About

Known credits:
156
Birthday:
1957-02-27
Place of birth:
Battersea, London, England, UK
Website:
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Timothy Spall

Overview

Timothy Leonard Spall (born February 27, 1957) is an English actor and presenter. He became a household name in the UK after appearing as Barry Spencer Taylor in the 1983 ITV comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

Spall performed in Secrets & Lies (1996), and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Subsequently, he starred in many films, including Hamlet (1996), Still Crazy (1998), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Enchanted (2007), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), The Damned United (2009), The King's Speech (2010), Ginger and Rosa (2012), Denial (2016), and The Party (2017). He voiced Nick, a cynical, portly rat in Chicken Run (2000). He played Peter Pettigrew in five Harry Potter films, from Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010).

Spall has collaborated with director Mike Leigh, making six films together: Home Sweet Home (1982), Life is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), and Mr. Turner (2014). Spall won great acclaim for his performance in the last of these for his portrayal as J. M. W. Turner winning him the Best Actor Award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

He starred in the television documentary Timothy Spall: ...at Sea (2010–2012) and in 2019 he appeared as Lord Arthur Wallington in the 6-part BBC Cold War drama Summer of Rockets.

Known for

Acting
2025 Rich Flu Actor N/A
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2024 Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Actor Duke of Norfolk N/A
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2024 Wicked Little Letters Actor Edward Swan 63
Fair
2023 The Heist Before Christmas Actor Santa 58
Average
2023 Bolan's Shoes Actor Jimmy 58
Average
2023 Northern Comfort Actor Edward 58
Average
2023 The Sixth Commandment Actor Peter Farquhar 68
Fair
2022 The Pale Blue Eye Actor Superintendent Thayer 66
Fair
2022 This Is Christmas Actor Ray 59
Average
2021 Spencer Actor Major Alistair Gregorys 65
Fair
2021 The Grand Duke Of Corsica Actor Alfred Rott 59
Average
2021 The Last Bus Actor Tom 59
Average
2020 It Snows in Benidorm Actor Peter Riordan 59
Average
2020 Grizzly II: Revenge Actor Rob (uncredited) 57
Average
2019 Mrs Lowry & Son Actor L.S. Lowry 59
Average
2019 Summer of Rockets Actor Lord Arthur Wallington 68
Fair
2019 Hatton Garden Actor Terry Perkins 67
Fair
2019 The Corrupted Actor Clifford Cullen 59
Average
2019 This Time Away Actor Nigel 59
Average
2018 Early Man Actor Chief Bobnar (voice) 60
Fair
2017 Finding Your Feet Actor Charlie Glover 61
Fair
2017 The Changeover Actor Carmody Braque 58
Average
2017 The Party Actor Bill 61
Fair
2017 The Journey Actor Ian Paisley 59
Average
2016 Stanley, a Man of Variety Actor Stanley/Stanley's Father/Stanley's Mother/Tony Hancock/Peter Sellers aka Dr Boob/George Formby/James Finlayson/Max Wall/Alistair Sim/Margaret Rutherford/Frank Randle/Max Miller/Noel Coward/Igor 59
Average
2016 Denial Actor David Irving 64
Fair
2016 Away Actor Joseph 59
Average
2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass Actor Bayard (voice) 65
Fair
2015 Fungus The Bogeyman Actor Fungus 58
Average
2015 Fungus the Bogeyman Actor Fungus 69
Fair
2015 A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman Actor Self / Nick 59
Average
2015 Cider with Rosie Actor Laurie Lee (voice) 58
Average
2015 Sucker Actor The Professor 59
Average
2015 The Enfield Haunting Actor Maurice Grosse 68
Fair
2014 9 Kisses Actor Arm Wrestling Man #2 59
Average
2014 The One and Only Mike Leigh Actor Self 59
Average
2014 Mr. Turner Actor JMW Turner 61
Fair
2014 The Love Punch Actor Jerry 59
Average
2013 Back With The Boys Again Actor Himself N/A
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2013 Blandings Actor Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth 70
Good
2012 Room on the Broom Actor Dragon (voice) 59
Average
2012 Love Bite Actor Sid 58
Average
2012 Ginger & Rosa Actor Mark 59
Average
2012 Upside Down Actor Bob Boruchowitz 62
Fair
2012 The Rise Actor D I West 60
Fair
2012 Assassin's Bullet Actor Dr. Kahn 56
Average
2012 Boy Actor 58
Average
2012 Timothy Spall: All at Sea Actor Himself N/A
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2012 Comes a Bright Day Actor Charlie 58
Average
2011 My Angel Actor Mr. Lambert 58
Average
2011 Reuniting the Rubins Actor Lennie Rubin 59
Average
2011 Timothy Spall: Back At Sea Actor Himself N/A
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2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Actor Peter Pettigrew 80
Very good
2011 Wake Wood Actor Arthur 58
Average
2010 The King's Speech Actor Winston Churchill 76
Good
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Actor Peter Pettigrew 77
Good
2010 Jackboots on Whitehall Actor Churchill (voice) 58
Average
2010 Heartless Actor George Morgan 59
Average
2010 Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea Actor Himself N/A
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2010 Alice in Wonderland Actor The Bloodhound (voice) 65
Fair
2009 The Fattest Man in Britain Actor Georgie Godwin 58
Average
2009 From Time to Time Actor Boggis 59
Average
2009 Desert Flower Actor Terry Donaldson 66
Fair
2009 Gunrush Actor Doug Becket 58
Average
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Actor Peter Pettigrew 76
Good
