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Timothy Spall

Acting 69 years old Battersea, London, England, UK ★ 1.6
Born: February 27, 1957

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

Acting Credits (187)

Night & Day
Night & Day Mr Hilbery 2026
Hamlet
Hamlet Polonius 2026
Goodbye June
Goodbye June Bernie 2025
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks 2025
Death Valley
Death Valley John Chapel 2025
Rich Flu
Rich Flu Sebastian Snail Sr. 2024
Wicked Little Letters
Wicked Little Letters Edward Swan 2024
The Heist Before Christmas
The Heist Before Christmas Santa 2023
Bolan's Shoes
Bolan's Shoes Jimmy 2023
Northern Comfort
Northern Comfort Edward 2023
The Sixth Commandment
The Sixth Commandment Peter Farquhar 2023
The Pale Blue Eye
The Pale Blue Eye Superintendent Thayer 2022
This Is Christmas
This Is Christmas Ray 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Self – Actor 2022
Remembers…
Remembers… Self 2022
Spencer
Spencer Major Alistair Gregorys 2021
The Grand Duke Of Corsica
The Grand Duke Of Corsica Alfred Rott 2021
The Last Bus
The Last Bus Tom 2021
It Snows in Benidorm
It Snows in Benidorm Peter Riordan 2020
Grizzly II: Revenge
Grizzly II: Revenge Rob (uncredited) 2020
Mrs Lowry & Son
Mrs Lowry & Son L.S. Lowry 2019
Perpetual Grace LTD
Perpetual Grace LTD Donald DeLoash 2019
Summer of Rockets
Summer of Rockets Lord Arthur Wallington 2019
Hatton Garden
Hatton Garden Terry Perkins 2019
The Corrupted
The Corrupted Clifford Cullen 2019
This Time Away
This Time Away Nigel 2019
Early Man
Early Man Chief Bobnar (voice) 2018
Finding Your Feet
Finding Your Feet Charlie Glover 2017
The Changeover
The Changeover Carmody Braque 2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Ed Jacobson 2017
The Party
The Party Bill 2017
The Journey
The Journey Ian Paisley 2017
Stanley, a Man of Variety
Stanley, a Man of Variety 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 2016
Denial
Denial David Irving 2016
Away
Away Joseph 2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice) 2016
Fungus The Bogeyman
Fungus The Bogeyman Fungus 2015
Fungus the Bogeyman
Fungus the Bogeyman Fungus 2015
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman Self / Nick 2015
Cider with Rosie
Cider with Rosie Laurie Lee (voice) 2015
Sucker
Sucker The Professor 2015
The Enfield Haunting
The Enfield Haunting Maurice Grosse 2015
Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall Duke of Norfolk 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh
The One and Only Mike Leigh Self 2014
Mr. Turner
Mr. Turner JMW Turner 2014
9 Kisses
9 Kisses Bartender 2014
The Love Punch
The Love Punch Jerry 2014
Back with the Boys Again
Back with the Boys Again Himself 2013
Blandings
Blandings Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth 2013
Room on the Broom
Room on the Broom Dragon (voice) 2012
Love Bite
Love Bite Sid 2012
London 2012 Olympic Games
London 2012 Olympic Games Self 2012
Ginger & Rosa
Ginger & Rosa Mark 2012
Upside Down
Upside Down Bob Boruchowitz 2012
The Rise
The Rise D I West 2012
Assassin's Bullet
Assassin's Bullet Dr. Kahn 2012
The Syndicate
The Syndicate 2012
Boy
Boy 2012
Timothy Spall: All at Sea
Timothy Spall: All at Sea Himself 2012
Comes a Bright Day
Comes a Bright Day Charlie 2012
My Angel
My Angel Mr. Lambert 2011
Reuniting the Rubins
Reuniting the Rubins Lennie Rubin 2011
Timothy Spall: Back At Sea
Timothy Spall: Back At Sea Himself 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Peter Pettigrew 2011
Wake Wood
Wake Wood Arthur 2011
The King's Speech
The King's Speech Winston Churchill 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Peter Pettigrew 2010
Jackboots on Whitehall
Jackboots on Whitehall Churchill (voice) 2010
Heartless
Heartless George Morgan 2010
Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea
Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea Himself 2010
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice) 2010
10 Minute Tales
10 Minute Tales Man 2009
The Fattest Man in Britain
The Fattest Man in Britain Georgie Godwin 2009
From Time to Time
From Time to Time Boggis 2009
Desert Flower
Desert Flower Terry Donaldson 2009
Gunrush
Gunrush Doug Becket 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Peter Pettigrew 2009
The Damned United
The Damned United Peter Taylor 2009
Appaloosa
Appaloosa Phil Olson 2008
A Room with a View
A Room with a View Mr Emerson 2008
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Beadle 2007
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist Fagin 2007
Enchanted
Enchanted Nathaniel 2007
A Room with a View
A Room with a View Mr Emerson 2007
Death Defying Acts
Death Defying Acts Sugarman 2007
British Film Forever
British Film Forever Himself 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Peter Pettigrew (uncredited) 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Mysterious Creatures
Mysterious Creatures Bill Ainscow 2006
The One Show
The One Show Self - Guest 2006
The One Show
The One Show Self 2006
The Street
The Street Eddie McEvoy 2006
