Russell Tovey

Russell George Tovey (born 14 November 1981) is an English actor. He has had roles in the BBC's Being Human and Sherlock, HBO series Looking and ABC's Quantico.

Quotes

 * There are certain shows on certain channels that do try to appeal to a teenage demographic, and I think that always looks a bit suspect, like a dad dancing at a party
 * Quoted by the Telegraph. On the set of Being Human (8 January 2010)


 * I feel like I could have been really effeminate, if I hadn’t gone to the school I went to. Where I felt like I had to toughen up. If I’d have been able to relax, prance around, sing in the street, I might be a different person now. I thank my dad for that, for not allowing me to go down that path. Because it’s probably given me the unique quality that people think I have.
 * Quoted in the Guardian. Russell Tovey: he may be proud but is the ‘worst gay ever’ actually sorry? (3 March 2015). Tovey later apologised after others criticized him for suggesting that effeminacy was 'wrong'.


 * When I was younger and really busy, I think I did lose sight of who exactly I was. Mental wellbeing is something that is so important in any career but in acting in particular. That’s why friendship and family is so important to me.
 * Said in an interview with the Guardian. Russell Tovey: ‘When I started having sex I panicked because I didn’t feel old enough’ (11 March 2018)


 * As an actor, I’m always in clothes that I wouldn’t necessarily choose to wear myself.
 * Said in an interview with the Guardian. Russell Tovey: 'Pink is the opposite of emasculating; I’m not shy about wearing it’ (27 August 2019)