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Raised in Fife, Scotland, from 3 months old, he originally trained as a teacher, but when his drama lecturer resigned and took over a theatre in Bolton, Russell joined him. He has been working solely in film and television since 1991.

film	type	released	role(s)
Ladies in Lavender	film	2004	Adam Penruddocke
Middlemarch	TV	2004	Caleb Garth
Sherlock Holmes	film	2009	Captain Tanner