Russell Tovey

Actor Nov 14 (age 44) Billericay, Essex, England, UK 1984–2025 (41 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

American Horror Story

Patrick Read

Film

Pride

Tim

Film

The Good Liar

Steven

Film

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

The Albino Pirate (voice)

Film

Years and Years

Daniel Lyons

Film

Muppets Most Wanted

Delivery Man

Film

The Lady in the Van

Young Man with Earring

Film

Quantico

Harry Doyle

Filmography

Acting (117)

Movies (50)

Plainclothes

2025

as Andrew

7.2

The Cult of Americana

2025

Pet Shop Boys: A New Bohemia

Life is Excellent

Love Again

as Billy Brooks

Allelujah

as Colin Colman

White Widow

as Charlie

Wayfinder

as Russell

The Picture of Dorian Gray

2021

as Basil Hallward

3.0

National Theatre Live: Constellations

as Roland

Rhythm of Life

as Self

No Masks

It's Me

as Joe

Baby Lies Truthfully

The Good Liar

as Steven

The Sea

as David

Freedom Fighters: The Ray

2018

as Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice)

6.0

Hymn of Hate

2018

as Sergeant George May

7.0

The Hippopotamus

2017

as Rupert Keynes

6.4

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

2017

as Joseph Pitt/Prior 1/The Eskimo

8.1

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

2017

as Joseph Pitt/Mormon Centre Father/The Angel Europa

Looking: The Movie

as Kevin Matheson

Mindhorn

as Paul Melly

Red Top

as Andy Coulson

The Pass

as Jason

The Lady in the Van

as Young Man with Earring

Stick Man

as Dog (voice)

Pride

as Tim

Muppets Most Wanted

as Delivery Man

Blackwood

as Jack

Effie Gray

as George

Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain

2014

as Squirt (Voice)

7.0

The King is Dead

2013

as Nicky

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide

as Narrator (voice)

Grabbers

as Dr. Adam Smith

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

2012

as The Albino Pirate (voice)

Tower Block

as Paul

Walking the Dogs

as Footman

Is This a Joke?

2011

as Tim

The Ballad of Russell & Julie

2011

as Midshipman Frame (archive footage)

Huge

as Carl

Lady Grey London

as Rod

Roar

as Tom

In Passing

as Henry Travers

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

2007

as Midshipman Alonso Frame

7.6

The History Boys

2006

as Rudge

6.6

My Family and Other Animals

2005

as Leslie Durrell

6.3

The Emperor's New Clothes

2001

as Recruit

6.7

The Red Peppers

2001

as Alf

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

as Mick

Television (67)

The War Between the Land and the Sea

2025

as Barclay Pierre-Dupont

6.8

The War Between the Land and the Sea

2025

as Self

6.8

Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes

2025

as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick

6.9

The Fortress

2024

as Charlie Oldman

5.8

Rob Beckett's Smart TV

as Self - Guest

Juice

as Guy

Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry

2023

as Russell Tovey

AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

as Narrator

Starstruck

as Dave

The Sister

as Nathan

Flesh and Blood

as Jake

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

2019

as Self - Guest Judge

7.1

Years and Years

2019

as Daniel Lyons

7.6

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

as Self - Guest

Shane the Chef

FEUD

as John O'Shea

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

2017

as Self

5.3

Freedom Fighters: The Ray

2017

as Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice)

Queers.

Queers.

as Phil

We Have Been Watching

2017

as Self

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

2016

as Ray Terrill / The Ray

The Night Manager

as Simon Ogilvey

Supergirl

as Ray Terrill / The Ray (uncredited)

Quantico

as Harry Doyle

Banished

as James Freeman

The Flash

as Ray Terrill / The Ray

Looking

as Kevin Matheson

Looking

as Kevin Matheson

Festivals, Sex and Suspicious Parents

2014

as Self - Narrator (voice)

What Remains

as Michael

The Job Lot

as Karl Lyndhurst

Talking to the Dead

as DS Huw Brydon

Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents

2013

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Playhouse Presents

as Footman

BBC Comedy Feeds

Just a Minute

as Self

American Horror Story

2011

as Patrick Read

8.1

Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents

2011

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.3

Sherlock

2010

as Self / Henry Knight

8.5

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

Him & Her

as Steve

Mongrels

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Being Human

as George Sands

Being Human

as George Sands

Celebrity Juice

as Self

Ashes to Ashes

as Marcus Johnstone

Little Dorrit

as John Chivery

Mutual Friends

as Estate Agent

Gavin & Stacey

as Karl 'Budgie' Barratt

7.5

Doctor Who

2005

as Midshipman Frame

7.6

Doctor Who Confidential

2005

as Narrator

8.2

Doctor Who Confidential

2005

as Narrator

8.2

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as PC Terence Reed

7.8

The Paul O'Grady Show

Servants

Ultimate Force

Messiah

as Robbie McManus

Holby City

as Jerome Hibbert

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

as Stable boy

Silent Witness

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

1996

as Self - Panellist

7.0

Spywatch

1996

as Dennis Sealey

Mud

1994

as Bill

6.0

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Lionel Marshall

The Bill