Timothy Spall

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

184

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-02-27 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Battersea, London, England, UK

Timothy 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.

Known For

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Top Gear

    Top Gear

  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Rock Star

    Rock Star

  • Red Dwarf

    Red Dwarf

  • Pebble Mill

    Pebble Mill

  • Intimacy

    Intimacy

  • Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

  • Wake Wood

    Wake Wood

  • Remembrance

    Remembrance

  • Goodbye June

    Goodbye June

  • The Pale Blue Eye

    The Pale Blue Eye

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Performance

    Performance

  • The Party

    The Party

  • The Last Samurai

    The Last Samurai

  • Desert Flower

    Desert Flower

  • Heartless

    Heartless

  • Gothic

    Gothic

  • Vatel

    Vatel

  • Love Bite

    Love Bite

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • Wolf Hall

    Wolf Hall

  • The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

    The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

  • The Bride

    The Bride

  • Crusoe

    Crusoe

  • The Hunger

    The Hunger

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • Chicken Run

    Chicken Run

  • Gunrush

    Gunrush

  • The King's Speech

    The King's Speech

  • Enchanted

    Enchanted

  • The Missionary

    The Missionary

  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

  • Roots

    Roots

  • Nona

    Nona

  • My Angel

    My Angel

  • Room on the Broom

    Room on the Broom

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • This Is Christmas

    This Is Christmas

  • Mysterious Creatures

    Mysterious Creatures

  • Grizzly II: Revenge

    Grizzly II: Revenge

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • Broke

    Broke

  • Wasteland

    Wasteland

  • Death Defying Acts

    Death Defying Acts

  • Vanilla Sky

    Vanilla Sky

  • Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

    Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

  • Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

    Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

  • Wicked Little Letters

    Wicked Little Letters

  • All or Nothing

    All or Nothing

  • Neville's Island

    Neville's Island

  • Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

    Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

  • The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

  • The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

  • Life Is Sweet

    Life Is Sweet

  • The Changeover

    The Changeover

  • Boy

    Boy

  • Away

    Away

  • The Brylcreem Boys

    The Brylcreem Boys

  • Murder Most Horrid

    Murder Most Horrid

  • This Time Away

    This Time Away

  • Perpetual Grace LTD

    Perpetual Grace LTD

  • Sucker

    Sucker

  • The Sixth Commandment

    The Sixth Commandment

  • Spencer

    Spencer

  • The Street

    The Street

  • Home Sweet Home

    Home Sweet Home

  • Outside Edge

    Outside Edge

  • Frank Stubbs Promotes

    Frank Stubbs Promotes

  • It Snows in Benidorm

    It Snows in Benidorm

  • Bolan's Shoes

    Bolan's Shoes

  • Death Valley

    Death Valley

  • 1871

    1871

  • The Syndicate

    The Syndicate

  • Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

    Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

  • Spender

    Spender

  • Upside Down

    Upside Down

  • Blandings

    Blandings

  • Body Contact

    Body Contact

  • Jackboots on Whitehall

    Jackboots on Whitehall

  • Our Mutual Friend

    Our Mutual Friend

  • Summer of Rockets

    Summer of Rockets

  • Quadrophenia

    Quadrophenia

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • Denial

    Denial

  • Appaloosa

    Appaloosa

  • Early Man

    Early Man

  • Dutch Girls

    Dutch Girls

  • 10 Minute Tales

    10 Minute Tales

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • The Enfield Haunting

    The Enfield Haunting

  • Mr. Turner

    Mr. Turner

  • The Love Punch

    The Love Punch

  • Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

  • David Macaulay: Pyramid

    David Macaulay: Pyramid

  • Cherished

    Cherished

  • Hatton Garden

    Hatton Garden

  • White Hunter, Black Heart

    White Hunter, Black Heart

  • Rich Flu

    Rich Flu

  • Still Crazy

    Still Crazy

  • Mr Harvey Lights a Candle

    Mr Harvey Lights a Candle

  • The Damned United

    The Damned United

  • Topsy-Turvy

    Topsy-Turvy

  • Ivor the Invisible

    Ivor the Invisible

  • S.O.S. Titanic

    S.O.S. Titanic

  • One Life

    One Life

  • Ginger & Rosa

    Ginger & Rosa

  • From Time to Time

    From Time to Time

  • Secrets & Lies

    Secrets & Lies

  • This Morning

    This Morning

  • The Last Bus

    The Last Bus

  • The Corrupted

    The Corrupted

  • Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

    Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

  • The Sheltering Sky

    The Sheltering Sky

  • Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea

    Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea

  • Immortality

    Immortality

  • Perfect Strangers

    Perfect Strangers

  • Cider with Rosie

    Cider with Rosie

  • London 2012 Olympic Games

    London 2012 Olympic Games

  • Nice Day at the Office

    Nice Day at the Office

  • Night & Day

    Night & Day

  • Fungus the Bogeyman

    Fungus the Bogeyman

  • Timothy Spall: Back At Sea

    Timothy Spall: Back At Sea

  • Finding Your Feet

    Finding Your Feet

  • Gettin' Square

    Gettin' Square

  • Northern Comfort

    Northern Comfort

  • Love's Labour's Lost

    Love's Labour's Lost

  • Bodily Harm

    Bodily Harm

  • A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

    A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

  • Dream Demon

    Dream Demon

  • Shooting the Past

    Shooting the Past

  • Mrs Lowry & Son

    Mrs Lowry & Son

  • The Danny Baker Show

    The Danny Baker Show

  • My House in Umbria

    My House in Umbria

  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

  • Lucky Break

    Lucky Break

  • A Room with a View

    A Room with a View

  • The Grand Duke Of Corsica

    The Grand Duke Of Corsica

  • Assassin's Bullet

    Assassin's Bullet

  • The Journey

    The Journey

  • Reuniting the Rubins

    Reuniting the Rubins

  • British Film Forever

    British Film Forever

  • To Kill a Priest

    To Kill a Priest

  • Comes a Bright Day

    Comes a Bright Day

  • Dread Poets' Society

    Dread Poets' Society

  • The Thing about Vince

    The Thing about Vince

  • Fungus The Bogeyman

    Fungus The Bogeyman

  • Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks

    Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks

  • Not Mozart: WAM! Limited

    Not Mozart: WAM! Limited

  • The Vanishing Army

    The Vanishing Army

  • The Heist Before Christmas

    The Heist Before Christmas

  • The Swords

    The Swords

  • The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

    The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

  • The Three Sisters

    The Three Sisters

  • A Cotswold Death

    A Cotswold Death

  • The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

    The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

  • Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages

    Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages

  • The Clandestine Marriage

    The Clandestine Marriage

  • The Fattest Man in Britain

    The Fattest Man in Britain

  • Journey's End

    Journey's End

  • Timothy Spall: All at Sea

    Timothy Spall: All at Sea

  • A Crack in the Ice

    A Crack in the Ice

  • The One and Only Mike Leigh

    The One and Only Mike Leigh

  • Back with the Boys Again

    Back with the Boys Again

  • Say No to Strangers

    Say No to Strangers

  • The Life Story of Baal

    The Life Story of Baal

  • Rough for Theatre II

    Rough for Theatre II

  • Untitled 13

    Untitled 13

  • Teenage Tourettes Camp

    Teenage Tourettes Camp

  • Stanley, a Man of Variety

    Stanley, a Man of Variety