Russell Tovey
English actor
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| 2025 | Russell Tovey portrays Brian Paddick in 'Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes', appearing in 4 episodes |
| 2025 | Russell Tovey cast in lead role for 'The War Between the Land and the Sea' television series, spanning 5 episodes |
| 2025 | Upcoming film 'Plainclothes' where he will play the character Andrew, currently in production. |
| 2024 | Starred as John O'Shea in FX's anthology series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans. |
| July 2024 | Announced to return to the Doctor Who universe as a new character in the spin-off series The War Between the Land and the Sea. |
| 2023 | Acted in two films: 'Night of the Lotus' as Charlie and 'Love Again' as Billy Brooks. |
| 2022 | Started a role as Patrick Read in American Horror Story: NYC. |
| 2022 | Performed in 'Allelujah', portraying the character Colin Colman. |
| 2022 | Appointed as the patron for the Art UK charity, supporting and promoting British art. |
| 2021 | Starred as Roland in 'Constellations' at the Vaudeville Theatre in London |
| 2021 | Served as a jury member for the prestigious Turner Prize. |
| 2021 | Russell Tovey plays Basil Hallward in an online production of The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| 2021 | Russell Tovey published the book 'Talk Art' in collaboration with his friend Robert Diament, expanding his creative work beyond acting into the literary realm. |
| 2020 | Performed as Nick in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' on Broadway at the Booth Theatre in New York |
| 2019 | Stars in 'Years and Years' as Daniel Lyons in a main role, receiving a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries |
| 2019 | Awarded the Culture Award at the ninth annual Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards. |
| 2019 | Appeared in 'The Good Liar' alongside notable actors, playing the character Steven. |
| 2019 | Guest curated Margate Now, an arts festival based in Margate, marking his initial foray into art curation. |
| 2018 | Launched the 'Talk Art' podcast with gallerist Robert Diament, interviewing artists, curators, and art enthusiasts across over 120 episodes. |
| 2018 | Appeared in 'The Lover / The Collection', playing The Milkman and Bill at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London |
| 2018 | Russell Tovey continues voicing Ray Terrill / The Ray in the Freedom Fighters: The Ray animated series |
| 2017 | Performed an audio reading of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. |
| 2017 | Russell Tovey voices Ray Terrill / The Ray in the animated series Freedom Fighters: The Ray |
| 2017 | Appears in superhero crossover episodes as Ray Terrill / The Ray in 'The Flash' and 'Legends of Tomorrow' |
| April 2017 | Returned to the Royal National Theatre to appear in Marianne Elliot's revival of Angels in America, opposite Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane. |
| 2016 | Tovey played the lead role of Jason in 'The Pass', a notable performance in his filmography. |
| 2016 | Appears in 'Looking: The Movie' as Kevin Matheson and stars in 'The Night Manager' as Simon Ogilvey |
| 2016 | Began narrating audiobooks for Liz Pichon's Tom Gates book series, starting from book 10, Super Good Skills (Almost...), taking over from Rupert Grint. |
| 2015 | Tovey faced public criticism from the LGBT+ press after making controversial comments about effeminate gay men in an interview with The Observer, which he later apologized for and clarified did not reflect his true views. |
| 2015 | Narrated the 20th anniversary edition audiobook of Nick Hornby's High Fidelity. |
| 2015 | Performed the role of Rodolpho in 'A View from the Bridge' at the Lyceum Theatre in New York |
| 2014 | Starts role as Kevin Matheson in the HBO series 'Looking', appearing in 15 episodes through 2015 |
| 2014 | Russell Tovey starred in the critically acclaimed film 'Pride', playing the character Tim, which was a significant moment in his acting career. |
| 2014 | Promoted to series regular for the second season of Looking on HBO. |
| 2014 | Tovey starred as Jason in 'The Pass' at the Royal Court Theatre in London |
| 2013 | Signed on to appear in the American television series Looking, about a group of gay friends in San Francisco. |
| 2012 | Tovey appears in Sherlock as Henry Knight in the episode 'The Hounds of Baskerville' |
| 2012 | Russell Tovey performed in 'Sex With a Stranger' as Adam at Trafalgar Studios in London |
| February 5 2012 | Left the regular cast of Being Human at the start of its fourth season. |
| 2011 | Russell Tovey appeared in the production 'Countrysides', playing the role of Simon |
| 2010 | Russell Tovey began 'properly collecting' art, eventually building a collection of over 300 works featuring artists like Tracey Emin, Wolfgang Tillmans, and others. |
| 2010 | Russell Tovey begins starring in 'Him & Her' as Steve Marshall, appearing in 25 episodes through 2013 |
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