Timothy Spall
Birthplace: London
Born: 1957-02-27
Occupations recorded in source
actor; character actor; film actor; stage actor; television actor; television presenter
Biography from Wikipedia
Timothy Leonard Spall (/ˈspɔːl/ SPAWL; born 27 February 1957) is an English actor. He gained recognition for his character actor roles on stage and screen.
In 2000, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.
Spall is known for his collaborations with director Mike Leigh, acting in six of his films: Home Sweet Home (1982), Life is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), and Mr. Turner (2014). He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for his roles in Secrets and Lies and Topsy-Turvy, and in 2014 he received the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for his portrayal of J. M. W. Turner in Mr. Turner.
Spall has acted in films such as 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), The Party (2017), and Spencer (2021). He voiced Nick the rat in Chicken Run (2000), and portrayed Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) in five Harry Potter films, from Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010). In 2025, he appeared in Goodbye June directed by Kate Winslet.
On television, Spall played Barry Spencer Taylor in the ITV comedy drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004) and Lord Arthur Wallington in the BBC Cold War drama Summer of Rockets (2019). He won the 2024 International Emmy Awards and BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for his performance as Peter Farquhar in The Sixth Commandment. He currently plays the leading role in the BBC murder mystery series Death Valley.
From 2010 to 2012, the BBC broadcast three documentary series Timothy Spall: ...at Sea, about Spall's voyage around Britain in his barge.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
Wikidata contributors · CC0
Wikipedia · revision 1380629218
Wikipedia contributors; original introduction, prose paragraphs; HTML formatting removed · CC BY-SA 4.0
Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- From Time to Time (2009) — Boggis
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) — Wormtail
- The Damned United (2009) — Peter Taylor
- The Fattest Man in Britain (2009)
- Wake Wood (2009) — Arthur
- Appaloosa (2008) — Phil Olson
- Death Defying Acts (2007) — Sugarman
- Enchanted (2007) — Nathaniel
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) — Peter Pettigrew
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) — Beadle Bamford
- Mysterious Creatures (2006)
- Cherished (2005)
- Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (2005) — Wormtail (Peter Pettigrew)
- Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle (2005)
- Pierrepoint (2005) — Albert Pierrepoint
- Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004) — Peter Pettigrew
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) — Mr. Poe
- Gettin' Square (2003) — Darren 'Dabba' Barrington
- My House in Umbria (2003) — Quinty
- The Last Samurai (2003) — Simon Graham
- All or Nothing (2002) — Phil
- Nicholas Nickleby (2002) — Charles Cheeryble
- Intimacy (2001) — Andy
- Lucky Break (2001) — Cliff Gumbell
- The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001) — Mayor Luis Agalla
- Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise (2001)
- Vanilla Sky (2001) — Thomas Tipp
- Chicken Run (2000) — Nick
- Vatel (2000) — Gourville
- Topsy-Turvy (1999) — Richard Temple
- Still Crazy (1998) — David 'Beano' Baggot
- The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998) — Inspector Healey
- Secrets & Lies (1996) — Maurice Purley
- Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex (1995)
- 1871 (1990)
- Life Is Sweet (1990) — Aubrey
- The Sheltering Sky (1990) — Eric Lyle
- Crusoe (1988) — Reverend Milne
- Dream Demon (1988) — Peck
- To Kill a Priest (1988) — Igor
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.