Birth Day: 1957-02-27
Place of birth: 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.
Credits
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As Mr Hilbery -
As Polonius -
As Bernie -
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As Sebastian Snail Sr. -
As Edward Swan -
As Jimmy -
As Santa -
As Edward -
As Superintendent Thayer -
As Ray -
As Alfred Rott -
As Major Alistair Gregorys -
As Tom -
As Peter Riordan -
As Rob (uncredited) -
As Nigel -
As L.S. Lowry -
As Clifford Cullen -
As Chief Bobnar (voice) -
As Bill -
As Charlie Glover -
As Carmody Braque -
As Ian Paisley -
As Joseph -
As Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice) -
As David Irving -
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 -
As Fungus
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As Self / Nick -
As The Professor -
As Laurie Lee (voice) -
As JMW Turner -
As Bartender -
As Self
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As Jerry -
As Himself -
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As Dr. Kahn -
As Charlie -
As Dragon (voice) -
As D I West -
As Sid -
As Bob Boruchowitz -
As Mark -
As Lennie Rubin -
As Peter Pettigrew -
As Mr. Lambert -
As Arthur -
As Winston Churchill -
As Churchill (voice) -
As Peter Pettigrew -
As Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice) -
As George Morgan -
As Georgie Godwin -
As Terry Donaldson -
As Peter Pettigrew -
As Boggis -
As Peter Taylor -
As Doug Becket -
As Phil Olson -
As Peter Pettigrew (uncredited) -
As Sugarman -
As Beadle -
As Nathaniel -
As Mr Emerson -
As Narrator -
As Bill Ainscow -
As Terry Cannings -
As Malcolm Harvey
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As Wormtail -
As Albert Pierrepoint -
As Mr. Poe -
As Peter Pettigrew -
As Simon Graham -
As Quinty -
As Darren Barrington -
As Phil -
As Charles Cheeryble -
As Self -
As Dad (voice)
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As Andy, Claire's husband -
As Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager -
As Tommy Rag -
As Cliff -
As Thomas Tipp -
As Luis Agalla -
As Cunningham -
As Nick (voice) -
As Armado -
As B -
As Gourville -
As Richard Temple (The Mikado) -
As Sterling -
As Gordon -
As Inspector Healey -
As David "Beano" Baggot -
As Salesman -
As Maurice Purley -
As Rosencrantz -
As Derek -
As Jimmy Beales -
As Aubrey -
As Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
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As Francis Meeks -
As Chico
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As Hodkins -
As Pig Robinson -
As Ramborde -
As Eric Lyle -
As Reverend Milne -
As Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice) -
As Igor -
As Lt. Trotter -
As Peck -
As Paul -
As Dr. Polidori -
As Paulus -
As Pte. Postnikov -
As Lyndon Baines Jellicoe -
As Douglas -
As Parswell -
As Detective Sergeant Baxter -
As 1st Constable -
As Gordon -
As Epikhodov -
As Andrei
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As Stranger
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As Jim (uncredited) -
As Projectionist -
As Shorty -
As Wainwright -
As Lupu -
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As Michael Malloy