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 Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
as Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
as Wormtail
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
as Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
as Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
as Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
as Peter Pettigrew
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
The King's Speech (2010)
as Winston Churchill
The Last Samurai (2003)
as Simon Graham
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
Chicken Run (2000)
as Nick (voice)
Enchanted (2007)
as Nathaniel
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
as Beadle
The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
as Superintendent Thayer
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
as Mr. Poe
Vanilla Sky (2001)
as Thomas Tipp
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day (2026)
as Terence Hilbery
Early Man (2018)
as Chief Bobnar (voice)
Intimacy (2001)
as Andy, Claire's husband
Goodbye June (2025)
as Bernie
Wicked Little Letters (2024)
as Edward Swan
Upside Down (2012)
as Bob Boruchowitz
Desert Flower (2009)
as Terry Donaldson
Rock Star (2001)
as Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
Secrets & Lies (1996)
as Maurice Purley
Mr. Turner (2014)
as JMW Turner
Appaloosa (2008)
as Phil Olson
The Last Bus (2021)
as Tom
Death Defying Acts (2007)
as Sugarman
Spencer (2021)
as Major Alistair Gregorys
Rich Flu (2024)
as Sebastian Snail Sr.
Northern Comfort (2023)
as Edward
The Damned United (2009)
as Peter Taylor
The Corrupted (2019)
as Clifford Cullen
All or Nothing (2002)
as Phil
Room on the Broom (2012)
as Dragon (voice)
Hamlet (1996)
as Rosencrantz
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
as Charles Cheeryble
The Party (2017)
as Bill
White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
as Hodkins
Ginger & Rosa (2012)
as Mark
Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
as Armado
The Bride (1985)
as Paulus
Quadrophenia (1979)
as Projectionist
The Sheltering Sky (1990)
as Eric Lyle
S.O.S. Titanic (1980)
as Jim (uncredited)
Assassin's Bullet (2012)
as Dr. Kahn
Hamlet (2026)
as Polonius
From Time to Time (2009)
as Boggis
Vatel (2000)
as Gourville
The Love Punch (2014)
as Jerry
Denial (2016)
as David Irving
The Rise (2012)
as D I West
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
as Richard Temple (The Mikado)
Finding Your Feet (2017)
as Charlie Glover
Immortality (1998)
as Inspector Healey
This Is Christmas (2022)
as Ray
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
as Albert Pierrepoint
To Kill a Priest (1988)
as Igor
Grizzly II: Revenge (2020)
as Rob (uncredited)
Life Is Sweet (1991)
as Aubrey
Mrs Lowry & Son (2019)
as L.S. Lowry
Still Crazy (1998)
as David "Beano" Baggot
Wake Wood (2011)
as Arthur
The Grand Duke of Corsica (2021)
as Alfred Rott
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music (2012)
as Winston Churchill
My House in Umbria (2003)
as Quinty
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001)
as Luis Agalla
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015)
as Self / Nick
Oliver Twist (1982)
as 1st Constable
The Fattest Man in Britain (2009)
as Georgie Godwin
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (2000)
as Cunningham
Gothic (1987)
as Dr. Polidori
Crusoe (1989)
as Reverend Milne
It Snows in Benidorm (2020)
as Peter Riordan
The Changeover (2017)
as Carmody Braque
A Room with a View (2007)
as Mr Emerson
Cider with Rosie (2015)
as Laurie Lee (voice)
Lucky Break (2001)
as Cliff
Mysterious Creatures (2006)
as Bill Ainscow
Comes a Bright Day (2012)
as Charlie
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise (2001)
as Tommy Rag
The Journey (2017)
as Ian Paisley
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex (1995)
Actor
Gettin' Square (2003)
as Darren Barrington
9 Kisses (2014)
as Bartender
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle (2005)
as Malcolm Harvey
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
as Churchill (voice)
Dutch Girls (1985)
as Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
The Missionary (1982)
as Parswell
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks (2025)
Actor
A Crack in the Ice (1985)
as Pte. Postnikov
Boy (2012)
Actor
My Angel (2011)
as Mr. Lambert
Nona (1991)
as Chico
Roots (1992)
as Jimmy Beales
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages (2002)
as Self
Heartless (2010)
as George Morgan
Dream Demon (1988)
as Peck
The Heist Before Christmas (2023)
as Santa
Home Sweet Home (1982)
as Gordon
The Clandestine Marriage (1999)
as Sterling
Remembrance (1982)
as Douglas
Love Bite (2012)
as Sid
The One and Only Mike Leigh (2014)
as Self
The Life Story of Baal (1978)
as Lupu
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990)
as Pig Robinson
Rough for Theatre II (2000)
as B
Bolan's Shoes (2023)
as Jimmy
David Macaulay: Pyramid (1989)
as Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
The Vanishing Army (1978)
as Wainwright
The Cherry Orchard (1981)
as Epikhodov
Away (2016)
as Joseph
The Swords (1997)
as Salesman
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited (1991)
as Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
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
Back with the Boys Again (2013)
as Himself
Neville's Island (1998)
as Gordon
Dread Poets' Society (1992)
as Derek
This Time Away (2019)
as Nigel
Say No to Strangers (1981)
as Stranger
Reuniting the Rubins (2011)
as Lennie Rubin
A Cotswold Death (1982)
as Detective Sergeant Baxter
Murdering Michael Malloy (—)
as Michael Malloy
1871 (1990)
as Ramborde
Body Contact (1987)
as Paul
Cherished (2005)
as Terry Cannings
Journey's End (1988)
as Lt. Trotter
Teenage Tourettes Camp (2006)
as Narrator
Fungus The Bogeyman (2015)
as Fungus
Broke (1991)
as Francis Meeks
The Three Sisters (1981)
as Andrei
The Brylcreem Boys (1979)
as Shorty
Sucker (2015)
as The Professor
Ivor the Invisible (2001)
as Dad (voice)
Untitled 13 (—)
Actor
Gunrush (2009)
as Doug Becket