Russell Tovey
Acting
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.
As actor 116
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
American Horror Story
2011
The Flash
2014
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Holby City
1999
Silent Witness
1996
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016
Supergirl
2015
The Bill
1984
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
Sherlock
2010
Quantico
2015
Celebrity Juice
2008
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
The Night Manager
2016
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
Playhouse Presents
2012
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
FEUD
2017
Being Human
2009
Ashes to Ashes
2008
The War Between the Land and the Sea
2025
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
2017
Looking
2014
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
Gavin & Stacey
2007
Years and Years
2019
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
Ultimate Force
2002
Messiah
2001
Little Dorrit
2008
Mongrels
2010
Love Again
2023
Starstruck
2021
The Good Liar
2019
Banished
2015
The Job Lot
2013
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
The Fortress
2024
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025
Juice
2023
The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies
2013
Freedom Fighters: The Ray
2017
The Lady in the Van
2015
Him & Her
2010
Pride
2014
Queers.
2017
What Remains
2013
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006
Stick Man
2015
The Sister
2020
Shane the Chef
2018
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998
The History Boys
2006
Just a Minute
2012
Plainclothes
2025
Effie Gray
2014
We Have Been Watching
2017
Flesh and Blood
2020
Grabbers
2012
Spywatch
1996
Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents
2011
Mud
1994
Talking to the Dead
2013
Looking: The Movie
2016
Mutual Friends
2008
Servants
2003
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007
Tower Block
2012
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
2024
Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry
2023
Freedom Fighters: The Ray
2018
My Family and Other Animals
2005
Festivals, Sex and Suspicious Parents
2014
The Hippopotamus
2017
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
2017
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
2017
The Emperor's New Clothes
2001
Deep Dive
2026
Roar
2009
Blackwood
2014
Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents
2013
Red Top
2016
Allelujah
2023
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2021
Mindhorn
2016
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
2013
No Masks
2020
National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021
The Pass
2016
Huge
2010
AIDS: The Unheard Tapes
2022
Walking the Dogs
2012
I Am the Prize
2026
Wayfinder
2022
The King is Dead
2013
When the Wolves Came
Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!)
In Passing
2009
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
2011
Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain
2014
Pet Shop Boys: A New Bohemia
2024
The Red Peppers
2001
White Widow
2023
Wild Bird
Is This a Joke?
2011
The Sea
2019
Hymn of Hate
2018
It's Me
2020
Life is Excellent
2024
Baby Lies Truthfully
2020
The Cult of Americana
2025
Awesome Adventures: Party Surprise!
2014
