Timothy Spall

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

183

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

  • 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 Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Red Dwarf

    Red Dwarf

  • Pebble Mill

    Pebble Mill

  • The Last Samurai

    The Last Samurai

  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

  • Goodbye June

    Goodbye June

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Intimacy

    Intimacy

  • Chicken Run

    Chicken Run

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • Wolf Hall

    Wolf Hall

  • Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

    Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

    Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

  • The Hunger

    The Hunger

  • The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

    The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Enchanted

    Enchanted

  • Desert Flower

    Desert Flower

  • The King's Speech

    The King's Speech

  • Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

  • Northern Comfort

    Northern Comfort

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

    The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

  • The Pale Blue Eye

    The Pale Blue Eye

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • Gothic

    Gothic

  • Rock Star

    Rock Star

  • Remembrance

    Remembrance

  • Crusoe

    Crusoe

  • Wasteland

    Wasteland

  • Wake Wood

    Wake Wood

  • Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

  • Topsy-Turvy

    Topsy-Turvy

  • Vanilla Sky

    Vanilla Sky

  • The Changeover

    The Changeover

  • Upside Down

    Upside Down

  • The Journey

    The Journey

  • Love Bite

    Love Bite

  • Sucker

    Sucker

  • Heartless

    Heartless

  • Rich Flu

    Rich Flu

  • Roots

    Roots

  • Nona

    Nona

  • Vatel

    Vatel

  • Spencer

    Spencer

  • Murder Most Horrid

    Murder Most Horrid

  • The Street

    The Street

  • Body Contact

    Body Contact

  • Cherished

    Cherished

  • Wicked Little Letters

    Wicked Little Letters

  • Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages

    Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages

  • Broke

    Broke

  • Perpetual Grace LTD

    Perpetual Grace LTD

  • Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

    Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

  • Early Man

    Early Man

  • Still Crazy

    Still Crazy

  • Spender

    Spender

  • The Corrupted

    The Corrupted

  • Away

    Away

  • The Love Punch

    The Love Punch

  • This Is Christmas

    This Is Christmas

  • The Party

    The Party

  • The Last Bus

    The Last Bus

  • Gunrush

    Gunrush

  • Appaloosa

    Appaloosa

  • Immortality

    Immortality

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • White Hunter, Black Heart

    White Hunter, Black Heart

  • The Enfield Haunting

    The Enfield Haunting

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • The Damned United

    The Damned United

  • The Sheltering Sky

    The Sheltering Sky

  • The Bride

    The Bride

  • Dream Demon

    Dream Demon

  • The Syndicate

    The Syndicate

  • Room on the Broom

    Room on the Broom

  • Blandings

    Blandings

  • Gettin' Square

    Gettin' Square

  • Dutch Girls

    Dutch Girls

  • Grizzly II: Revenge

    Grizzly II: Revenge

  • Mysterious Creatures

    Mysterious Creatures

  • Frank Stubbs Promotes

    Frank Stubbs Promotes

  • Secrets & Lies

    Secrets & Lies

  • Love's Labour's Lost

    Love's Labour's Lost

  • My House in Umbria

    My House in Umbria

  • Life Is Sweet

    Life Is Sweet

  • Boy

    Boy

  • Death Valley

    Death Valley

  • Finding Your Feet

    Finding Your Feet

  • Quadrophenia

    Quadrophenia

  • The Grand Duke Of Corsica

    The Grand Duke Of Corsica

  • The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

  • Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

    Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

  • The Missionary

    The Missionary

  • Assassin's Bullet

    Assassin's Bullet

  • My Angel

    My Angel

  • The Sixth Commandment

    The Sixth Commandment

  • Our Mutual Friend

    Our Mutual Friend

  • Death Defying Acts

    Death Defying Acts

  • S.O.S. Titanic

    S.O.S. Titanic

  • A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

    A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

  • 10 Minute Tales

    10 Minute Tales

  • Mr Harvey Lights a Candle

    Mr Harvey Lights a Candle

  • Fungus the Bogeyman

    Fungus the Bogeyman

  • Hatton Garden

    Hatton Garden

  • Mrs Lowry & Son

    Mrs Lowry & Son

  • A Room with a View

    A Room with a View

  • Summer of Rockets

    Summer of Rockets

  • All or Nothing

    All or Nothing

  • From Time to Time

    From Time to Time

  • Journey's End

    Journey's End

  • A Cotswold Death

    A Cotswold Death

  • Mr. Turner

    Mr. Turner

  • Jackboots on Whitehall

    Jackboots on Whitehall

  • One Life

    One Life

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • Rough for Theatre II

    Rough for Theatre II

  • Outside Edge

    Outside Edge

  • The Heist Before Christmas

    The Heist Before Christmas

  • The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

  • The One and Only Mike Leigh

    The One and Only Mike Leigh

  • 1871

    1871

  • Ginger & Rosa

    Ginger & Rosa

  • The Brylcreem Boys

    The Brylcreem Boys

  • Perfect Strangers

    Perfect Strangers

  • Denial

    Denial

  • The Clandestine Marriage

    The Clandestine Marriage

  • Home Sweet Home

    Home Sweet Home

  • To Kill a Priest

    To Kill a Priest

  • A Crack in the Ice

    A Crack in the Ice

  • Comes a Bright Day

    Comes a Bright Day

  • Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

    Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

  • London 2012 Olympic Games

    London 2012 Olympic Games

  • This Morning

    This Morning

  • Ivor the Invisible

    Ivor the Invisible

  • Cider with Rosie

    Cider with Rosie

  • Neville's Island

    Neville's Island

  • Say No to Strangers

    Say No to Strangers

  • Shooting the Past

    Shooting the Past

  • Bolan's Shoes

    Bolan's Shoes

  • This Time Away

    This Time Away

  • David Macaulay: Pyramid

    David Macaulay: Pyramid

  • The Danny Baker Show

    The Danny Baker Show

  • Bodily Harm

    Bodily Harm

  • Dread Poets' Society

    Dread Poets' Society

  • Lucky Break

    Lucky Break

  • British Film Forever

    British Film Forever

  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

  • Nice Day at the Office

    Nice Day at the Office

  • It Snows in Benidorm

    It Snows in Benidorm

  • The Fattest Man in Britain

    The Fattest Man in Britain

  • Stanley, a Man of Variety

    Stanley, a Man of Variety

  • Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks

    Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks

  • Virginia Woolf's Night & Day

    Virginia Woolf's Night & Day

  • Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea

    Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea

  • Reuniting the Rubins

    Reuniting the Rubins

  • Fungus The Bogeyman

    Fungus The Bogeyman

  • The Swords

    The Swords

  • The Thing about Vince

    The Thing about Vince

  • The Vanishing Army

    The Vanishing Army

  • Back with the Boys Again

    Back with the Boys Again

  • Untitled 13

    Untitled 13

  • Timothy Spall: All at Sea

    Timothy Spall: All at Sea

  • Not Mozart: WAM! Limited

    Not Mozart: WAM! Limited

  • The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

    The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

  • The Three Sisters

    The Three Sisters

  • Timothy Spall: Back At Sea

    Timothy Spall: Back At Sea

  • Teenage Tourettes Camp

    Teenage Tourettes Camp