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06/19/2018 – Tovey – Serpentine Gallery Summer Party 2018 – Arrivals – Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens – London, UK – Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos
Birth Name: Russell George Tovey
Place of Birth: Havering, Essex, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 14 November, 1981
Ethnicity: English, likely Welsh
Russell Tovey is an English actor. His roles include the series Mud , Spywatch , The Bill , Messiah IV: The Harrowing , Gavin & Stacey , Rob Brydon’s Annually Retentive , Doctor Who , Being Human , Little Dorrit , Him & Her , Doctor Who Confidential , Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents , The Dog Rescuers , What Remains , The Job Lot , Looking , Banished , Quantico , Freedom Fighters: The Ray , Years and Years , The Sister , Starstruck , American Horror Story: NYC , Juice , Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans , Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes , and The War Between the Land and the Sea ; the films The History Boys (2006), Huge (2010), Grabber , Tower Block , Effire Gray , Muppets Most Wanted , Blackwood , Pride (2014), Moomins on the Riviera , Stick Man , The Lady in the Van , The Pass (2016), Mindhorn , The Hippopotamus , The Good Liar , Allelujah , Love Again , and Plainclothes ; the made-for-tv movie My Family and Other Animals ; and numerous stage and radio productions.
Russell is the son of Carole and George Tovey, who ran a Romford-based coach service.
Russell’s paternal grandmother’s surname is Powell.
Russell’s maternal grandfather’s surname is Haynes.