Russell Tovey

Acting

Russell Tovey

Born 1981-11-14 Billericay, Essex, England, UK 53 films

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.

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Filmography

53 films
I Am the Prize poster

A polarizing self-help figure, whose carefully constructed identity begins to unravel during the he…

I Am the Prize

★ 0.0 2026

Deep Dive poster

Take an exclusive look behind the scenes of The War Between the Land and the Sea.

Deep Dive

★ 0.0 2026

Plainclothes poster

In 1990s New York, an undercover police officer receives an assignment to lure and arrest gay men.…

Plainclothes

★ 7.4 2025

White Widow poster

Across Africa and London, an American woman struggles with recent tragic events, resulting in impro…

White Widow

★ 5.2 2023

Love Again poster

Mira Ray, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, John, sends a series of romantic texts to his old ce…

Love Again

★ 6.7 2023

Allelujah poster

When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the ho…

Allelujah

★ 5.2 2023

Wayfinder poster

Set during a pandemic, the film tracks the movements of its central protagonist – The Wanderer, a y…

Wayfinder

★ 0.0 2022