Russell Tovey
Acting • Born 1981-11-14
Biography
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.
Filmography
111 credits
The History Boys
Movie • 2006
Rudge
National Theatre Live: Constellations
Movie • 2021
Roland
Allelujah
Movie • 2023
Colin Colman
My Family and Other Animals
Movie • 2005
Leslie Durrell
Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!)
Movie
Mick
Grabbers
Movie • 2012
Dr. Adam Smith
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
Movie • 2011
Midshipman Frame (archive footage)
Love Again
Movie • 2023
Billy Brooks
Blackwood
Movie • 2014
Jack
White Widow
Movie • 2023
Charlie
Is This a Joke?
Movie • 2011
Tim
Wayfinder
Movie • 2022
Russell
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Movie • 2012
The Albino Pirate (voice)
Tower Block
Movie • 2012
Paul
The Red Peppers
Movie • 2001
Alf
It's Me
Movie • 2020
Joe
Muppets Most Wanted
Movie • 2014
Delivery Man
Walking the Dogs
Movie • 2012
Footman
Pride
Movie • 2014
Tim
Plainclothes
Movie • 2025
Andrew
The Lady in the Van
Movie • 2015
Young Man with Earring
Red Top
Movie • 2016
Andy Coulson
Stick Man
Movie • 2015
Dog (voice)
The Pass
Movie • 2016
Jason
Looking: The Movie
Movie • 2016
Kevin Matheson
Huge
Movie • 2010
Carl
Pet Shop Boys: A New Bohemia
Movie • 2024
Life is Excellent
Movie • 2024
Effie Gray
Movie • 2014
George
Mindhorn
Movie • 2016
Paul Melly
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
Movie • 2017
Joseph Pitt/Prior 1/The Eskimo
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
Movie • 2017
Joseph Pitt/Mormon Centre Father/The Angel Europa
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
Movie • 2013
Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
Movie • 2007
Midshipman Alonso Frame
The Emperor's New Clothes
Movie • 2001
Recruit
Freedom Fighters: The Ray
Movie • 2018
Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice)
Roar
Movie • 2009
Tom
The Sea
Movie • 2019
David
The Hippopotamus
Movie • 2017
Rupert Keynes
The Good Liar
Movie • 2019
Steven
The King is Dead
Movie • 2013
Nicky
In Passing
Movie • 2009
Henry Travers
Baby Lies Truthfully
Movie • 2020
Hymn of Hate
Movie • 2018
Sergeant George May
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Movie • 2021
Basil Hallward
No Masks
Movie • 2020
Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain
Movie • 2014
Squirt (Voice)
The Cult of Americana
Movie • 2025
Deep Dive
Movie • 2026
Self
Deep Dive: The Making of The War Between The Land And The Sea
Movie • 2026
Himself
Ultimate Force
TV • 2002
The Bill
TV • 1984
Silent Witness
TV • 1996
We Have Been Watching
TV • 2017
Self
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
TV • 2018
Self - Guest
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
PC Terence Reed
Being Human
TV • 2009
George Sands
Messiah
TV • 2001
Robbie McManus
Little Dorrit
TV • 2008
John Chivery
Him & Her
TV • 2010
Steve
What Remains
TV • 2013
Michael
Looking
TV • 2014
Kevin Matheson
Banished
TV • 2015
James Freeman
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
TV • 2019
Self - Guest Judge
Juice
TV • 2023
Guy
Mutual Friends
TV • 2008
Estate Agent
Sherlock
TV • 2010
Henry Knight
Servants
TV • 2003
Quantico
TV • 2015
Harry Doyle
Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry
TV • 2023
Russell Tovey
Just a Minute
TV • 2012
Self
Mongrels
TV • 2010
Mud
TV • 1994
Bill
Queers.
TV • 2017
Phil
Starstruck
TV • 2021
Dave
Spywatch
TV • 1996
Dennis Sealey
The Flash
TV • 2014
Ray Terrill / The Ray
Freedom Fighters: The Ray
TV • 2017
Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice)
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
TV • 2016
Ray Terrill / The Ray
Doctor Who Confidential
TV • 2005
Narrator
Holby City
TV • 1999
Jerome Hibbert
Holby City
TV • 1999
Adam Spengler
AIDS: The Unheard Tapes
TV • 2022
Narrator
The Job Lot
TV • 2013
Karl Lyndhurst
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
TV • 2017
Self
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
TV • 2024
Self - Guest
FEUD
TV • 2017
John O'Shea
Celebrity Juice
TV • 2008
Self
Years and Years
TV • 2019
Daniel Lyons
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Self - Panellist
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Patrick Read
Talking to the Dead
TV • 2013
DS Huw Brydon
Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents
TV • 2011
Self - Narrator (voice)
Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents
TV • 2013
Self - Narrator (voice)
Festivals, Sex and Suspicious Parents
TV • 2014
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Fortress
TV • 2024
Charlie Oldman
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Lionel Marshall
Supergirl
TV • 2015
Ray Terrill / The Ray (uncredited)
Flesh and Blood
TV • 2020
Jake
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
TV • 1998
Stable boy
Shane the Chef
TV • 2018
Ashes to Ashes
TV • 2008
Marcus Johnstone
The War Between the Land and the Sea
TV • 2025
Barclay Pierre-Dupont
Queers.
TV • 2017
The Sister
TV • 2020
Nathan
The Night Manager
TV • 2016
Simon Ogilvey
Gavin & Stacey
TV • 2007
Budgie
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
TV • 2025
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick
BBC Comedy Feeds
TV • 2012
The Paul O'Grady Show
TV • 2004
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest