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.

• Outlaw King (2018)

  
• Book of Blood (2009)

  
• Fatherland (1994)

  
• Ladies in Lavender (2004)

  
• Ripper Street (2012)