Russell Tovey
Russell Tovey
Russell George Tovey 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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth14 November 1981
carving ok straight
I get told a lot that I'm kind of carving my own path. That there are not many actors who are out and are able to play straight and gay, and everyone's OK with it.
amazing beneficial ice learn thinks
I think a part of me romantically thinks it would be amazing to learn to dance or ice skate, but in reality, I don't think it would be beneficial to my career.
massive
Someone outed me when I was 20, and I thought, 'Well, that's out there now...' Nobody made a massive fuss because I wasn't very well known.
everybody mum people pill
My mum used to think it was the pill that made you gay. There was too much estrogen in the water, and people started taking the pill in the '60s, and it made everybody gay.
bike cook cried home people remember ride won
My big advert was for ketchup. I come home from school, cook my brother and sister their dinner, ride my bike in the garden. Remember that one? People cried at that advert. It won awards. I was 12.
I've been so involved with TV shows, I've been unavailable for films, which is my dream.
romantic
I'm not a romantic lead. I have sticking-out ears and a little troll nose.
trying
I'm not a controversial person. I'm not trying to polarise people.
love
I'd love the career of Julie Walters. As a man.
I'd actually quite like to try working behind a bar for a while. I'd give that a go.
I think it's quite limiting to do a soap.
robert
I think if I met Frank Auerbach or Jeff Koons, I'd be more wobbly than if I met Robert De Niro!
break wake
I still feel I'm going to wake up any moment, and my skin's going to break out all over.
good kinda man sort
I sort of challenge people's perceptions of what a gay man is, which is kinda good.