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.

Filmography

• 2026One Piece: Into the Grand Line — Crocus
• 2026The Death of Robin Hood — Elderfather
• Dept. Q — Jamie Lingard
• The Guest — Derek Abbott
• 2025The House Was Not Hungry Then — Estate Agent
• 2024Dick Dynamite: 1944 — The Abbot
• Mr Bigstuff — Uncle Ron
• 2023Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery — Duncan
• Mrs Sidhu Investigates — Eddie Melville
• ONE PIECE — Crocus
• 2023Tales of Babylon — Silver Dragon
• The Peripheral — Frank Derosa
• The Sandman — Odin
• 2021How We Forgot to Save the Planet
• 2021The Last Duel — King's Uncle
• Dracula — Valentin
• 2020Petrichor — Vic
• Semi-Detached — Willie
• Catherine the Great — The Fool
• 2019Supervized — Jerry
• The Feed — Graham
• The Witcher — Stribog
• 1983 — William Keating
• 2018Ladder to You — Eric
• 2018Outlaw King — Lord Mackinnon of Skye
• Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators — Greg Alban
• 2018The Etruscan Smile — Campbell
• 20171066: A Year to Conquer England — Harold Hardrada
• 1066: A Year to Conquer England — Harold Hardrada
• 20171745 — Master David Andrews
• Rellik — Henry
• The Good Karma Hospital — Desmond
• 2017The Hatton Garden Job — Kenny Collins
• 2017Their Finest — Mr. Starling (uncredited)
• Digby Dragon — Albert (voice)
• 2016The Limehouse Golem — Prison Warden
• Zapped — Svedd
• Mountain Goats — Malton Jennings
• Outlander — Lord Lovat
• 2013Mary, Queen of Scots — Douglas
• Shetland — Adam Markham, Arthur Mair
• 2013The List — Peter
• 2013Thor: The Dark World — Tyr
• Ripper Street — Fred Abberline
• Stella
• 2012The Fighter's Ballad — Father John
• Game of Thrones — Brynden 'The Blackfish' Tully
• 2011Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia — Lachlan Macquarie
• 2011Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows — Captain Tanner
• The Amazing World of Gumball — Daniel Senicourt (voice)
• The Borgias
• 2011The Wicker Tree — Beame
• Vera — Allen Barnes
• 2010Beyond the Pole — Steve
• 2010Cup Cake — Mute McGill
• Identity
• 2010The Wolfman — MacQueen
• 2009Book of Blood — Wyburd
• 2009Dead Man Running — McClintoch
• Garrow's Law — Alexander Creighton
• 2009Sherlock Holmes — Captain Tanner
• The Old Guys — Mark
• Honest
• 2008Lecture 21 — Hoffmeister
• 2008Made of Honor — Cousin Finlay
• Merlin — Bayard
• No Heroics
• The Devil's Whore — Presbyterian Preacher
• 2007Joe's Palace — Dave
• Secret Diary of a Call Girl — Gary
• 2007The Yellow House — Monsieur Roulin
• Hotel Babylon
• Jam and Jerusalem — Jock
• 2006Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy — MacPherson (voice)
• Waterloo Road — Laurence Brown
• According to Bex
• 2005Faith — Gordon
• 2005Festival — Brother Mike
• 2005Heartless — Ricy
• 2005Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy — MacPhereson(voice)
• 2004King Arthur — Lancelot's Father
• 2004Ladies in Lavender — Adam Penruddocke
• Shameless — Billy Wilson
• 2004The Rocket Post — Angus Mackay
• 2004Tumshie McFadgen's Bid for Ultimate Bliss — Moon River Thompson
• The Mayor of Casterbridge — Newson
• Being April — Callum
• 2002Mad Dogs — The Thin Man
• Rockface — Dr Gordon Urquhart
• 2002Silent Cry — DS Dennis Betts
• Still Game
• 2001Bodywork — Billy Hunch
• Happiness — Angus O'Connor
• 2001Mr In-Between — Mr. Michaelmas
• 2001The Emperor's New Clothes — Sergeant Justin Bommel
• The Mists of Avalon — Gorlois
• Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps — Football Manager
• Waking the Dead — Perry Coleman
• Black Cab — Raymond
• 2000For My Baby — Miklos Rumbold
• Hearts and Bones — Mark Dolby
• Lock, Stock... — Special Brew
• 2000The Railway Children — Station Master
• 1999Great Expectations — Joe Gargery
• Great Expectations — Joe Gargery
• Hope and Glory — Phil Jakes
• Oliver Twist — Scottish Lawyer
• Spaced — Damien Knox
• 1999The 13th Warrior — Helfdane (Fat)
• Heartburn Hotel
• Midsomer Murders — Seth Comfort
• 1997Oscar and Lucinda — Theophilus
• Sunnyside Farm
• 1996Crossing the Floor — Mick Boyd
• 1996Flowers of the Forest — Gordon Weir
• 1996Lord of Misrule — Arthur
• Neverwhere — Mr. Vandemar
• Silent Witness
• Testament: The Bible in Animation — Boaz (voice)
• 1995Margaret's Museum — Neil Currie
• 1995Ruffian Hearts — Grazetti
• 1994Fatherland — Krebs
• Finney — Tucker
• Middlemarch — Caleb Garth
• Roughnecks — Archie
• The Tales of Para Handy — McVicar
• Cracker — Danny
• Frank Stubbs Promotes — Baxter
• 1993Soft Top Hard Shoulder — Clegg
• 1993The Hawk — Chief Inspector Daybury
• 1993The Vision Thing — Travis
• Heartbeat — Big Eddy
• 1992The Power of One — Sgt. Bormann
• 1991Do Not Disturb — Chris Anderson
• For the Greater Good — Terry Lynch MP
• 1991Hancock — Alan Simpson
• Jute City — Anderson
• Murder Most Horrid — DCS Barratt
• Spender — Albie Sloeman
• 1991The Grass Arena — Mac
• Drop the Dead Donkey — Detective Sergeant
• 1989The Gift — Mowat
• The Play on One — Mowat
• 1988Tumbledown — Terry Knapp
• Casualty — Dave McCray, Ellis, Billy McCabe, Jon Marston, Callum Robertshaw
• Lovejoy — Mark Tabor
• Screen Two — Chief Inspector Daybury
• Scully — Lorry Driver
• 1984Showdown at Spiggots Store — Stan
• The Bill
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet — Gary Turnbull
• 1983The Accidental Death of an Anarchist — Superintendent
• Boys from the Blackstuff — Policeman
• Bilby — Bilby / Bill
• Scenes From A Broken Past — Norman
• The Gudeman — The Solicitor

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2014Still Game: The Story So Far — Self - Big Innes
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant