Russell Tovey
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.
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- Born:
- Nov 14, 1981 In Billericay, Essex, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 94
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Fortress
- Latest Project:
- Movie The King is Dead 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Series | The Fortress | 2025 | |
| Movie | Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!) | Mick | 2025 |
| Movie | The King is Dead | Nicky | 2025 |
| Movie | Allelujah | Colin Colman | 2023-03-17 |
| Movie | Love Again | Billy Brooks | 2023-05-04 |
| Movie | White Widow | Charlie | 2023-11-20 |
| Series | Juice | Guy | 2023-09-18 |
| Series | AIDS: The Unheard Tapes | Narrator | 2022-06-27 |
| Movie | Wayfinder | Russell | 2022-07-01 |
| Movie | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Basil Hallward | 2021-03-16 |
| Series | Starstruck | Dave | 2021-04-25 |
| Movie | Constellations | Roland | 2021-10-28 |
| Movie | Rhythm of Life | Self | 2021-07-03 |
| Movie | It's Me | Joe | 2020-01-02 |
| Series | Flesh and Blood | Jake | 2020-02-24 |
| Series | The Sister | Nathan | 2020-10-26 |
| Movie | Baby Lies Truthfully | Unknown | 2020-07-01 |
| Movie | The Sea | David | 2019-03-10 |
| Movie | The Good Liar | Steven | 2019-11-08 |
| Series | RuPaul's Drag Race UK | Self - Judge | 2019-10-03 |
| Series | Years and Years | Daniel Lyons | 2019-05-14 |
| Series | The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer | Self | 2018-03-06 |
| Movie | Hymn of Hate | Sergeant George May | 2018-11-11 |
| Movie | Freedom Fighters: The Ray | Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice) | 2018-08-28 |
| Series | Shane the Chef | 2018-04-02 | |
| Series | We Have Been Watching | Self | 2017-01-04 |
| Series | FEUD | John O'Shea | 2017-03-05 |
| Movie | The Hippopotamus | Rupert Keynes | 2017-03-08 |
| Series | Freedom Fighters: The Ray | Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice) | 2017-12-08 |
| Series | The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice | Self | 2017-08-31 |
| Series | Queers. | Phil | 2017-07-31 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches | Joseph Pitt/Prior 1/The Eskimo | 2017-07-20 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika | Joseph Pitt/Mormon Centre Father/The Angel Europa | 2017-07-27 |
| Movie | Red Top | Andy Coulson | 2016-01-20 |
| Series | DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Ray Terrill / The Ray | 2016-01-21 |
| Movie | The Pass | Jason | 2016-03-16 |
| Movie | Looking: The Movie | Kevin Matheson | 2016-07-24 |
| Movie | Mindhorn | Paul Melly | 2016-10-09 |
| Series | The Night Manager | Simon Ogilvey | 2016-02-21 |
| Series | Banished | James Freeman | 2015-03-05 |
| Series | Quantico | Harry Doyle | 2015-09-27 |
| Series | Supergirl | Ray Terrill / The Ray (uncredited) | 2015-10-26 |
| Movie | Stick Man | Dog (voice) | 2015-12-07 |
| Movie | The Lady in the Van | Young Man with Earring | 2015-10-30 |
| Series | Festivals, Sex and Suspicious Parents | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2014-02-26 |
| Series | Looking | Kevin Matheson | 2014-01-19 |
| Movie | Effie Gray | George | 2014-03-08 |
| Movie | Pride | Tim | 2014-09-12 |
| Movie | Muppets Most Wanted | Delivery Man | 2014-03-20 |
| Series | The Flash | Ray Terrill / The Ray | 2014-10-07 |
| Movie | Blackwood | Jack | 2014-08-01 |
| Series | The Job Lot | Karl Lyndhurst | 2013-04-29 |
| Series | What Remains | Michael | 2013-08-25 |
| Movie | Talking to the Dead | DS Huw Brydon | 2013-10-13 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide | Narrator (voice) | 2013-11-18 |
| Series | Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2013-11-12 |
| Series | Talking to the Dead | DS Huw Brydon | 2013-10-15 |
| Movie | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Albino Pirate (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
| Series | Just a Minute | Self | 2012-03-26 |
| Movie | Walking the Dogs | Footman | 2012-05-31 |
| Movie | Tower Block | Paul | 2012-09-19 |
| Movie | Grabbers | Dr. Adam Smith | 2012-08-10 |
| Series | Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2011-01-04 |
| Series | American Horror Story | Patrick Read | 2011-10-05 |
| Movie | Is This a Joke? | Tim | 2011-12-31 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Russell & Julie | Midshipman Frame (archive footage) | 2011-10-31 |
| Movie | Huge | Carl | 2010-06-18 |
| Series | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Unknown | 2010-10-01 |
| Series | Him & Her | Steve | 2010-09-06 |
| Series | Sherlock | Henry Knight | 2010-07-25 |
| Series | Mongrels | Unknown | 2010-06-22 |
| Series | Being Human | George Sands | 2009-01-25 |
| Movie | In Passing | Henry Travers | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | Roar | Tom | 2009-08-05 |
| Series | Little Dorrit | John Chivery | 2008-10-26 |
| Series | Mutual Friends | Estate Agent | 2008-08-26 |
| Series | Celebrity Juice | Himself | 2008-09-24 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | Midshipman Alonso Frame | 2007-12-25 |
| Movie | The History Boys | Rudge | 2006-10-02 |
| Movie | My Family and Other Animals | Leslie Durrell | 2005-12-27 |
| Series | Doctor Who | Midshipman Frame | 2005-03-26 |
| Series | Doctor Who Confidential | Narrator | 2005-03-26 |
| Series | Agatha Christie's Marple | PC Terence Reed | 2004-12-12 |
| Series | Servants | Unknown | 2003-04-10 |
| Series | Ultimate Force | Unknown | 2002-09-16 |
| Series | Messiah | Unknown | 2001-05-26 |
| Movie | The Emperor's New Clothes | Recruit | 2001-08-11 |
| Series | Holby City | Adam Spengler | 1999-01-12 |
| Series | Silent Witness | Unknown | 1996-02-21 |
| Series | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Panellist | 1996-11-12 |
| Series | Spywatch | Dennis Sealey | 1996-01-15 |
| Series | Mud | 1994-02-17 | |
| Series | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Lionel Marshall | 1989-01-08 |
| Series | The Bill | Unknown | 1984-10-16 |
