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

Game of Thrones
2013
Midsomer Murders
2009
Outlander
2016
Casualty
1990
Silent Witness
2003
Vera
2014
The Amazing World of Gumball
2018
The Bill
1992
The Death of Robin Hood
2026
The Witcher
2025
Heartbeat
2000
Screen Two
1995

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
163
2026
The Death of Robin Hood
as Elderfather
2026
One Piece: Into the Grand Line
as Crocus
2026
ONE PIECE
as Crocus
2025
The House Was Not Hungry Then
as Estate Agent
2025
The Guest
as Derek Abbott
2025
Dept. Q
as Jamie Lingard
2025
The Sandman
as Odin
2025
Shetland
as Arthur Mair
2025
The Witcher
as Stribog
2024
Dick Dynamite: 1944
as The Abbot
2024
Casualty
as Callum Robertshaw
2024
Mr Bigstuff
as Uncle Ron
2023
Tales of Babylon
as Silver Dragon
2023
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
as Duncan
2023
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
as Eddie Melville
2022
The Peripheral
as Frank Derosa
2022
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
as Greg Alban
2021
How We Forgot to Save the Planet
2021
The Last Duel
as King's Uncle
2020
Petrichor
as Vic
2020
Semi-Detached
as Willie
2020
Dracula
as Valentin
2019
Supervized
as Jerry
2019
Catherine the Great
as The Fool
2019
The Feed
as Graham
2018
The Etruscan Smile
as Campbell
2018
Outlaw King
as Lord Mackinnon of Skye
2018
Ladder to You
as Eric
2018
1983
as William Keating
2018
The Amazing World of Gumball
as Daniel Senicourt (voice)
2018
Zapped
as Svedd
2017
The Hatton Garden Job
as Kenny Collins
2017
Their Finest
as Mr. Starling (uncredited)
2017
1066: A Year to Conquer England
as Harold Hardrada
2017
1745
as Master David Andrews
2017
The Good Karma Hospital
as Desmond
2017
Rellik
as Henry
2017
1066: A Year to Conquer England
as Harold Hardrada
2016
The Limehouse Golem
as Prison Warden
2016
Stella
2016
Digby Dragon
as Albert (voice)
2016
Outlander
as Lord Lovat
2016
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2015
Mountain Goats
as Malton Jennings
2014
Still Game: The Story So Far
as Self - Big Innes
2014
Shetland
as Adam Markham
2014
Vera
as Allen Barnes
2013
Thor: The Dark World
as Tyr
2013
Mary, Queen of Scots
as Douglas
2013
The List
as Peter
2013
Game of Thrones
as Brynden 'The Blackfish' Tully
2013
Waterloo Road
as Laurence Brown
2012
The Fighter's Ballad
as Father John
2012
Ripper Street
as Fred Abberline
2012
Casualty
as Jon Marston
2011
Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
as Lachlan Macquarie
2011
The Wicker Tree
as Beame
2011
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
as Captain Tanner
2011
The Borgias
2011
Garrow's Law
as Alexander Creighton
2011
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
as Football Manager
2010
Cup Cake
as Mute McGill
2010
Beyond the Pole
as Steve
2010
The Wolfman
as MacQueen
2010
Identity
2009
Sherlock Holmes
as Captain Tanner
2009
Book of Blood
as Wyburd
2009
Dead Man Running
as McClintoch
2009
Hotel Babylon
2009
The Old Guys
as Mark
2009
Midsomer Murders
as Seth Comfort
2009
Jam and Jerusalem
as Jock
2008
Made of Honor
as Cousin Finlay
2008
Lecture 21
as Hoffmeister
2008
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
as Gary
2008
Honest
2008
No Heroics
2008
Merlin
as Bayard
2008
The Devil's Whore
as Presbyterian Preacher
2007
Joe's Palace
as Dave
2007
The Yellow House
as Monsieur Roulin
2006
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
as MacPherson (voice)
2006
Casualty
as Billy McCabe
2005
Faith
as Gordon
2005
Heartless
as Ricy
2005
Festival
as Brother Mike
2005
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
as MacPhereson(voice)
2005
According to Bex
2004
The Rocket Post
as Angus Mackay
2004
Ladies in Lavender
as Adam Penruddocke
2004
King Arthur
as Lancelot's Father
2004
Tumshie McFadgen's Bid for Ultimate Bliss
as Moon River Thompson
2004
Still Game
2004
Shameless
as Billy Wilson
2004
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
as Gary Turnbull
2003
Silent Witness
2003
The Mayor of Casterbridge
as Newson
2002
Mad Dogs
as The Thin Man
2002
Silent Cry
as DS Dennis Betts
2002
Being April
as Callum
2002
Rockface
as Dr Gordon Urquhart
2001
Bodywork
as Billy Hunch
2001
The Emperor's New Clothes
as Sergeant Justin Bommel
2001
Mr In-Between
as Mr. Michaelmas
2001
Spaced
as Damien Knox
2001
Waking the Dead
as Perry Coleman
2001
The Mists of Avalon
as Gorlois
2001
Happiness
as Angus O'Connor
2000
The Railway Children
as Station Master
2000
For My Baby
as Miklos Rumbold
2000
Hope and Glory
as Phil Jakes
2000
Lock, Stock...
as Special Brew
2000
Hearts and Bones
as Mark Dolby
2000
Heartbeat
as Big Eddy
2000
Black Cab
as Raymond
1999
The 13th Warrior
as Helfdane (Fat)
1999
Great Expectations
as Joe Gargery
1999
Oliver Twist
as Scottish Lawyer
1999
Great Expectations
as Joe Gargery
1998
Heartburn Hotel
1997
Oscar and Lucinda
as Theophilus
1997
Sunnyside Farm
1996
Flowers of the Forest
as Gordon Weir
1996
Lord of Misrule
as Arthur
1996
Crossing the Floor
as Mick Boyd
1996
Neverwhere
as Mr. Vandemar
1996
Casualty
as Ellis
1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation
as Boaz (voice)
1996
Murder Most Horrid
as DCS Barratt
1995
Margaret's Museum
as Neil Currie
1995
Ruffian Hearts
as Grazetti
1995
Cracker
as Danny
1995
Screen Two
as Chief Inspector Daybury
1994
Fatherland
as Krebs
1994
Lovejoy
as Mark Tabor
1994
The Tales of Para Handy
as McVicar
1994
Roughnecks
as Archie
1994
Middlemarch
as Caleb Garth
1994
Finney
as Tucker
1993
The Hawk
as Chief Inspector Daybury
1993
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
as Clegg
1993
The Vision Thing
as Travis
1993
Drop the Dead Donkey
as Detective Sergeant
1993
Frank Stubbs Promotes
as Baxter
1992
The Power of One
as Sgt. Bormann
1992
The Bill
1991
Hancock
as Alan Simpson
1991
The Grass Arena
as Mac
1991
Do Not Disturb
as Chris Anderson
1991
Spender
as Albie Sloeman
1991
For the Greater Good
as Terry Lynch MP
1991
Jute City
as Anderson
1990
Casualty
as Dave McCray
1989
The Gift
as Mowat
1989
The Play on One
as Mowat
1988
Tumbledown
as Terry Knapp
1984
Showdown at Spiggots Store
as Stan
1984
Scully
as Lorry Driver
1983
The Accidental Death of an Anarchist
as Superintendent
1982
Boys from the Blackstuff
as Policeman
Bilby
as Bilby / Bill
Scenes From A Broken Past
as Norman
The Gudeman
as The Solicitor