Timothy Spall
Tim Spall, Timothy Leonard Spall, Timotijs Leonards Spols
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.
Biography
Birthday:
27/02/1957
Place of birth:
Battersea, London, England, UK
Biography
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Acting
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2026
|
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day |
Terence Hilbery
|
8
/ 10
|
|
2026
|
Hamlet |
Polonius
|
5.4
/ 10
|
|
2025
|
Goodbye June |
Bernie
|
6.515
/ 10
|
|
2025
|
Death Valley |
John Chapel
|
6.5
/ 10
|
|
2025
|
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks |
-
|
9
/ 10
|
|
2024
|
Wicked Little Letters |
Edward Swan
|
6.914
/ 10
|
|
2024
|
Rich Flu |
Sebastian Snail Sr.
|
5.272
/ 10
|
|
2023
|
Northern Comfort |
Edward
|
5.421
/ 10
|
|
2023
|
The Sixth Commandment |
Peter Farquhar
|
6.792
/ 10
|
|
2023
|
The Heist Before Christmas |
Santa
|
5
/ 10
|
|
2023
|
Bolan's Shoes |
Jimmy
|
6
/ 10
|
|
2022
|
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg |
Self – Actor
|
2.8
/ 10
|
|
2022
|
The Pale Blue Eye |
Superintendent Thayer
|
6.785
/ 10
|
|
2022
|
This Is Christmas |
Ray
|
7.112
/ 10
|
|
2021
|
Spencer |
Major Alistair Gregorys
|
6.702
/ 10
|
|
2021
|
The Last Bus |
Tom
|
6.495
/ 10
|
|
2021
|
The Grand Duke Of Corsica |
Alfred Rott
|
3.7
/ 10
|
|
2020
|
Grizzly II: Revenge |
Rob (uncredited)
|
3.139
/ 10
|
|
2020
|
It Snows in Benidorm |
Peter Riordan
|
5.574
/ 10
|
|
2019
|
Perpetual Grace LTD |
Donald DeLoash
|
7.333
/ 10
|
|
2019
|
The Corrupted |
Clifford Cullen
|
6.071
/ 10
|
|
2019
|
Mrs Lowry & Son |
L.S. Lowry
|
6.406
/ 10
|
|
2019
|
Summer of Rockets |
Lord Arthur Wallington
|
6.464
/ 10
|
|
2019
|
Hatton Garden |
Terry Perkins
|
6
/ 10
|
|
2019
|
This Time Away |
Nigel
|
6.944
/ 10
|
|
2018
|
Early Man |
Chief Bobnar (voice)
|
6.1
/ 10
|
|
2017
|
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams |
Ed Jacobson
|
7.03
/ 10
|
|
2017
|
The Party |
Bill
|
6.336
/ 10
|
|
2017
|
Finding Your Feet |
Charlie Glover
|
7
/ 10
|
|
2017
|
The Journey |
Ian Paisley
|
6.279
/ 10
|
|
2017
|
The Changeover |
Carmody Braque
|
5.609
/ 10
|
|
2016
|
Alice Through the Looking Glass |
Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
|
6.567
/ 10
|
|
2016
|
Denial |
David Irving
|
6.833
/ 10
|
|
2016
|
Stanley, a Man of Variety |
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
|
5.5
/ 10
|
|
2016
|
Away |
Joseph
|
6.2
/ 10
|
|
2015
|
Wolf Hall |
Duke of Norfolk
|
7.5
/ 10
|
|
2015
|
The Enfield Haunting |
Maurice Grosse
|
6.651
/ 10
|
|
2015
|
Fungus the Bogeyman |
Fungus
|
7.5
/ 10
|
|
2015
|
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman |
Self / Nick
|
7.121
/ 10
|
|
2015
|
Cider with Rosie |
Laurie Lee (voice)
|
5.367
/ 10
|
|
2015
|
Fungus The Bogeyman |
Fungus
|
2.5
/ 10
|
|
2015
|
Sucker |
The Professor
|
5.3
/ 10
|
|
2014
|
Mr. Turner |
JMW Turner
|
6.545
/ 10
|
|
2014
|
The Love Punch |
Jerry
|
6
/ 10
|
|
2014
|
9 Kisses |
Bartender
|
5.5
/ 10
|
|
2013
|
Blandings |
Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth
|
7.25
/ 10
|
|
2013
|
Back with the Boys Again |
