Timothy Spall
Born February 27, 1957 (Age: 69)
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Battersea, London, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
Hamlet
2026
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as Polonius
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Age: 68
Wicked Little Letters
2024
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as Edward Swan
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Age: 66
Northern Comfort
2023
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as Edward
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Age: 66
Spencer
2021
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as Major Alistair Gregorys
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Age: 64
Early Man
2018
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as Chief Bobnar (voice)
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Age: 60
Finding Your Feet
2017
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as Charlie Glover
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Age: 60
The Changeover
2017
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as Carmody Braque
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Age: 60
The Party
2017
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as Bill
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Age: 60
Denial
2016
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as David Irving
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Age: 59
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
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as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
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Age: 59
Mr. Turner
2014
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as JMW Turner
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Age: 57
9 Kisses
2014
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as Bartender
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Age: 56
Ginger & Rosa
2012
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as Mark
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Age: 55
Upside Down
2012
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as Bob Boruchowitz
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Age: 55
Reuniting the Rubins
2011
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as Lennie Rubin
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Age: 54
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
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as Peter Pettigrew
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Age: 54
The King's Speech
2010
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as Winston Churchill
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Age: 53
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
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as Peter Pettigrew
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Age: 53
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
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as Churchill (voice)
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Age: 53
Heartless
2010
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as George Morgan
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Age: 53
Alice in Wonderland
2010
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as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
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Age: 53
Desert Flower
2009
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as Terry Donaldson
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Age: 52
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
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as Peter Pettigrew
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Age: 52
Appaloosa
2008
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as Phil Olson
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Age: 51
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007
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as Beadle
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Age: 50
Enchanted
2007
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as Nathaniel
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Age: 50
Death Defying Acts
2007
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as Sugarman
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Age: 50
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
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as Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
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as Wormtail
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Age: 48
No Image
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
2005
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as Malcolm Harvey
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Age: 48
Cherished
2005
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as Terry Cannings
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Age: 47
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
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as Mr. Poe
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Age: 47
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
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as Peter Pettigrew
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Age: 47
The Last Samurai
2003
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as Simon Graham
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Age: 46
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
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as Charles Cheeryble
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Age: 45
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
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as Self
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Age: 45
All or Nothing
2002
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as Phil
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Age: 45
Vanilla Sky
2001
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as Thomas Tipp
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Age: 44
Rock Star
2001
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as Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
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Age: 44
Intimacy
2001
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as Andy, Claire's husband
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Age: 43
Chicken Run
2000
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as Nick (voice)
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Age: 43
Vatel
2000
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as Gourville
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Age: 43
Love's Labour's Lost
2000
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as Armado
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Age: 43
Rough for Theatre II
2000
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as B
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Age: 42
Topsy-Turvy
1999
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as Richard Temple (The Mikado)
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Age: 42
Immortality
1998
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as Inspector Healey
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Age: 41
Still Crazy
1998
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as David "Beano" Baggot
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Age: 41
Neville's Island
1998
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as Gordon
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Age: 40
The Swords
1997
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as Salesman
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Age: 40
Hamlet
1996
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as Rosencrantz
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Age: 39
Secrets & Lies
1996
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as Maurice Purley
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Age: 39
Roots
1992
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as Jimmy Beales
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Age: 35
Dread Poets' Society
1992
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as Derek
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Age: 35
No Image
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited
1991
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as Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
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Age: 34
No Image
Nona
1991
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as Chico
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Age: 34
Broke
1991
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as Francis Meeks
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Age: 34
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
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as Pig Robinson
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Age: 33
Life Is Sweet
1990
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as Aubrey
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Age: 33
The Sheltering Sky
1990
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as Eric Lyle
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Age: 33
1871
1990
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as Ramborde
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Age: 33
White Hunter, Black Heart
1990
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as Hodkins
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Age: 33
Crusoe
1989
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as Reverend Milne
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Age: 32
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
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as Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
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Age: 31
Dream Demon
1988
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as Peck
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Age: 31
To Kill a Priest
1988
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as Igor
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Age: 31
Journey's End
1988
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as Lt. Trotter
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Age: 30
Body Contact
1987
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as Paul
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Age: 30
Dutch Girls
1985
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as Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
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Age: 28
The Bride
1985
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as Paulus
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Age: 28
A Crack in the Ice
1985
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as Pte. Postnikov
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Age: 28
The Missionary
1982
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as Parswell
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Age: 25
No Image
The Three Sisters
1981
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as Andrei
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Age: 24
The Cherry Orchard
1981
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as Epikhodov
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Age: 24
No Image
Say No to Strangers
1981
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as Stranger
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Age: 23
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
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as Jim (uncredited)
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Age: 23
The Vanishing Army
1978
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as Wainwright
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Age: 21
The Life Story of Baal
1978
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as Lupu
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Age: 21