Russell Tovey
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.
Movies (48)
I Am the Prize
2026
Deep Dive
2026
Plainclothes
2025
Life is Excellent
2024
Pet Shop Boys: A New Bohemia
2024
White Widow
2023
Love Again
2023
Allelujah
2023
Wayfinder
2022
National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2021
No Masks
2020
Baby Lies Truthfully
2020
It's Me
2020
The Good Liar
2019
The Sea
2019
Hymn of Hate
2018
Freedom Fighters: The Ray
2018
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
2017
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
2017
The Hippopotamus
2017
Mindhorn
2016
Looking: The Movie
2016
The Pass
2016
Red Top
2016
Stick Man
2015
The Lady in the Van
2015
Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain
2014
Pride
2014
Blackwood
2014
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
Effie Gray
2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
2013
The King is Dead
2013
Tower Block
2012
Grabbers
2012
Walking the Dogs
2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
2011
Huge
2010
Roar
2009
In Passing
2009
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007
The History Boys
2006
My Family and Other Animals
2005
The Emperor's New Clothes
2001
The Red Peppers
2001
Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!)
TV Shows (62)
The War Between the Land and the Sea
2025
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025
The Fortress
2024
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024
Juice
2023
Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry
2023
AIDS: The Unheard Tapes
2022
Starstruck
2021
The Sister
2020
Flesh and Blood
2020
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
Years and Years
2019
Shane the Chef
2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
Freedom Fighters: The Ray
2017
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
2017
Queers.
2017
Queers.
2017
FEUD
2017
We Have Been Watching
2017
The Night Manager
2016
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016
Supergirl
2015
Quantico
2015
Banished
2015
The Flash
2014
Festivals, Sex and Suspicious Parents
2014
Looking
2014
Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents
2013
Talking to the Dead
2013
What Remains
2013
The Job Lot
2013
Playhouse Presents
2012
Just a Minute
2012
American Horror Story
2011
Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents
2011
Him & Her
2010
Sherlock
2010
Mongrels
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Being Human
2009
Little Dorrit
2008
Celebrity Juice
2008
Mutual Friends
2008
Ashes to Ashes
2008
Gavin & Stacey
2007
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Servants
2003
Ultimate Force
2002
Messiah
2001
Holby City
1999
Holby City
1999
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
Silent Witness
1996
Spywatch
1996
Mud
1994
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
The Bill
1984