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