Timothy Spall
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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
Credits
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
as Wormtail
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
as Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
as Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
as Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
as Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
as Peter Pettigrew
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
The Last Samurai (2003)
as Simon Graham
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
The King's Speech (2010)
as Winston Churchill
Chicken Run (2000)
as Nick (voice)
Intimacy (2001)
as Andy, Claire's husband
Enchanted (2007)
as Nathaniel
Vanilla Sky (2001)
as Thomas Tipp
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
as Beadle
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
as Mr. Poe
Upside Down (2012)
as Bob Boruchowitz
Desert Flower (2009)
as Terry Donaldson
The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
as Superintendent Thayer
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day (2026)
as Terence Hilbery
Early Man (2018)
as Chief Bobnar (voice)
Wicked Little Letters (2024)
as Edward Swan
The Rise (2012)
as D I West
Rock Star (2001)
as Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
Goodbye June (2025)
as Bernie
Appaloosa (2008)
as Phil Olson
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
as Charles Cheeryble
Spencer (2021)
as Major Alistair Gregorys
Wake Wood (2011)
as Arthur
All or Nothing (2002)
as Phil
Boy (2012)
Actor
Hamlet (1996)
as Rosencrantz
Secrets & Lies (1996)
as Maurice Purley
The Sheltering Sky (1990)
as Eric Lyle
White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
as Hodkins
Vatel (2000)
as Gourville
Rich Flu (2024)
as Sebastian Snail Sr.
Mr. Turner (2014)
as JMW Turner
Death Defying Acts (2007)
as Sugarman
The Bride (1985)
as Paulus
Immortality (1998)
as Inspector Healey
It Snows in Benidorm (2020)
as Peter Riordan
The Damned United (2009)
as Peter Taylor
Finding Your Feet (2017)
as Charlie Glover
Mysterious Creatures (2006)
as Bill Ainscow
Hamlet (2026)
as Polonius
Ginger & Rosa (2012)
as Mark
Life Is Sweet (1991)
as Aubrey
The Love Punch (2014)
as Jerry
Quadrophenia (1979)
as Projectionist
Oliver Twist (1982)
as 1st Constable
Grizzly II: Revenge (2020)
as Rob (uncredited)
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
as Churchill (voice)
Room on the Broom (2012)
as Dragon (voice)
S.O.S. Titanic (1980)
as Jim (uncredited)
Northern Comfort (2023)
as Edward
My Angel (2011)
as Mr. Lambert
Denial (2016)
as David Irving
Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
as Armado
Nona (1991)
as Chico
The Cherry Orchard (1981)
as Epikhodov
9 Kisses (2014)
as Bartender
Dutch Girls (1985)
as Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
Assassin's Bullet (2012)
as Dr. Kahn
The Last Bus (2021)
as Tom
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks (2025)
Actor
From Time to Time (2009)
as Boggis
David Macaulay: Pyramid (1989)
as Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
The Party (2017)
as Bill
The Missionary (1982)
as Parswell
Reuniting the Rubins (2011)
as Lennie Rubin
Still Crazy (1998)
as David "Beano" Baggot
Love Bite (2012)
as Sid
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise (2001)
as Tommy Rag
Gothic (1987)
as Dr. Polidori
This Is Christmas (2022)
as Ray
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle (2005)
as Malcolm Harvey
The Corrupted (2019)
as Clifford Cullen
Comes a Bright Day (2012)
as Charlie
The Changeover (2017)
as Carmody Braque
A Room with a View (2007)
as Mr Emerson
My House in Umbria (2003)
as Quinty
The Grand Duke Of Corsica (2021)
as Alfred Rott
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
as Albert Pierrepoint
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
as Richard Temple (The Mikado)
Mrs Lowry & Son (2019)
as L.S. Lowry
To Kill a Priest (1988)
as Igor
Lucky Break (2001)
as Cliff
Rough for Theatre II (2000)
as B
Ivor the Invisible (2001)
as Dad (voice)
The Life Story of Baal (1978)
as Lupu
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015)
as Self / Nick
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music (2012)
as Winston Churchill
The Clandestine Marriage (1999)
as Sterling
Gettin' Square (2003)
as Darren Barrington
Home Sweet Home (1982)
as Gordon
Bolan's Shoes (2023)
as Jimmy
Teenage Tourettes Camp (2006)
as Narrator
Dream Demon (1988)
as Peck
Heartless (2010)
as George Morgan
The Journey (2017)
as Ian Paisley
Neville's Island (1998)
as Gordon
The Fattest Man in Britain (2009)
as Georgie Godwin
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
Crusoe (1989)
as Reverend Milne
The Heist Before Christmas (2023)
as Santa
Remembrance (1982)
as Douglas
Murdering Michael Malloy (—)
as Michael Malloy
Roots (1992)
as Jimmy Beales
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990)
as Pig Robinson
This Time Away (2019)
as Nigel
Dread Poets' Society (1992)
as Derek
Back with the Boys Again (2013)
as Himself
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited (1991)
as Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
Fungus The Bogeyman (2015)
as Fungus
Away (2016)
as Joseph
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (2000)
as Cunningham
A Cotswold Death (1982)
as Detective Sergeant Baxter
Say No to Strangers (1981)
as Stranger
The Three Sisters (1981)
as Andrei
Cider with Rosie (2015)
as Laurie Lee (voice)
The One and Only Mike Leigh (2014)
as Self
The Vanishing Army (1978)
as Wainwright
The Swords (1997)
as Salesman
Cherished (2005)
as Terry Cannings
A Crack in the Ice (1985)
as Pte. Postnikov
Body Contact (1987)
as Paul
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages (2002)
as Self
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001)
as Luis Agalla
1871 (1990)
as Ramborde
Gunrush (2009)
as Doug Becket
Journey's End (1988)
as Lt. Trotter
The Brylcreem Boys (1979)
as Shorty
Sucker (2015)
as The Professor
Untitled 13 (—)
Actor
Broke (1991)
as Francis Meeks