Teenage Tourettes Camp
Teenage Tourettes Camp Narrator 2006
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman Albert Pierrepoint 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Wormtail 2005
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle Malcolm Harvey 2005
Cherished
Cherished Terry Cannings 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Mr. Poe 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Peter Pettigrew 2004
The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai Simon Graham 2003
Gettin' Square
Gettin' Square Darren Barrington 2003
One Life
One Life 2003
My House in Umbria
My House in Umbria Quinty 2003
Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby Charles Cheeryble 2002
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages Self 2002
Top Gear
Top Gear Self 2002
All or Nothing
All or Nothing Phil 2002
Bodily Harm
Bodily Harm Mitchel Greenfield 2002
Ivor the Invisible
Ivor the Invisible Dad (voice) 2001
Vanilla Sky
Vanilla Sky Thomas Tipp 2001
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise Tommy Rag 2001
Rock Star
Rock Star Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager 2001
Lucky Break
Lucky Break Cliff 2001
Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers Irving 2001
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Luis Agalla 2001
Intimacy
Intimacy Andy, Claire's husband 2001
The Thing about Vince
The Thing about Vince Vince skinner 2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades Cunningham 2000
Chicken Run
Chicken Run Nick (voice) 2000
Vatel
Vatel Gourville 2000
Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost Armado 2000
Rough for Theatre II
Rough for Theatre II B 2000
Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy Richard Temple (The Mikado) 1999
The Clandestine Marriage
The Clandestine Marriage Sterling 1999
Shooting the Past
Shooting the Past Oswald Bates 1999
Immortality
Immortality Inspector Healey 1998
Still Crazy
Still Crazy David "Beano" Baggot 1998
Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend Mr Venus 1998
Parkinson
Parkinson Self 1998
Neville's Island
Neville's Island Gordon 1998
The Swords
The Swords Salesman 1997
The Hunger
The Hunger Salesman 1997
Hamlet
Hamlet Rosencrantz 1996
Secrets & Lies
Secrets & Lies Maurice Purley 1996
Nice Day at the Office
Nice Day at the Office 1994
The Danny Baker Show
The Danny Baker Show 1994
Outside Edge
Outside Edge Kevin Costello 1994
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Frank Stubbs Promotes Frank Stubbs 1993
Roots
Roots Jimmy Beales 1992
Dread Poets' Society
Dread Poets' Society Derek 1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Cunningham - Masseur 1992
Murder Most Horrid
Murder Most Horrid Pathologist 1991
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart 1991
Nona
Nona Chico 1991
Pebble Mill
Pebble Mill Self 1991
Performance
Performance Jimmy Beales 1991
Performance
Performance Chico 1991
Broke
Broke Francis Meeks 1991
Life Is Sweet
Life Is Sweet Aubrey 1991
Spender
Spender Robert Cunningham 1991
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson Pig Robinson 1990
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky Eric Lyle 1990
1871
1871 Ramborde 1990
White Hunter, Black Heart
White Hunter, Black Heart Hodkins 1990
Crusoe
Crusoe Reverend Milne 1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid
David Macaulay: Pyramid Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice) 1989
Dream Demon
Dream Demon Peck 1988
This Morning
This Morning Self - Guest 1988
To Kill a Priest
To Kill a Priest Igor 1988
Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf Andy 1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers Porfiry 1988
Journey's End
Journey's End Lt. Trotter 1988
Body Contact
Body Contact Paul 1987
Gothic
Gothic Dr. Polidori 1987
Dutch Girls
Dutch Girls Lyndon Baines Jellicoe 1985
The Bride
The Bride Paulus 1985
A Crack in the Ice
A Crack in the Ice Pte. Postnikov 1985
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Barry Taylor 1983
The Missionary
The Missionary Parswell 1982
Remembrance
Remembrance Douglas 1982
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 1st Constable 1982
Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home Gordon 1982
A Cotswold Death
A Cotswold Death Detective Sergeant Baxter 1982
The Three Sisters
The Three Sisters Andrei 1981
The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard Epikhodov 1981
Say No to Strangers
Say No to Strangers Stranger 1981
S.O.S. Titanic
S.O.S. Titanic Jim (uncredited) 1980
The Brylcreem Boys
The Brylcreem Boys Shorty 1979
Quadrophenia
Quadrophenia Projectionist 1979
The Vanishing Army
The Vanishing Army Wainwright 1978
The Life Story of Baal
The Life Story of Baal Lupu 1978
BBC2 Play of the Week
BBC2 Play of the Week Wainwright 1977
Playhouse
Playhouse Shorty 1974
Play for Today
Play for Today Gordon 1970
Play for Today
Play for Today Detective Sergeant Baxter 1970
Untitled 13
Untitled 13

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