (16x, Actor)
Mark Gatiss (14x, Actor)
Andrew Kreisberg (14x, Crew)
Greg Berlanti (12x, Crew)
Nicholas Briggs (12x, Actor)
Sarah Paulson (11x, Actress)
Marc Guggenheim (11x, Crew)
Evan Peters (10x, Actor)
Grainne Godfree (9x, Crew)
Ruth Bratt (9x, Actress)
Giuseppe Cannas (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:169037, Added: 07/08/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024