Russell Tovey Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Russell George Tovey (born 14 November 1981) is an English actor with numerous television, film and stage credits. Tovey is best known for playing the role of werewolf George Sands in the BBC's supernatural drama Being Human which started in 2008. In November 2011, Tovey announced he would be leaving Being Human to work full-time on his BBC Three sitcom, Him & Her. Tovey is the younger of two children, born to Carole née Haynes (formerly Webb) and George Tovey. Tovey has an older brother, Daniel. He grew up in Billericay, Essex, where his parents ran a coach service taking passengers from... MORE

Russell George Tovey (born 14 November 1981) is an English actor with numerous television, film and stage credits. Tovey is best known for playing the role of werewolf George Sands in the BBC's supernatural drama Being Human which started in 2008. In November 2011, Tovey announced he would be leaving Being Human to work full-time on his BBC Three sitcom, Him & Her. Tovey is the younger of two children, born to Carole née Haynes (formerly Webb) and George Tovey. Tovey has an older brother, Daniel. He grew up in Billericay, Essex, where his parents ran a coach service taking passengers from Essex to Gatwick Airport. and where he attended Shenfield High School. As a boy, Tovey says, he was an avid collector of various things and prone to participating in fads. His parents supported his efforts, taking him to archeological digs and museums, buying him a metal detector, and going to conventions for mineralologists. For a time he wanted to be a history teacher, but after seeing Dead Poets Society, The Goonies, and Stand By Me, he decided to be an actor. Tovey began his career as a child actor. He joined a local drama club, and garnered the attention of a talent agent. He began acting LESS