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 series The Bill 1984-10-16
- Latest Project:
- Movie Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!) 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!) | Mick | 2026 |
| Movie | Plainclothes | Andrew | 2025-09-19 |
| Movie | Allelujah | Colin Colman | 2023-03-17 |
| Movie | White Widow | Charlie | 2023-11-20 |
| Movie | Wayfinder | Russell | 2022-07-01 |
| Movie | It's Me | Joe | 2020-01-02 |
| Movie | The Sea | David | 2019-03-10 |
| Movie | The Good Liar | Steven | 2019-11-08 |
| Series | Years and Years | Daniel Lyons | 2019-05-14 |
| Movie | Freedom Fighters: The Ray | Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice) | 2018-08-28 |
| Movie | Hymn of Hate | Sergeant George May | 2018-11-11 |
| 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 | We Have Been Watching | Self | 2017-01-04 |
| Movie | The Hippopotamus | Rupert Keynes | 2017-03-08 |
| Series | Freedom Fighters: The Ray | Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice) | 2017-12-08 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Red Top | Andy Coulson | 2016-01-20 |
| Series | The Night Manager | Simon Ogilvey | 2016-02-21 |
| Series | DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Ray Terrill / The Ray | 2016-01-21 |
| Movie | The Pass | Jason | 2016-03-16 |
| Movie | Looking: The Movie | Kevin Matheson | 2016-07-24 |
| Movie | Mindhorn | Paul Melly | 2016-10-09 |
| 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 | Blackwood | Jack | 2014-08-01 |
| Series | Looking | Kevin Matheson | 2014-01-19 |
| Movie | Effie Gray | George | 2014-03-08 |
| Movie | Muppets Most Wanted | Delivery Man | 2014-03-20 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Job Lot | Karl Lyndhurst | 2013-04-29 |
| Movie | The King is Dead | Nicky | 2013-04-01 |
| Series | What Remains | Michael | 2013-08-25 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide | Narrator (voice) | 2013-11-18 |
| Movie | Grabbers | Dr. Adam Smith | 2012-08-10 |
| Movie | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | The Albino Pirate (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
| Movie | Tower Block | Paul | 2012-09-19 |
| Series | American Horror Story | Patrick Read | 2011-10-05 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Russell & Julie | Midshipman Frame (archive footage) | 2011-10-31 |
| Movie | Is This a Joke? | Tim | 2011-12-31 |
| Series | Sherlock | Henry Knight | 2010-07-25 |
| Movie | Huge | Carl | 2010-06-18 |
| Series | Him & Her | Steve | 2010-09-06 |
| Series | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Unknown | 2010-10-01 |
| Series | Being Human | Unknown | 2009-01-25 |
| Series | Mutual Friends | Estate Agent | 2008-08-26 |
| Series | Little Dorrit | John Chivery | 2008-10-26 |
| 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 | Silent Witness | Unknown | 1996-02-21 |
| Series | Spywatch | Dennis Sealey | 1996-01-15 |
| Series | Mud | Bill | 1994-02-17 |
| Series | The Bill | Unknown | 1984-10-16 |