Clive Russell

Russell was born on 7 December 1945 in Winchester in Hampshire, England, but brought up in Leven in Fife, Scotland.[http://www.stainforthonline.co.uk/faith/faith_cast_clive_russell.htm Faith – Cast Profiles & Interviews Clive Russell] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423205653/http://www.stainforthonline.co.uk/faith/faith_cast_clive_russell.htm |date=23 April 2007 }}

He studied at Parkhill Primary then Buckhaven High School.

Russell first performed before an audience in 1960 on The Shari Lewis Show, but it was not until 1980 that he had his first real acting job – performing on the London stage as the superintendent in Nobel Prize-winner Dario Fo's satire Accidental Death of an Anarchist, about police corruption in Italy. The reviews were good, and he reprised that role for television in 1983. After further honing his skills in various British TV productions and a handful of films – including Jute City, The Power of One, The Hawk and Seconds Out – Russell received exposure before international audiences as Caleb Garth in the celebrated BBC miniseries Middlemarch, based on the George Eliot novel of the same name. A year later, he fell in love on the movie screen with Helena Bonham Carter in Margaret's Museum, for which he earned a Genie nomination at the 16th Genie Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. After more TV roles and another film, Russell played Ralph Fiennes' father in another critically acclaimed film, Oscar and Lucinda. Growing recognition of his acting skills then brought him major roles in four major TV miniseries: Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, The Railway Children and The Mists of Avalon.

Russel has appeared in numerous television series including Boys from the Blackstuff,[http://wondersinthedark.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/7-boys-from-the-blackstuff/ "Boys from the Blackstuff"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109144047/http://wondersinthedark.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/7-boys-from-the-blackstuff/ |date=9 November 2013 }} (April 23, 2013) Wonders in the Dark Hope and Glory, Neverwhere, Great Expectations,{{Cite web |url=http://www.filmbug.com/db/319447 |title=Clive Russell at FilmBug |access-date=9 November 2013 |archive-date=9 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109144017/http://www.filmbug.com/db/319447 |url-status=live }} The Mists of Avalon, Heartburn Hotel,{{British Comedy Guide|tv|heartburn_hotel|Heartburn Hotel}} Roughnecks, Monarch of the Glen, Midsomer Murders, Waking the Dead,{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} Silent Witness, Rockface, and Spaced. Russell has also made appearances in Still Game, Happiness, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Cracker and The Railway Children. From 2005 to 2006, Russell played Phil Nail in ITV's Coronation Street. Russell made an appearance in Waterloo Road as Lisa and Lenny Brown's grandfather for one episode, also playing Billy Wilson for two in Shameless.

He also appeared as a doctor in the 2006 My Family Christmas Special.

He has appeared as Jock in the third series of the BBC's Jam and Jerusalem, as "Bayard, King of Mercia" in Merlin and in Hotel Babylon as an artist forced to fake his own death when he is in debt. In 2012, he joined the cast of the HBO fantasy drama Game of Thrones as Brynden "The Blackfish" Tully.{{cite web |last=Patten |first=Dominic |date=24 September 2012 |title='Thor: The Dark World' Adds Pair To Cast |url=https://deadline.com/2012/09/thor-2-adds-game-of-thrones-batman-begins-actors-marvel-340913/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926043240/http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/thor-2-adds-game-of-thrones-batman-begins-actors-marvel/ |archive-date=26 September 2012 |access-date=24 September 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}{{cite web|title=Game of Thrones' Clive Russell on Survivor's Guilt, Brienne Shipping, and Where Blackfish Has Been All These Years|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/06/blackfish-ser-bryden-tully-where-has-he-been-all-these-years.html|website=vulture.com|access-date=28 September 2016|date=13 June 2016|archive-date=2 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002111711/http://www.vulture.com/2016/06/blackfish-ser-bryden-tully-where-has-he-been-all-these-years.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Schwartz|first1=Terri|title=Game of Thrones: Clive Russell on the Blackfish's Mission|url=http://ca.ign.com/articles/2016/06/06/game-of-thrones-clive-russell-on-the-blackfishs-mission|website=IGN|access-date=28 September 2016|date=5 June 2016|archive-date=23 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223150646/https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/06/06/game-of-thrones-clive-russell-on-the-blackfishs-mission|url-status=live}}

In 2016, he joined the cast of Hollyoaks as Billy, brother of established character Jack Osborne{{cite web|last1=Minn|first1=Hayley|title=Game Of Thrones star Clive Russell joins Hollyoaks as Jack Osborne's ex-con brother|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/tv/hollyoaks/590453/game-of-thrones-star-clive-russell-joins-hollyoaks|website=ok.co.uk|access-date=28 September 2016|date=21 August 2016|archive-date=2 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002091754/http://www.ok.co.uk/tv/hollyoaks/590453/game-of-thrones-star-clive-russell-joins-hollyoaks|url-status=live}}

In January 2017 he had a small role in the BBC Three comedy "Uncle", portraying Sam and Andy's father and later in the year appeared in Doc Martin. He played Ken Hollister.

In 2020, he appeared as Wroth, Chief of a Fey tribe called the Tusks, a recurring character for 5 episodes in the Netflix series Cursed.{{cite web |last=Fullerton |first=Huw |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/cursed-netflix-review/ |title=Cursed Netflix review: Is Katherine Langford's series worth watching? |publisher=Radio Times |date=2020-07-17 |accessdate=2022-02-23 |archive-date=13 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213222555/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/cursed-netflix-review/ |url-status=live }}

In Margaret's Museum, he starred opposite Helena Bonham Carter as the Gaelic-speaking Neil Currie. Russell's other film credits include Festival, Ladies in Lavender, King Arthur, Made of Honour, Lecture 21, The 13th Warrior and The Wolfman.

He made an appearance in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes as Captain Tanner, and reprised the role in the film's 2011 sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. He appeared in the 2010 film The Wolfman as MacQueen. Russell also appeared in Robin Hardy's The Wicker Tree which was released in the first quarter of 2012, playing the character of Beame alongside the Hobbit star Graham McTavish.

He played Inspector Frederick Abberline in BBC One's Ripper Street. He played Tyr in the live-action film Thor: The Dark World (2013).{{cite web|title="Thor: The Dark World" adds Clive Russell and Richard Brake|url=http://www.ifc.com/2012/09/thor-the-dark-world-clive-russell-richard-brake|website=ifc.com|access-date=28 September 2016|archive-date=1 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001194956/http://www.ifc.com/2012/09/thor-the-dark-world-clive-russell-richard-brake|url-status=live}}

In 2010, Russell made his debut one-man show Touching the Blue.[http://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/EDINBURGH-2010-TOUCHING-THE-BLUE-20100705 "Edinburgh 2010: Touching the Blue"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109143142/http://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/EDINBURGH-2010-TOUCHING-THE-BLUE-20100705 |date=9 November 2013 }} (July 5, 2010) Broadway World

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