Himself
|
-
|
|
2012
|
The Syndicate |
-
|
7.611
/ 10
|
|
2012
|
Upside Down |
Bob Boruchowitz
|
6.279
/ 10
|
|
2012
|
Room on the Broom |
Dragon (voice)
|
6.7
/ 10
|
|
2012
|
Ginger & Rosa |
Mark
|
5.98
/ 10
|
|
2012
|
Assassin's Bullet |
Dr. Kahn
|
3.905
/ 10
|
|
2012
|
The Rise |
D I West
|
6.625
/ 10
|
|
2012
|
Boy |
-
|
6.9
/ 10
|
|
2012
|
Love Bite |
Sid
|
5.349
/ 10
|
|
2012
|
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music |
Winston Churchill
|
6.9
/ 10
|
|
2012
|
Comes a Bright Day |
Charlie
|
5.488
/ 10
|
|
2012
|
Timothy Spall: All at Sea |
Himself
|
-
|
|
2011
|
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 |
Peter Pettigrew
|
8.08
/ 10
|
|
2011
|
Wake Wood |
Arthur
|
5.608
/ 10
|
|
2011
|
My Angel |
Mr. Lambert
|
4
/ 10
|
|
2011
|
Timothy Spall: Back At Sea |
Himself
|
8
/ 10
|
|
2011
|
Reuniting the Rubins |
Lennie Rubin
|
5.4
/ 10
|
|
2010
|
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 |
Peter Pettigrew
|
7.732
/ 10
|
|
2010
|
Alice in Wonderland |
Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
|
6.642
/ 10
|
|
2010
|
The King's Speech |
Winston Churchill
|
7.731
/ 10
|
|
2010
|
Heartless |
George Morgan
|
5.9
/ 10
|
|
2010
|
Jackboots on Whitehall |
Churchill (voice)
|
4.935
/ 10
|
|
2010
|
Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea |
Himself
|
-
|
|
2009
|
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
Peter Pettigrew
|
7.682
/ 10
|
|
2009
|
Desert Flower |
Terry Donaldson
|
7.597
/ 10
|
|
2009
|
10 Minute Tales |
Man
|
7.5
/ 10
|
|
2009
|
The Damned United |
Peter Taylor
|
7.241
/ 10
|
|
2009
|
From Time to Time |
Boggis
|
6.252
/ 10
|
|
2009
|
The Fattest Man in Britain |
Georgie Godwin
|
5.9
/ 10
|
|
2009
|
Gunrush |
Doug Becket
|
6
/ 10
|
|
2008
|
Appaloosa |
Phil Olson
|
6.572
/ 10
|
|
2008
|
A Room with a View |
Mr Emerson
|
-
|
|
2007
|
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
|
7.673
/ 10
|
|
2007
|
Enchanted |
Nathaniel
|
6.8
/ 10
|
|
2007
|
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
Beadle
|
7.176
/ 10
|
|
2007
|
British Film Forever |
-
|
5.5
/ 10
|
|
2007
|
Oliver Twist |
Fagin
|
6.5
/ 10
|
|
2007
|
Death Defying Acts |
Sugarman
|
5.9
/ 10
|
|
2007
|
A Room with a View |
Mr Emerson
|
5.4
/ 10
|
|
2006
|
The One Show |
Self - Guest
|
4.4
/ 10
|
|
2006
|
The Street |
Eddie McEvoy
|
7.571
/ 10
|
|
2006
|
Mysterious Creatures |
Bill Ainscow
|
8
/ 10
|
|
2006
|
Teenage Tourettes Camp |
Narrator
|
7.333
/ 10
|
|
2005
|
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
Wormtail
|
7.802
/ 10
|
|
2005
|
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman |
Albert Pierrepoint
|
7.058
/ 10
|
|
2005
|
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle |
Malcolm Harvey
|
7.6
/ 10
|
|
2005
|
Cherished |
Terry Cannings
|
8
/ 10
|
|
2004
|
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
Peter Pettigrew
|
8.012
/ 10
|
|
2004
|
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events |
Mr. Poe
|
6.8
/ 10
|
|
2004
|
Parkinson |
Self - Guest
|
-
|
|
2003
|
The Last Samurai |
Simon Graham
|
7.609
/ 10
|
|
2003
|
One Life |
-
|
-
|
|
2003
|
My House in Umbria |
