Clive Russell: Clive Russell. Actor: Sherlock Holmes. Towering Scottish actor Clive Russell is arguably best known to audiences as the formidable Brynden 'Blackfish' Tully in HBO's epic series Game of Thrones (2011). Due to his imposing height (6' 6"), as well as being adept on horseback, he has often been cast as warriors in historical fantasies and in period drama. In this realm, Russell has portrayed both the heroic and the villainous...