Clive Russell was raised in Fife, Scotland, from 3 months old. He originally trained as a teacher, but when his drama lecturer resigned and took over a theatre in the provincial town of Bolton, Lancaster, Russell joined him. Russell has been working solely in film and television since 1991.
Sherlock Holmes
As Captain Tanner
Mad Dogs
As The Thin Man
The 13th Warrior
As Helfdane (Fat)
How We Forgot to Save the Planet
The Railway Children
As Station Master
The Power of One
As Sgt. Bormann
Made of Honor
As Cousin Finlay
Dick Dynamite: 1944
As The Abbot
The Gift
As Mowat
Book of Blood
As Wyburd
Lecture 21
As Hoffmeister
Margaret's Museum
As Neil Currie
Thor: The Dark World
As Tyr
The Hawk
As Chief Inspector Daybury
Mary, Queen of Scots
As Douglas
The List
As Peter
The Rocket Post
As Angus Mackay
Flowers of the Forest
As Gordon Weir
Cup Cake
As Mute McGill
Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
As Lachlan Macquarie
Tales of Babylon
As Silver Dragon
The Last Duel
As King's Uncle
Bilby
As Bilby / Bill
Ladies in Lavender
As Adam Penruddocke
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
As Duncan
The Wicker Tree
As Beame
Hancock
As Alan Simpson
Scenes From A Broken Past
As Norman
Fatherland
As Krebs
Still Game: The Story So Far
As Self - Big Innes
The Grass Arena
Faith
As Gordon
For My Baby
As Miklos Rumbold
Ruffian Hearts
As Grazetti
Great Expectations
As Joe Gargery
Beyond the Pole
As Steve
King Arthur
As Lancelot's Father
Tumbledown
As Terry Knapp
Lord of Misrule
As Arthur
Heartless
As Ricy
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
As Captain Tanner
Joe's Palace
As Dave
The Hatton Garden Job
As Kenny Collins
Bodywork
As Billy Hunch
The Yellow House
As Monsieur Roulin
Their Finest
As Mr. Starling (uncredited)
The Limehouse Golem
As Prison Warden
Festival
As Brother Mike
1066: A Year to Conquer England
As Harold Hardrada
The Wolfman
As MacQueen
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
As MacPherson
Do Not Disturb
As Chris Anderson
The Emperor's New Clothes
As Sergeant Justin Bommel
Crossing the Floor
As Mick Boyd
Silent Cry
Oscar and Lucinda
As Theophilus
The Etruscan Smile
As Campbell
Outlaw King
As Lord Mackinnon of Skye
Dead Man Running
As McClintoch
Ladder to You
As Eric
Tumshie McFadgen's Bid for Ultimate Bliss
As Moon River Thompson
Supervized
As Jerry
The Fighter's Ballad
As Father John
1745
As Master David Andrews
Mr In-Between
As Mr. Michaelmas
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
As Clegg
Petrichor
As Vic
The Accidental Death of an Anarchist
As Superintendent
Spaced
As Damien Knox
Hope and Glory
As Phil Jakes
Murder Most Horrid
As DCS Barratt
Still Game
The Bill
Shameless
Silent Witness
Lock, Stock...
As Special Brew
Lovejoy
As Mark Tabor
Waking the Dead
As Perry Coleman
According to Bex
The Mists of Avalon
As Gorlois
Semi-Detached
As Willie
Spender
As Albie Sloeman
Neverwhere
As Mr. Vandemar
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
As Gary
Being April
Heartburn Hotel
Happiness
As Angus O'Connor
Rockface
The Borgias
Ripper Street
As Frederick Abberline
Mountain Goats
As Malton Jennings
Garrow's Law
As Alexander Creighton
Stella
Digby Dragon
As Albert (voice)
Hearts and Bones
As Mark Dolby
Hotel Babylon
Identity
Outlander
As Lord Lovat
Sunnyside Farm
Shetland
As Adam Markham
The Tales of Para Handy
As McVicar
The Old Guys
As Mark
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
Game of Thrones
As Brynden 'The Blackfish' Tully
Drop the Dead Donkey
Honest
No Heroics
The Good Karma Hospital
As Desmond
Casualty
As Dave McCray
Roughnecks
As Archie
1983
As William Keating
Vera
As Allen Barnes
Frank Stubbs Promotes
As Baxter
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
As Eddie Melville
Midsomer Murders
As Seth Comfort
Oliver Twist
As Scottish Lawyer
Scully
As Lorry Driver
The Devil's Whore
As Presbyterian Preacher
Boys from the Blackstuff
As Policeman
Cracker
As Danny
Middlemarch
As Caleb Garth
Murder, They Hope
As Duncan
The Mayor of Casterbridge
As Newson
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
As Gary Turnbull
Merlin
As Bayard
Rellik
As Henry
My Family
Finney
As Tucker
Heartbeat
As Big Eddy
1066: A Year to Conquer England
As Harold Hardrada
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
As Self - Participant
The Peripheral
As Frank Derosa
Catherine the Great
As The Fool
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
As Greg Alban
Dracula
As Valentin
The Feed
As Graham
Testament: The Bible in Animation
As Boaz (voice)
Mr. Bigstuff
As Uncle Ron
The Guest