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.
113 acting credits
Acting · 113
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Flash
2014
American Horror Story
2011
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Supergirl
2015
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016
Silent Witness
1996
Holby City
1999
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Sherlock
2010
Quantico
2015
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
The Bill
1984
Celebrity Juice
2008
The Night Manager
2016
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
The War Between the Land and the Sea
2025
Being Human
2009
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Playhouse Presents
2012
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
FEUD
2017
Ashes to Ashes
2008
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
Looking
2014
Little Dorrit
2008
Years and Years
2019
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
2017
Gavin & Stacey
2007
Ultimate Force
2002
Messiah
2001
Banished
2015
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
Starstruck
2021
Love Again
2023
Queers.
2017
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025
The Job Lot
2013
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024
Him & Her
2010
Freedom Fighters: The Ray
2017
Mongrels
2010
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
The Good Liar
2019
Pride
2014
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
The Fortress
2024
We Have Been Watching
2017
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006
Juice
2023
The Lady in the Van
2015
What Remains
2013
Flesh and Blood
2020
Plainclothes
2025
Servants
2003
The Sister
2020
Mindhorn
2016
Grabbers
2012
Mud
1994
Effie Gray
2014
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998
Mutual Friends
2008
Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents
2011
The Hippopotamus
2017
The History Boys
2006
Stick Man
2015
Just a Minute
2012
Allelujah
2023
Freedom Fighters: The Ray
2018
Tower Block
2012
Shane the Chef
2018
AIDS: The Unheard Tapes
2022
Looking: The Movie
2016
Talking to the Dead
2013
Huge
2010
Deep Dive
2026
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007
The Emperor's New Clothes
2001
The Pass
2016
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
2017
Spywatch
1996
Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry
2023
Blackwood
2014
My Family and Other Animals
2005
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
2017
Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents
2013
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
2013
Festivals, Sex and Suspicious Parents
2014
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2021
Roar
2009
National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021
White Widow
2023
Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain
2014
Walking the Dogs
2012
The King is Dead
2013
Hymn of Hate
2018
I Am the Prize
2026
Wild Bird
—
No Masks
2020
Red Top
2016
In Passing
2009
Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!)
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The Ballad of Russell & Julie
2011
Is This a Joke?
2011
The Red Peppers
2001
When the Wolves Came
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The Sea
2019
Pet Shop Boys: A New Bohemia
2024
Baby Lies Truthfully
2020
Life is Excellent
2024
It's Me
2020
Wayfinder
2022
The Cult of Americana
2025