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