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
trains
In New York, the trains run all night, and the cabs are so cheap.
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.
perhaps
If I hadn't gone into acting, then I would have perhaps become an animator.
british brits cool taken
Brits are cool at the moment. We've taken over the world, what with 'Game of Thrones', 'Downton Abbey', One Direction... to be British is to be fashionable.
cartoon drawing excited fools huge love sent shows tony work
'Only Fools and Horses' was just one of those shows that could keep on going and going, that excited me. 'Hartbeat with Tony Hart' and 'Rolf's Cartoon Club' were my huge favourites, though. I used to love drawing and always sent work in to the show.
adrenalin good shakes shouting
Romantically, in my head, I'm Rambo, but if someone's shouting at me, I get adrenalin shakes and go red. When I'm really low, I have a good cry.
arranged bit cool looks people slightly
I am a bit O.C.D. I have a colour-coordinated bookcase. The books are arranged by the colour of the spine. It looks cool, but people come in and think I am slightly mental.
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.
attractive bit fancies felt growing men women
I never felt I was attractive to women. I felt I was attractive to men when I was growing up. And even now, if a woman fancies me, I find that a bit alienating.
developing drops self-esteem suddenly
You can be cocky and confident, but when you start developing feelings for someone, suddenly your self-esteem drops a bit.
everybody fit flamboyant growing men models people role though
The only thing I can give to young gay people is that when I was growing up, there were no role models that were blokey that were men. Everybody was flamboyant and camp, and I remember going, 'That's not me, so even though I think I am gay, I don't think I fit into this world.'
last overnight
'Doctor Who' would be overnight fame that would last for three years, and then what? I'm in this for the long term.
break wake
I still feel I'm going to wake up any moment, and my skin's going to break out all over.
robert
I think if I met Frank Auerbach or Jeff Koons, I'd be more wobbly than if I met Robert De Niro!