Timothy Spall

Acting

🎂 1957-02-27

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.

Cast credits(183)

Self

2007

Gordon

1970

Detective Sergeant Baxter

1970

Self

2002

Shorty

1974

Self – Actor

2022

Cunningham - Masseur

1992

Self

2014

Self

1998

Andy

1988

Self

1991

Andy, Claire's husband

2001

Wormtail

2005

Peter Pettigrew

2004

Duke of Norfolk

2015

Self - Guest

2006

Self

2006

Jimmy Beales

1991

Chico

1991

Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)

2007

1998

Wainwright

1977

Salesman

1997

Ed Jacobson

2017

Peter Pettigrew

2010

Peter Pettigrew

2009

Peter Pettigrew

2011

Peter Farquhar

2023

2003

Pathologist

1991

2009

Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth

2013

Donald DeLoash

2019

Robert Cunningham

1991

John Chapel

2025

Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)

2010

Maurice Grosse

2015

Lord Arthur Wallington

2019

1994

2012

Simon Graham

2003

Nick (voice)

2000

Nathaniel

2007

Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)

2016

Fungus

2015

Himself

2010

Thomas Tipp

2001

Sebastian Snail Sr.

2024

Mr. Poe

2004

Vince skinner

2000

Winston Churchill

2010

Himself

2011

Beadle

2007

Porfiry

1988

Himself

2007

1994

Eddie McEvoy

2006

Superintendent Thayer

2022

Self - 'Peter Pettigrew' and 'Wormtail'

2009

Edward Swan

2024

Fagin

2007

Major Alistair Gregorys

2021

Barry Taylor

1983

Rosencrantz

1996

Chief Bobnar (voice)

2018

Bob Boruchowitz

2012

Frank Stubbs

1993

1994

Charles Cheeryble

2002

Paulus

1985

Projectionist

1979

Terry Donaldson

2009

Terry Perkins

2019

Phil

2002

Maurice Purley

1996

David Irving

2016

JMW Turner

2014

Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager

2001

Phil Olson

2008

Aubrey

1990

Tom

2021

Self - Guest

1988

Eric Lyle

1990

Hodkins

1990

Churchill (voice)

2010

Rob (uncredited)

2020

Himself

2012

Mitchel Greenfield

2002

Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)

1989

George Morgan

2010

Sugarman

2007

Boggis

2009

Bill

2017

Gourville

2000

Peter Taylor

2009

Dragon (voice)

2012

Charlie Glover

2017

Carmody Braque

2017

Self

2012

Clifford Cullen

2019

Mark

2012

Alfred Rott

2021

Richard Temple (The Mikado)

1999

Parswell

1982

2001

David "Beano" Baggot

1998

Jerry

2014

Albert Pierrepoint

2005

1999

Dr. Polidori

1987

Peck

1988

Sid

2012

Ray

2022

L.S. Lowry

2019

Armado

2000

Self / Nick

2015

Jim (uncredited)

1980

Arthur

2011

Dr. Kahn

2012

Edward

2023

Quinty

2003

Inspector Healey

1998

Reverend Milne

1988

Laurie Lee (voice)

2015

Cliff

2001

Ian Paisley

2017

D I West

2012

Darren Barrington

2003

Self

2002

2001

Cunningham

2000

Arm Wrestling Man #2

2014

Tommy Rag

2001

Paul

1987

Gordon

1982

Peter Riordan

2020

Sterling

1999

Igor

1988

Mr Emerson

2007

Malcolm Harvey

2005

Lennie Rubin

2011

Mr. Lambert

2011

Bill Ainscow

2006

Gordon

1998

The Professor

2015

Mr Hilbery

Himself

2013

Pig Robinson

1990

Georgie Godwin

2009

Wainwright

1978

1st Constable

1982

Joseph

2016

Charlie

2012

Jimmy Beales

1992

Douglas

1982

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

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