Xavien Russell
Acting
Biography
Xavien Russell is known for Supacell (2024), Justine (2020) and Top Boy (2011).
Known For

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
Casualty

When five ordinary South Londoners discover they have extraordinary powers, it's down to just one man to bring them together to save the woman he loves.
Supacell

An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.
Small Axe

The life of Mrs Gemma Jones becomes increasingly complicated as she balances love, affection, sex and motherhood between an ex-husband, an adult son, two young daughters, and two male admirers with a 20-year age gap between them.
Me and Mrs Jones

Justine is a young woman with a fierce intelligence but an equally strong appetite for self-destruction. She finds herself suffocated within a world that makes little sense and where alcohol is the only escape from her view of a hopeless future. When she meets Rachel, the possibility of happiness, love and a future starts to emerge. But her pain goes deep and as the demons within her begin to surface, she wonders if she can allow herself to hope.
Justine

CCTV operator Carl becomes frustrated when the police refuse to tackle a gang of drug dealers. He takes the law into his own hands with devastating repercussions.
The Watchman
At 18 Kaila knows what she wants but finds herself struggling to stay motivated following a serious incident.
Clearing

A rendering of Rudyard Kipling's IF, What If is a short film that tells the story of a boy who learns fundamental life lessons on nobility, patience, generosity and how to become an admirable young man.
What If
About two young bicycle thieves.
Balance
A hard-hitting drama that explores how young people on an inner-city estate get drawn into trouble with life-changing consequences.
Drawn Out

A young man finds himself in troubled times, can he regain footing in his life?
Step Back

Two childhood friends take different paths after receiving their GCSE results.
Bros for Life
Over the course of one afternoon, reunion soon turns intervention when Jimmy confronts Che, his former drug-dealing partner-in-crime.
Stationary
In East London, a status-driven young man tries to educate his unaffected little cousin on the codes of proper manhood.