Timothy Spall

Known for ActingBorn 1957-02-27 (age 69)Battersea, London, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Life Story of Baal

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks

The One and Only Mike Leigh

Nice Day at the Office

Broke

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Timothy Spall: Back At Sea

Mysterious Creatures

Cherished

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Red Dwarf

Nona

Journey's End

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

Our Mutual Friend

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

The King's Speech

The Three Sisters

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Desert Flower

The Street

Mr Harvey Lights a Candle

Fungus the Bogeyman

The Last Samurai

The Syndicate

Wolf Hall

Top Gear

10 Minute Tales

Teenage Tourettes Camp

Secrets & Lies

Outside Edge

Perpetual Grace LTD

Frank Stubbs Promotes

Blandings

The Damned United

The Graham Norton Show

This Is Christmas

Hamlet

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

Finding Your Feet

Spender

Wicked Little Letters

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman