1. Clive Russell was born on 7 December 1945 and is a British actor.
15 Facts About Clive Russell
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Clive Russell is known for his roles as Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline in Ripper Street, Angus O'Connor in Happiness, Lord Lovat in Outlander, and Brynden Tully in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
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Clive Russell was born on 7 December 1945 in Winchester in Hampshire, England, but brought up in Leven in Fife, Scotland.
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Clive Russell studied at Parkhill Primary then Buckhaven High School.
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Clive Russell has made appearances in Still Game, Happiness, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Cracker and The Railway Children.
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From 2005 to 2006, Clive Russell played Phil Nail in ITV's Coronation Street.
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Clive Russell made an appearance in Waterloo Road as Lisa and Lenny Brown's grandfather for one episode, playing Billy Wilson for two in Shameless.
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Clive Russell appeared as a doctor in the 2006 My Family Christmas Special.
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Clive Russell has appeared as Jock in the third series of the BBC's Jam and Jerusalem, as "Bayard, King of Mercia" in Merlin and in Hotel Babylon as an artist forced to fake his own death when he is in debt.
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Clive Russell made an appearance in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes as Captain Tanner, and reprised the role in the film's 2011 sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
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Clive Russell appeared in the 2010 film The Wolfman as MacQueen.
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Clive Russell appeared in Robin Hardy's The Wicker Tree which was released in the first quarter of 2012, playing the character of Beame alongside the Hobbit star Graham McTavish.
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Clive Russell played Inspector Frederick Abberline in BBC One's Ripper Street.
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Clive Russell played Tyr in the live-action film Thor: The Dark World.
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In 2010, Clive Russell made his debut one-man show Touching the Blue.