Russell Tovey
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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- Born:
- Nov 14, 1981 In Billericay, Essex, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 67
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!)
- Latest Project:
- Movie Plainclothes 2025-09-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!) | Mick | 2026 |
| Movie | Plainclothes | Andrew | 2025-09-19 |
| Movie | White Widow | Charlie | 2023-11-20 |
| Movie | Allelujah | Colin Colman | 2023-03-17 |
| Movie | Wayfinder | Russell | 2022-07-01 |
| Movie | It's Me | Joe | 2020-01-02 |
| Movie | The Sea | David | 2019-03-10 |
| Series | Years and Years | Daniel Lyons | 2019-05-14 |
| Movie | The Good Liar | Steven | 2019-11-08 |
| Movie | Hymn of Hate | Sergeant George May | 2018-11-11 |
| Movie | Freedom Fighters: The Ray | Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice) | 2018-08-28 |
| Series | We Have Been Watching | Self | 2017-01-04 |
| Movie | The Hippopotamus | Rupert Keynes | 2017-03-08 |
| Series | FEUD | John O'Shea | 2017-03-05 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches | Joseph Pitt/Prior 1/The Eskimo | 2017-07-20 |
| Series | Queers. | 2017-07-31 | |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika | Joseph Pitt/Mormon Centre Father/The Angel Europa | 2017-07-27 |
| Series | Freedom Fighters: The Ray | Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice) | 2017-12-08 |
| Series | DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Ray Terrill / The Ray | 2016-01-21 |
| Series | The Night Manager | Simon Ogilvey | 2016-02-21 |
| Movie | Red Top | Andy Coulson | 2016-01-20 |
| Movie | Mindhorn | Paul Melly | 2016-10-09 |
| Movie | Looking: The Movie | Kevin Matheson | 2016-07-24 |
| Movie | The Pass | Jason | 2016-03-16 |
| Series | Banished | James Freeman | 2015-03-05 |
| Series | Quantico | Harry Doyle | 2015-09-27 |
| Movie | The Lady in the Van | Young Man with Earring | 2015-10-30 |
| Movie | Stick Man | Dog (voice) | 2015-12-07 |
| Movie | Muppets Most Wanted | Delivery Man | 2014-03-20 |
| Series | Looking | Kevin Matheson | 2014-01-19 |
| Movie | Blackwood | Jack | 2014-08-01 |
| Movie | Effie Gray | George | 2014-03-08 |
| Movie | Pride | Tim | 2014-09-12 |
| Movie | Moomins on the Riviera | Moomin | 2014-10-10 |
| Series | The Flash | Ray Terrill / The Ray | 2014-10-07 |
| Movie | Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain | Squirt (Voice) | 2014-09-15 |
| Movie | The King is Dead | Nicky | 2013-04-01 |
| Series | What Remains | Michael | 2013-08-25 |
| Series | The Job Lot | Karl Lyndhurst | 2013-04-29 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide | Narrator (voice) | 2013-11-18 |
| Movie | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | The Albino Pirate (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
| Movie | Grabbers | Dr. Adam Smith | 2012-08-10 |
| Movie | Tower Block | Paul | 2012-09-19 |
| Movie | Is This a Joke? | Tim | 2011-12-31 |
| Series | American Horror Story | Patrick Read | 2011-10-05 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Russell & Julie | Midshipman Frame (archive footage) | 2011-10-31 |
| Movie | Huge | Carl | 2010-06-18 |
| Series | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Unknown | 2010-10-01 |
| Series | Him & Her | Steve | 2010-09-06 |
| Series | Sherlock | Henry Knight | 2010-07-25 |
| Series | Being Human | Unknown | 2009-01-25 |
| Series | Little Dorrit | John Chivery | 2008-10-26 |
| Series | Mutual Friends | Estate Agent | 2008-08-26 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | Midshipman Alonso Frame | 2007-12-25 |
| Series | Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive | 2006-07-11 | |
| Movie | The History Boys | Rudge | 2006-10-02 |
| Series | Doctor Who Confidential | Narrator | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | My Family and Other Animals | Leslie Durrell | 2005-12-27 |
| Series | Agatha Christie's Marple | Unknown | 2004-12-12 |
| Series | Servants | Unknown | 2003-04-10 |
| Series | Ultimate Force | Unknown | 2002-09-16 |
| Series | Messiah | Unknown | 2001-05-26 |
| Movie | The Emperor's New Clothes | Recruit | 2001-08-11 |
| Series | Spywatch | Dennis Sealey | 1996-01-15 |
| Series | Silent Witness | Unknown | 1996-02-21 |
| Series | Mud | Bill | 1994-02-17 |
| Series | The Bill | Unknown | 1984-10-16 |