Timothy Spall
Acting
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 of
Timothy Spall
Sebastian Snail Sr.
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Edward Swan
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Jimmy
... 2023
Edward
... 2023
Superintendent Thayer
... 2022
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Major Alistair Gregorys
... 2021
Alfred Rott
... 2021
Tom
... 2021
Peter Riordan
... 2020
Rob (uncredited)
... 2020
L.S. Lowry
... 2019
Clifford Cullen
... 2019
Nigel
... 2019
Chief Bobnar (voice)
... 2018
Charlie Glover
... 2017
Carmody Braque
... 2017
Bill
... 2017
Ian Paisley
... 2017
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
... 2016
David Irving
... 2016
Joseph
... 2016
Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
... 2016
Fungus
... 2015
Self / Nick
... 2015
Laurie Lee (voice)
... 2015
The Professor
... 2015
Arm Wrestling Man #2
... 2014
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JMW Turner
... 2014
Jerry
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Himself
... 2013
Dragon (voice)
... 2012
Sid
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Mark
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Bob Boruchowitz
... 2012
D I West
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Dr. Kahn
... 2012
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Charlie
... 2012
Mr. Lambert
... 2011
Lennie Rubin
... 2011
Peter Pettigrew
... 2011
Arthur
... 2011
Winston Churchill
... 2010
Peter Pettigrew
... 2010
Churchill (voice)
... 2010
George Morgan
... 2010
Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
... 2010
Georgie Godwin
... 2009
Boggis
... 2009
Terry Donaldson
... 2009
Doug Becket
... 2009
Peter Pettigrew
... 2009
Peter Taylor
... 2009
Phil Olson
... 2008
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Nathaniel
... 2007
Mr Emerson
... 2007
Sugarman
... 2007
Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
... 2007
Bill Ainscow
... 2006
Narrator
... 2006
Albert Pierrepoint
... 2005
Wormtail
... 2005
Malcolm Harvey
... 2005
Terry Cannings
... 2005
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Peter Pettigrew
... 2004
Simon Graham
... 2003
Darren Barrington
... 2003
Quinty
... 2003
Charles Cheeryble
... 2002
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Phil
... 2002
Dad (voice)
... 2001
Thomas Tipp
... 2001
Tommy Rag
... 2001
Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
... 2001
Cliff
... 2001
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Andy, Claire's husband
... 2001
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Nick (voice)
... 2000
Gourville
... 2000
Armado
... 2000
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Richard Temple (The Mikado)
... 1999
Sterling
... 1999
Inspector Healey
... 1998
David "Beano" Baggot
... 1998
Gordon
... 1998
Salesman
... 1997
Rosencrantz
... 1996
Maurice Purley
... 1996
Jimmy Beales
... 1992
Derek
... 1992
Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
... 1991
Chico
... 1991
Francis Meeks
... 1991
Pig Robinson
... 1990
Aubrey
... 1990
Eric Lyle
... 1990
Ramborde
... 1990
Hodkins
... 1990
Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
... 1989
Peck
... 1988
Igor
... 1988
Reverend Milne
... 1988
Lt. Trotter
... 1988
Paul
... 1987
Dr. Polidori
... 1987
Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
... 1985
Paulus
... 1985
Parswell
... 1982
Douglas
... 1982
1st Constable
... 1982
Gordon
... 1982
Detective Sergeant Baxter
... 1982
Andrei
... 1981
Epikhodov
... 1981
Stranger
... 1981
Jim (uncredited)
... 1980
Shorty
... 1979
Projectionist
... 1979
Wainwright
... 1978
Mr Hilbery
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