Russell Tovey
b. 1981 (age 45)
Billericay, Essex, England, UK
Actor
Writer
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.
Known For
Filmography
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I Am the Prize
2026 Actor
Anthony Selvon
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★ 6.2
The War Between the Land and the Sea
2025 Actor
Barclay Pierre-Dupont
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★ 7.0
Plainclothes
2025 Actor
Andrew
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★ 7.7
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
2025 Actor
DAC Brian Paddick
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★ 5.9
Love Again
2023 Actor
Billy Brooks
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★ 6.6
Juice
2023 Actor
Guy
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★ 5.7
The Fortress
2023 Actor
Charlie Oldman
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★ 4.4
White Widow
2023 Actor
Charlie
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★ 9.1
Aids: The Unheard Tapes
2022 Actor
Narrated by
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★ 6.4
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2021 Actor
Basil Hallward
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★ 6.7
Rhythm of Life
2021 Actor
Russell Tovey
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National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021 Actor
Roland
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★ 5.9
The Sister
2020 Actor
Nathan
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★ 7.1
Flesh and Blood
2020 Actor
Jake
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★ 6.5
No Masks
2020 Actor
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★ 5.7
It's Me
2020 Actor
Joe
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The Understudy
2020 Actor
Stephen McQueen
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Fabio D'Andrea: Something Left to Love
2020 Self
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Baby Lies Truthfully
2020 Actor
David Robilliard
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★ 6.7
The Good Liar
2019 Actor
Stephen
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★ 7.6
The Sea
2019 Actor
David
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★ 7.4
Hymn of Hate
2018 Actor
Sergeant George May
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★ 7.1
Shane the Chef
2018 Actor
Shane The Chef
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★ 6.3
Mindhorn
2017 Actor
Paul Melly
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★ 6.4
The Hippopotamus
2017 Actor
Rupert Keynes
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★ 5.9
Freedom Fighters: The Ray
2017 Actor
The Ray
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★ 8.8
Angels in America: Part I - Millennium Approaches
2017 Actor
Joseph Pitt
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★ 8.9
National Theatre Live: Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika
2017 Actor
Joseph Pitt
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★ 7.9
Queers
2017 Actor
Phil
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★ 5.7
We Have Been Watching
2017 Self
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★ 6.8
Pop, Pride and Prejudice
2017 Self
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★ 7.5
Looking
2016 Actor
Kevin Matheson
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★ 6.5
The Pass
2016 Actor
Jason
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★ 6.7
Quantico
2015 Actor
Harry Doyle
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★ 7.2
Stick Man
2015 Actor
Dog
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The 15 Second Interview with Joe Lycett
2015 Self
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★ 8.2
Looking
2014 Actor
Kevin Matheson
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★ 5.3
Blackwood
2014 Actor
Jack Otterly
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★ 7.4
Festivals, Sex and Suspicious Parents
2014 Self
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★ 7.4
World War One Remembered: Passchendaele
2014 Self
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★ 7.1
The Job Lot
2013 Actor
Karl Lyndhurst
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★ 5.9
Talking to the Dead
2013 Actor
DS Huw Brydon
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★ 8.2
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
2013 Self
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★ 8.3
The Dog Rescuers
2013 Actor
Narrator
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★ 5.5
Snow... Sex & Suspicious Parents
2013 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.0
Around Again
2013 Actor
British soldier
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★ 6.2
The King Is Dead
2013 Actor
Nicky
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★ 6.7
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
2012 Actor
The Albino Pirate
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★ 6.3
Grabbers
2012 Actor
Dr. Adam Smith
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★ 5.9
Tower Block
2012 Actor
Paul
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★ 7.3
Is This a Joke?
2012 Actor
Tim
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BAFTA's Big Questions
2012 Self
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★ 5.6
Sun... Sex & Suspicious Parents
2011 Self
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★ 7.8
Him & Her
2010 Actor
Steve Marshall
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★ 4.3
Huge
2010 Actor
Carl
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★ 6.4
Lady Grey London
2010 Actor
Rod
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★ 5.7
The Undercover Princesses
2010 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.3
Words of the Blitz
2010 Actor
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★ 7.0
Roar
2009 Actor
Tom
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★ 7.6
Being Human: Unearthed
2009 Self
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★ 7.6
In Passing
2009 Actor
Henry Travers
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★ 7.3
Drop
2009 Actor
Ben
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★ 7.8
Being Human
2008 Actor
George Sands
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★ 6.8
The History Boys
2006 Actor
Rudge
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★ 7.7
Annually Retentive
2006 Actor
Ben
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★ 7.3
My Family and Other Animals
2005 Actor
Leslie Durrell
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★ 7.2
Mud
1994 Actor
Bill
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Wild Bird
Actor
Writer
Alexander McQueen
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When the Wolves Came
Actor
Sebastian
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First Christmas
Actor
Michael Shields