Acting
Timothy Spall
EN, ES, IS cinema · 138 credits
Born
27 February 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Battersea, London, England, UK
Also known as Tim Spall · Timothy Leonard Spall · Timotijs Leonards Spols · Timotijs Spals
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
Filmography
Murdering Michael Malloy
Murdering Michael Malloy
as Michael Malloy
Late in Summer
Late in Summer
Executive Producer
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
as Terence Hilbery
Hamlet
as Polonius
Goodbye June
as Bernie
Rich Flu
as Sebastian Snail Sr.
Wicked Little Letters
as Edward Swan
Bolan's Shoes
as Jimmy
Northern Comfort
as Edward
The Pale Blue Eye
as Superintendent Thayer
Spencer
as Major Alistair Gregorys
The Grand Duke of Corsica
as Alfred Rott
The Last Bus
as Tom, Executive Producer
It Snows in Benidorm
as Peter Riordan
Grizzly II: Revenge
as Rob (uncredited)
The Corrupted
as Clifford Cullen
Mrs Lowry & Son
as L.S. Lowry
This Time Away
as Nigel
Early Man
as Chief Bobnar (voice)
The Party
as Bill
The Journey
as Ian Paisley
Finding Your Feet
as Charlie Glover
The Changeover
as Carmody Braque
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
Away
as Joseph
Denial
as David Irving
Stanley, a Man of Variety
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, Screenplay
Cider with Rosie
as Laurie Lee (voice)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Self / Nick
Sucker
as The Professor
The Love Punch
as Jerry
Mr. Turner
as JMW Turner
9 Kisses
as Bartender
Upside Down
as Bob Boruchowitz
Ginger & Rosa
as Mark
Love Bite
as Sid
The Rise
as D I West
Room on the Broom
as Dragon (voice)
Comes a Bright Day
as Charlie
Assassin's Bullet
as Dr. Kahn
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
as Winston Churchill
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Peter Pettigrew
Wake Wood
as Arthur
Reuniting the Rubins
as Lennie Rubin
My Angel
as Mr. Lambert
Alice in Wonderland
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Peter Pettigrew
Heartless
as George Morgan
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Churchill (voice)
The King's Speech
as Winston Churchill
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Peter Pettigrew
The Damned United
as Peter Taylor
Desert Flower
as Terry Donaldson
The Fattest Man in Britain
as Georgie Godwin
From Time to Time
as Boggis
Gunrush
as Doug Becket
Appaloosa
as Phil Olson
Enchanted
as Nathaniel
Death Defying Acts
as Sugarman
A Room with a View
as Mr Emerson
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
Teenage Tourettes Camp
as Narrator
Mysterious Creatures
as Bill Ainscow
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
as Albert Pierrepoint
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
2005
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
as Malcolm Harvey
Cherished
as Terry Cannings
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Peter Pettigrew
The Last Samurai
as Simon Graham
Gettin' Square
as Darren Barrington
My House in Umbria
as Quinty
All or Nothing
as Phil
Nicholas Nickleby
as Charles Cheeryble
Vanilla Sky
as Thomas Tipp
Intimacy
as Andy, Claire's husband
Lucky Break
as Cliff
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
as Luis Agalla
Ivor the Invisible
2001
Ivor the Invisible
as Dad (voice)
Rock Star
as Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
Chicken Run
as Nick (voice)
Vatel
as Gourville
Love's Labour's Lost
as Armado
Topsy-Turvy
as Richard Temple (The Mikado)
The Clandestine Marriage
as Sterling
Immortality
as Inspector Healey
Still Crazy
as David "Beano" Baggot
Neville's Island
as Gordon
The Swords
as Salesman
Secrets & Lies
as Maurice Purley
Hamlet
as Rosencrantz
Roots
as Jimmy Beales
Life Is Sweet
as Aubrey
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited
1991
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited
as Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
Broke
as Francis Meeks
Nona
1991
Nona
as Chico
The Sheltering Sky
as Eric Lyle
1871
as Ramborde
White Hunter, Black Heart
as Hodkins
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
as Pig Robinson
Crusoe
as Reverend Milne
David Macaulay: Pyramid
as Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
To Kill a Priest
as Igor
Dream Demon
as Peck
Journey's End
as Lt. Trotter
Gothic
as Dr. Polidori
Body Contact
as Paul
Dutch Girls
as Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
The Bride
as Paulus
A Crack in the Ice
as Pte. Postnikov
Oliver Twist
as 1st Constable
The Missionary
as Parswell
Home Sweet Home
as Gordon
Remembrance
as Douglas
A Cotswold Death
as Detective Sergeant Baxter
The Cherry Orchard
as Epikhodov
S.O.S. Titanic
as Jim (uncredited)
Quadrophenia
as Projectionist
The Brylcreem Boys
as Shorty
The Vanishing Army
as Wainwright