Russell Tovey

Russell Tovey

Birthday: 1981-11-14

Place of Birth: Billericay, Essex, England, UK

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.

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The History Boys
The History Boys

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in purs...

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National Theatre Live: Constellations
National Theatre Live: Constellations

A quantum physicist and a beekeeper meet at a barbeque. They hit it off, or perhaps they don’t. They...

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Allelujah
Allelujah

When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the hos...

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My Family and Other Animals
My Family and Other Animals

Escaping the dreary wet weather of 1930s England, an eccentric family uproot and ship themselves to ...

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Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!)
Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!)

Written & directed by Jamie Adams...

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Grabbers
Grabbers

Something sinister has come to the shores of Erin Island, unbeknownst to the quaint population of th...

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The Ballad of Russell & Julie
The Ballad of Russell & Julie

David Tennant, Catherine Tate and John Barrowman thank Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner for their...

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Love Again
Love Again

Mira Ray, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, John, sends a series of romantic texts to his old cel...

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Blackwood
Blackwood

Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to ...

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White Widow
White Widow

Across Africa and London, an American woman struggles with recent tragic events, resulting in improm...

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Is This a Joke?
Is This a Joke?

Tim's life is a joke. Literally....

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Wayfinder
Wayfinder

Set during a pandemic, the film tracks the movements of its central protagonist – The Wanderer, a yo...

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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

The enthusiastic Pirate Captain, along with his rag-tag crew, sets out to beat his bitter rivals. Th...

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Tower Block
Tower Block

A year after witnessing a murder, residents of Tower Block 31 find themselves being picked off by a ...

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The Red Peppers
The Red Peppers

Set in 1936 during the dying days of music hall, "The Red Peppers' is the poignant story of George a...

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It's Me
It's Me

Set over the course of an evening, a mother remembers moments from a game she played with her son th...

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Muppets Most Wanted
Muppets Most Wanted

While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper ...

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Walking the Dogs
Walking the Dogs

A Buckingham Palace guard attending to Queen Elizabeth's room takes her dogs for a walk and while he...

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Pride
Pride

In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworker...

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Plainclothes
Plainclothes

In 1990s New York, an undercover police officer receives an assignment to lure and arrest gay men. H...

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Rhythm of Life
Rhythm of Life

A star-studded short film encouraging people to get COVID-19 vaccines and featuring the song "The Rh...

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The Lady in the Van
The Lady in the Van

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of u...

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Lady Grey London
Lady Grey London

Starring Marion Cotillard as Lady Grey, a burlesque artist with magical healing powers, the unshakab...

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Red Top
Red Top

Comic fantasy telling the story of Rebekah, an innocent and beguiling Northern girl who accidentally...

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Stick Man
Stick Man

Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three, and he's...

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The Pass
The Pass

The night before their debut game, two professional soccer players share a kiss. In a sporting world...

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Looking: The Movie
Looking: The Movie

Patrick returns to San Francisco for the first time in almost a year to celebrate a momentous event ...

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Huge
Huge

A feuding double act try to make it in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy....

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Pet Shop Boys: A New Bohemia
Pet Shop Boys: A New Bohemia

Following the release of All of Us Strangers, acclaimed British filmmaker Andrew Haigh shoots Tracey...

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Life is Excellent
Life is Excellent

David Robilliard was a talented British artist who died in 1988, aged just 36 years old, one of the ...

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Effie Gray
Effie Gray

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride...

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Mindhorn
Mindhorn

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" ...

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National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches

The National Theatre's live theatrical production of Tony Kushner's two-part play 'Angels In America...

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National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika

America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, ...

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Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide

The Ultimate Guide was a documentary made by BBC Events Production in London which aired on BBC Thre...

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Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

When disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling along...

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The Emperor's New Clothes
The Emperor's New Clothes

Napoleon, exiled, devises a plan to retake the throne. He'll swap places with commoner Eugene Lenorm...

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Freedom Fighters: The Ray
Freedom Fighters: The Ray

Earth-X is one of many realities in the multiverse, with one glaring difference from our Earth: The ...

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Roar
Roar

London. It's Christmas. Tom is a timid loner who cuts keys in a dry-cleaners in Soho. He's dominated...

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The Sea
The Sea

On a grey day, a woman sits alone on a beach and calmly watches the birds. As she sits, she is joine...

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The Hippopotamus
The Hippopotamus

Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unex...

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The Good Liar
The Good Liar

Career con man Roy sets his sights on his latest mark: recently widowed Betty, worth millions. And h...

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The King is Dead
The King is Dead

There's a mole in the organisation, and Lionel doesn't like moles. So he's brought his right hand me...

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In Passing
In Passing

A Blitz mother confronts a home truth....

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Baby Lies Truthfully
Baby Lies Truthfully

It's 1987. David Robilliard is a young artist and writer in London. His work is raw as it is refresh...

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Hymn of Hate
Hymn of Hate

Sgt George May and Pvt Billy Booth are sent to patrol the deadly No Man's Land by a young and inexpe...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray

In a profile pic-obsessed, filter-fixated world where online and reality blur, influencer Dorian Gra...

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No Masks
No Masks

No Masks from Theatre Royal Stratford East and Moonshine Features present a new work based on the re...

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Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain
Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain

Glendragon is in danger! When the King returns from faraway lands, he discovers that the Vikings hav...

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