Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

  • Birthday: 1957-02-27
  • Place of birth: Battersea, London, England, UK
  • Also know as: Tim Spall

Biography

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.

Filmography

All or Nothing

2002

As Phil

The Fattest Man in Britain

2009

As Georgie Godwin

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

2005

As Albert Pierrepoint

Comes a Bright Day

2012

As Charlie

Boy

2012

As

Gunrush

2009

As Doug Becket

Teenage Tourettes Camp

2006

As Narrator

Mr. Turner

2014

As JMW Turner

Not Mozart: WAM! Limited

1991

As Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart

Away

2016

As Joseph

The Party

2017

As Bill

The Journey

2017

As Ian Paisley

Stanley, a Man of Variety

2016

As 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

Sucker

2015

As The Professor

Fungus The Bogeyman

2015

As Fungus

Mysterious Creatures

2006

As Bill Ainscow

Cherished

2005

As Terry Cannings

This Time Away

2019

As Nigel

The Last Bus

2021

As Tom

It Snows in Benidorm

2020

As Peter Riordan

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

1990

As Pig Robinson

Bodily Harm

2002

As Mitchel Greenfield

Broke

1991

As Francis Meeks

Bolan's Shoes

2023

As Jimmy

Untitled 13

0000

As

The Damned United

2009

As Peter Taylor

Neville's Island

1998

As Gordon

Reuniting the Rubins

2011

As Lennie Rubin

Room on the Broom

2012

As Dragon (voice)

Cider with Rosie

2015

As Laurie Lee (voice)

Nona

1991

As Chico

The Changeover

2017

As Carmody Braque

The Rise

2012

As D I West

Mrs Lowry & Son

2019

As L.S. Lowry

The Grand Duke Of Corsica

2021

As Alfred Rott

A Cotswold Death

1982

As Detective Sergeant Baxter

Northern Comfort

2023

As Edward

Dread Poets' Society

1992

As Derek

Spencer

2021

As Major Alistair Gregorys

The Last Samurai

2003

As Simon Graham

The Wisdom of Crocodiles

1998

As Inspector Healey

Secrets & Lies

1996

As Maurice Purley

Gettin' Square

2003

As Darren Barrington

Death Defying Acts

2007

As Sugarman

Lucky Break

2001

As Cliff

Dutch Girls

1985

As Lyndon Baines Jellicoe

Life Is Sweet

1990

As Aubrey

Topsy-Turvy

1999

As Richard Temple (The Mikado)

Dream Demon

1988

As Peck

From Time to Time

2010

As Boggis

Wake Wood

2011

As Arthur

Love Bite

2012

As Sid

The Clandestine Marriage

1999

As Sterling

My Angel

2011

As Mr. Lambert

Upside Down

2012

As Bob Boruchowitz

Ivor the Invisible

2001

As Dad (voice)

Denial

2016

As David Irving

Finding Your Feet

2017

As Charlie Glover

The Corrupted

2019

As Clifford Cullen

The Vanishing Army

1978

As Wainwright

This Is Christmas

2022

As Ray

Roots

1992

As Jimmy Beales

Still Crazy

1998

As David "Beano" Baggot

Enchanted

2007

As Nathaniel

Vatel

2000

As Gourville

Intimacy

2001

As Andy

Jackboots on Whitehall

2010

As Churchill (voice)

Assassin's Bullet

2012

As Dr. Kahn

Body Contact

1987

As Paul

The Love Punch

2014

As Jerry

1871

1990

As Ramborde

Home Sweet Home

1982

As Gordon

Back With The Boys Again

2013

As Himself

Early Man

2018

As Chief Bobnar (voice)

Journey's End

1988

As Lt. Trotter

The Sheltering Sky

1990

As Eric Lyle

Appaloosa

2008

As Phil Olson

Gothic

1986

As Dr. Polidori

The King's Speech

2010

As Winston Churchill

To Kill a Priest

1988

As Igor

Ginger & Rosa

2012

As Mark

Rich Flu

0000

As

The Three Sisters

1981

As Andrei

My House in Umbria

2003

As Quinty

A Room with a View

2007

As Mr Emerson

Remembrance

1982

As Douglas

Crusoe

1988

As Reverend Milne

The Pale Blue Eye

2022

As Superintendent Thayer

Vanilla Sky

2001

As Thomas Tipp

Desert Flower

2009

As Terry Donaldson

Heartless

2009

As George Morgan

Rock Star

2001

As Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager

The Cherry Orchard

1981

As Epikhodov

The Bride

1985

As Paulus

Nicholas Nickleby

2002

As Charles Cheeryble

Love's Labour's Lost

2000

As Armado

Chicken Run

2000

As Nick (voice)

The Missionary

1982

As Parswell

Hamlet

1996

As Rosencrantz

David Macaulay: Pyramid

1989

As Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)

Wicked Little Letters

2024

As Edward Swan

Alice in Wonderland

2010

As The Bloodhound (voice)

Oliver Twist

1982

As 1st Constable

Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016

As Bayard (voice)

9 Kisses

2014

As Arm Wrestling Man #2

Grizzly II: Revenge

2020

As Rob (uncredited)

Quadrophenia

1979

As Projectionist

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005

As Peter Pettigrew

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007

As Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)

S.O.S. Titanic

1980

As Jim (uncredited)

Production

The Last Bus

2021

As Executive Producer

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