2009 The Damned United Actor Peter Taylor 66
Fair
2008 Appaloosa Actor Phil Olson 63
Fair
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Actor Beadle 70
Good
2007 Oliver Twist Actor Fagin 66
Fair
2007 Enchanted Actor Nathaniel 67
Fair
2007 A Room with a View Actor Mr Emerson 58
Average
2007 Death Defying Acts Actor Sugarman 59
Average
2007 British Film Forever Actor Himself 69
Fair
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Actor Peter Pettigrew (uncredited) 76
Good
2006 Mysterious Creatures Actor Bill Ainscow 59
Average
2006 The Street Actor Eddie McEvoy 70
Good
2006 Teenage Tourettes Camp Actor Narrator 59
Average
2005 Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman Actor Albert Pierrepoint 60
Fair
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Actor Wormtail 77
Good
2005 Mr Harvey Lights a Candle Actor Malcolm Harvey 59
Average
2005 Cherished Actor Terry Cannings 59
Average
2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Actor Mr. Poe 67
Fair
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Actor Peter Pettigrew 79
Good
2003 The Last Samurai Actor Simon Graham 74
Good
2003 Gettin' Square Actor Darren Barrington 59
Average
2003 My House in Umbria Actor Quinty 59
Average
2002 Nicholas Nickleby Actor Charles Cheeryble 61
Fair
2002 Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages Actor Self 59
Average
2002 Bodily Harm Actor Mitchel Greenfield N/A
N/A
2002 All or Nothing Actor Phil 61
Fair
2002 Bodily Harm Actor Mitchel Greenfield 59
Average
2001 Ivor the Invisible Actor Dad (voice) 58
Average
2001 Vanilla Sky Actor Thomas Tipp 67
Fair
2001 Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise Actor Tommy Rag 58
Average
2001 Rock Star Actor Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager 63
Fair
2001 Lucky Break Actor Cliff 59
Average
2001 Perfect Strangers Actor 69
Fair
2001 The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Actor 59
Average
2001 Intimacy Actor Andy, Claire's husband 60
Fair
2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades Actor Cunningham 58
Average
2000 Chicken Run Actor Nick (voice) 67
Fair
2000 Vatel Actor Gourville 59
Average
2000 Love's Labour's Lost Actor Armado 58
Average
2000 Rough for Theatre II Actor B 59
Average
1999 Topsy-Turvy Actor Richard Temple (The Mikado) 60
Fair
1999 The Clandestine Marriage Actor Sterling 58
Average
1999 Shooting the Past Actor Oswald Bates 60
Fair
1999 Shooting the Past Actor 70
Good
1998 The Wisdom of Crocodiles Actor Inspector Healey 58
Average
1998 Still Crazy Actor David "Beano" Baggot 60
Fair
1998 Our Mutual Friend Actor 70
Good
1998 Neville's Island Actor Gordon 59
Average
1997 The Swords Actor Salesman N/A
N/A
1996 Hamlet Actor Rosencrantz 65
Fair
1996 Secrets & Lies Actor Maurice Purley 68
Fair
1994 Nice Day at the Office Actor N/A
N/A
1994 Outside Edge Actor 70
Good
1993 Frank Stubbs Promotes Actor Frank Stubbs N/A
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1992 Roots Actor Jimmy Beales N/A
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1992 Dread Poets' Society Actor Derek N/A
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1991 Not Mozart: WAM! Limited Actor Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart N/A
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1991 Nona Actor Chico N/A
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1991 Broke Actor Francis Meeks N/A
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1990 The Tale of Little Pig Robinson Actor Pig Robinson N/A
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1990 Life Is Sweet Actor Aubrey 61
Fair
1990 The Sheltering Sky Actor Eric Lyle 61
Fair
1990 1871 Actor Ramborde 58
Average
1990 White Hunter, Black Heart Actor Hodkins 60
Fair
1989 David Macaulay: Pyramid Actor Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice) N/A
N/A
1988 Dream Demon Actor Peck 58
Average
1988 To Kill a Priest Actor Igor 59
Average
1988 Crusoe Actor Reverend Milne 59
Average
1988 Journey's End Actor Lt. Trotter 59
Average
1987 Body Contact Actor Paul 58
Average
1986 Gothic Actor Dr. Polidori 58
Average
1985 Dutch Girls Actor Lyndon Baines Jellicoe 58
Average
1985 The Bride Actor Paulus 58
Average
1983 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Actor Barry Taylor 72
Good
1982 The Missionary Actor Parswell 58
Average
1982 Remembrance Actor Douglas 58
Average
1982 Oliver Twist Actor 1st Constable 59
Average
1982 Home Sweet Home Actor Gordon 58
Average
1982 A Cotswold Death Actor Detective Sergeant Baxter 59
Average
1981 The Three Sisters Actor Andrei N/A
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1981 The Cherry Orchard Actor Epikhodov N/A
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1981 Say No to Strangers Actor 59
Average
1980 S.O.S. Titanic Actor Jim (uncredited) 58
Average
1979 The Brylcreem Boys Actor Shorty N/A
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1979 Quadrophenia Actor Projectionist 62
Fair
1978 The Vanishing Army Actor Wainwright N/A
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Hamlet Actor Polonius N/A
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Night and Day Actor N/A
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Untitled 13 Actor N/A
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Death Valley Actor John Chapel N/A
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Production
2021 The Last Bus Production Executive Producer 59
Average
Late in Summer Production Executive Producer N/A
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