Timothy Spall
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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
Credits
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
as Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
as Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
as Wormtail
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
as Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
as Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
as Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
The Last Samurai (2003)
as Simon Graham
Enchanted (2007)
as Nathaniel
The King's Speech (2010)
as Winston Churchill
Chicken Run (2000)
as Nick (voice)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
as Beadle
Intimacy (2001)
as Andy, Claire's husband
Vanilla Sky (2001)
as Thomas Tipp
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
as Mr. Poe
The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
as Superintendent Thayer
Wicked Little Letters (2024)
as Edward Swan
Early Man (2018)
as Chief Bobnar (voice)
Upside Down (2012)
as Bob Boruchowitz
Goodbye June (2025)
as Bernie
Spencer (2021)
as Major Alistair Gregorys
Desert Flower (2009)
as Terry Donaldson
Appaloosa (2008)
as Phil Olson
Rock Star (2001)
as Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
Rich Flu (2024)
as Sebastian Snail Sr.
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
as Richard Temple (The Mikado)
White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
as Hodkins
Death Defying Acts (2007)
as Sugarman
The Rise (2012)
as D I West
Mr. Turner (2014)
as JMW Turner
Secrets & Lies (1996)
as Maurice Purley
Denial (2016)
as David Irving
Hamlet (1996)
as Rosencrantz
Room on the Broom (2012)
as Dragon (voice)
The Corrupted (2019)
as Clifford Cullen
All or Nothing (2002)
as Phil
Quadrophenia (1979)
as Projectionist
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
as Charles Cheeryble
This Is Christmas (2022)
as Ray
From Time to Time (2009)
as Boggis
Ginger & Rosa (2012)
as Mark
The Damned United (2009)
as Peter Taylor
Vatel (2000)
as Gourville
The Sheltering Sky (1990)
as Eric Lyle
The Bride (1985)
as Paulus
The Last Bus (2021)
as Tom
Finding Your Feet (2017)
as Charlie Glover
Immortality (1998)
as Inspector Healey
Oliver Twist (1982)
as 1st Constable
The Party (2017)
as Bill
Wake Wood (2011)
as Arthur
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day (2026)
as Terence Hilbery
The Love Punch (2014)
as Jerry
Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
as Armado
Northern Comfort (2023)
as Edward
Grizzly II: Revenge (2020)
as Rob (uncredited)
Still Crazy (1998)
as David "Beano" Baggot
Hamlet (2026)
as Polonius
Dutch Girls (1985)
as Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
Life Is Sweet (1991)
as Aubrey
Dream Demon (1988)
as Peck
Assassin's Bullet (2012)
as Dr. Kahn
Gothic (1987)
as Dr. Polidori
S.O.S. Titanic (1980)
as Jim (uncredited)
My Angel (2011)
as Mr. Lambert
The Changeover (2017)
as Carmody Braque
Heartless (2010)
as George Morgan
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
as Churchill (voice)
9 Kisses (2014)
as Bartender
The Journey (2017)
as Ian Paisley
Mrs Lowry & Son (2019)
as L.S. Lowry
The Grand Duke Of Corsica (2021)
as Alfred Rott
My House in Umbria (2003)
as Quinty
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks (2025)
Actor
Love Bite (2012)
as Sid
Lucky Break (2001)
as Cliff
Gettin' Square (2003)
as Darren Barrington
Crusoe (1989)
as Reverend Milne
David Macaulay: Pyramid (1989)
as Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
The Missionary (1982)
as Parswell
Cider with Rosie (2015)
as Laurie Lee (voice)
The Cherry Orchard (1981)
as Epikhodov
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
as Albert Pierrepoint
It Snows in Benidorm (2020)
as Peter Riordan
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages (2002)
as Self
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015)
as Self / Nick
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise (2001)
as Tommy Rag
Boy (2012)
Actor
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001)
as Luis Agalla
To Kill a Priest (1988)
as Igor
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music (2012)
as Winston Churchill
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (2000)
as Cunningham
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle (2005)
as Malcolm Harvey
Mysterious Creatures (2006)
as Bill Ainscow
Neville's Island (1998)
as Gordon
The Clandestine Marriage (1999)
as Sterling
Nona (1991)
as Chico
Bolan's Shoes (2023)
as Jimmy
The Heist Before Christmas (2023)
as Santa
The Life Story of Baal (1978)
as Lupu
The Fattest Man in Britain (2009)
as Georgie Godwin
Dread Poets' Society (1992)
as Derek
Fungus The Bogeyman (2015)
as Fungus
Stanley, a Man of Variety (2016)
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
Reuniting the Rubins (2011)
as Lennie Rubin
A Room with a View (2007)
as Mr Emerson
A Cotswold Death (1982)
as Detective Sergeant Baxter
Remembrance (1982)
as Douglas
Roots (1992)
as Jimmy Beales
Say No to Strangers (1981)
as Stranger
The Swords (1997)
as Salesman
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex (1995)
Actor
Home Sweet Home (1982)
as Gordon
Comes a Bright Day (2012)
as Charlie
Body Contact (1987)
as Paul
This Time Away (2019)
as Nigel
Back with the Boys Again (2013)
as Himself
Away (2016)
as Joseph
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990)
as Pig Robinson
The Vanishing Army (1978)
as Wainwright
Journey's End (1988)
as Lt. Trotter
The Three Sisters (1981)
as Andrei
Sucker (2015)
as The Professor
1871 (1990)
as Ramborde
The One and Only Mike Leigh (2014)
as Self
A Crack in the Ice (1985)
as Pte. Postnikov
Gunrush (2009)
as Doug Becket
Teenage Tourettes Camp (2006)
as Narrator
The Brylcreem Boys (1979)
as Shorty
Broke (1991)
as Francis Meeks
Murdering Michael Malloy (—)
as Michael Malloy
Ivor the Invisible (2001)
as Dad (voice)
Untitled 13 (—)
Actor
Cherished (2005)
as Terry Cannings
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited (1991)
as Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
Rough for Theatre II (2000)
as B