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.

Filmography

• 2026I Am the Prize
• 2026Queer Edward II — Executive Producer
• 2025Plainclothes — Andrew
• Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes — DAC Brian Paddick
• 2025The Cult of Americana
• The War Between the Land and the Sea — Barclay Pierre-Dupont
• 2024Gavin & Stacey: The Finale — Karl 'Budgie' Barratt
• 2024Life is Excellent
• 2024Pet Shop Boys: A New Bohemia
• The Fortress — Charlie Oldman
• Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry — Russell Tovey
• 2023Allelujah — Colin Colman
• Juice — Guy
• 2023Love Again — Billy Brooks
• 2023White Widow — Charlie
• AIDS: The Unheard Tapes — Narrator
• 2022Wayfinder — Russell
• 2021National Theatre Live: Constellations — Roland
• Starstruck — Dave
• 2021The Picture of Dorian Gray — Basil Hallward
• 2020Baby Lies Truthfully
• Flesh and Blood — Jake
• 2020It's Me — Joe
• 2020No Masks
• The Sister — Nathan
• 2019The Good Liar — Steven
• 2019The Sea — David
• Years and Years — Daniel Lyons
• 2018Freedom Fighters: The Ray — Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice)
• 2018Hymn of Hate — Sergeant George May
• Shane the Chef
• FEUD — John O'Shea
• Freedom Fighters: The Ray — Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice)
• 2017National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches — Joseph Pitt/Prior 1/The Eskimo
• 2017National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika — Joseph Pitt/Mormon Centre Father/The Angel Europa
• Queers. — Phil
• 2017The Hippopotamus — Rupert Keynes
• DC's Legends of Tomorrow — Ray Terrill / The Ray
• 2016Looking: The Movie — Kevin Matheson
• 2016Mindhorn — Paul Melly
• 2016Red Top — Andy Coulson
• The Night Manager — Simon Ogilvey
• 2016The Pass — Jason
• Banished — James Freeman
• Quantico — Harry Doyle
• 2015Stick Man — Dog (voice)
• Supergirl — Ray Terrill / The Ray (uncredited)
• 2015The Lady in the Van — Young Man with Earring
• 2014Blackwood — Jack
• 2014Effie Gray — George
• Looking — Kevin Matheson
• 2014Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain — Squirt (Voice)
• 2014Muppets Most Wanted — Delivery Man
• 2014Pride — Tim
• The Flash — Ray Terrill / The Ray
• 2013Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide — Narrator (voice)
• Talking to the Dead — DS Huw Brydon
• The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies — Narrator
• The Job Lot — Karl Lyndhurst
• 2013The King is Dead — Nicky
• What Remains — Michael
• BBC Comedy Feeds
• 2012Grabbers — Dr. Adam Smith
• Playhouse Presents — Footman
• 2012The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! — The Albino Pirate (voice)
• 2012Tower Block — Paul
• 2012Walking the Dogs — Footman
• American Horror Story — Patrick Read
• 2011Is This a Joke? — Tim
• 2011The Ballad of Russell & Julie — Midshipman Frame (archive footage)
• Him & Her — Steve
• 2010Huge — Carl
• Mongrels
• Sherlock — Henry Knight
• Being Human — George Sands
• 2009In Passing — Henry Travers
• 2009Roar — Tom
• Ashes to Ashes — Marcus Johnstone
• Little Dorrit — John Chivery
• Mutual Friends — Estate Agent
• 2007Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned — Midshipman Alonso Frame
• Gavin & Stacey — Budgie
• Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
• 2006The History Boys — Rudge
• Doctor Who Confidential — Narrator
• 2005My Family and Other Animals — Leslie Durrell
• Agatha Christie's Marple — PC Terence Reed
• The Paul O'Grady Show
• Servants
• Ultimate Force
• Messiah — Robbie McManus
• 2001The Emperor's New Clothes — Recruit
• 2001The Red Peppers — Alf
• Holby City — Jerome Hibbert, Adam Spengler
• The Mrs Bradley Mysteries — Stable boy
• Silent Witness
• Spywatch — Dennis Sealey
• Mud — Bill
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Lionel Marshall
• The Bill
• Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!) — Mick
• When the Wolves Came — Sebastian
• Wild Bird — Alexander McQueen, Writer, Executive Producer

Appearances as themselves (13)

• 2026Deep Dive — Self
• Rob Beckett's Smart TV — Self - Guest
• RuPaul's Drag Race UK — Self - Guest Judge
• The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer — Self - Guest
• The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice — Self
• We Have Been Watching — Self
• Festivals, Sex and Suspicious Parents — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Just a Minute — Self
• Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Celebrity Juice — Self
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self - Panellist