Quinty
|
6.068
/ 10
|
|
2003
|
Gettin' Square |
Darren Barrington
|
6.4
/ 10
|
|
2002
|
All or Nothing |
Phil
|
7.067
/ 10
|
|
2002
|
Nicholas Nickleby |
Charles Cheeryble
|
6.843
/ 10
|
|
2002
|
Bodily Harm |
Mitchel Greenfield
|
5.333
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
Vanilla Sky |
Thomas Tipp
|
6.828
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
Intimacy |
Andy, Claire's husband
|
6.205
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
Rock Star |
Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
|
6.728
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
Perfect Strangers |
Irving
|
6.733
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
Lucky Break |
Cliff
|
6.282
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories |
Luis Agalla
|
6.444
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise |
Tommy Rag
|
5.3
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
Ivor the Invisible |
Dad (voice)
|
7
/ 10
|
|
2000
|
Chicken Run |
Nick (voice)
|
6.852
/ 10
|
|
2000
|
Vatel |
Gourville
|
6.142
/ 10
|
|
2000
|
Love's Labour's Lost |
Armado
|
5.605
/ 10
|
|
2000
|
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades |
Cunningham
|
5.412
/ 10
|
|
2000
|
The Thing about Vince |
Vince Skinner
|
-
|
|
2000
|
Rough for Theatre II |
B
|
5.833
/ 10
|
|
1999
|
Topsy-Turvy |
Richard Temple (The Mikado)
|
6.583
/ 10
|
|
1999
|
Shooting the Past |
Oswald Bates
|
7.3
/ 10
|
|
1999
|
The Clandestine Marriage |
Sterling
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1998
|
Our Mutual Friend |
Mr Venus
|
7.8
/ 10
|
|
1998
|
Immortality |
Inspector Healey
|
5.743
/ 10
|
|
1998
|
Still Crazy |
David "Beano" Baggot
|
6.9
/ 10
|
|
1998
|
Neville's Island |
Gordon
|
6.286
/ 10
|
|
1997
|
The Hunger |
Salesman
|
6.076
/ 10
|
|
1997
|
The Swords |
Salesman
|
-
|
|
1996
|
Secrets & Lies |
Maurice Purley
|
7.577
/ 10
|
|
1996
|
Hamlet |
Rosencrantz
|
7.309
/ 10
|
|
1995
|
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex |
-
|
2
/ 10
|
|
1994
|
Outside Edge |
Kevin Costello
|
7.6
/ 10
|
|
1994
|
The Danny Baker Show |
-
|
-
|
|
1994
|
Nice Day at the Office |
-
|
9
/ 10
|
|
1993
|
Frank Stubbs Promotes |
Frank Stubbs
|
7.5
/ 10
|
|
1992
|
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles |
Cunningham - Masseur
|
6.5
/ 10
|
|
1992
|
Dread Poets' Society |
Derek
|
-
|
|
1992
|
Roots |
Jimmy Beales
|
-
|
|
1991
|
Performance |
Jimmy Beales
|
6.333
/ 10
|
|
1991
|
Murder Most Horrid |
Pathologist
|
6.9
/ 10
|
|
1991
|
Spender |
Robert Cunningham
|
7.25
/ 10
|
|
1991
|
Life Is Sweet |
Aubrey
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1991
|
Nona |
Chico
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1991
|
Broke |
Francis Meeks
|
9
/ 10
|
|
1991
|
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited |
Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
|
-
|
|
1990
|
White Hunter, Black Heart |
Hodkins
|
6.4
/ 10
|
|
1990
|
Stolen |
Donald Caudell
|
-
|
|
1990
|
The Sheltering Sky |
Eric Lyle
|
6.507
/ 10
|
|
1990
|
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson |
Pig Robinson
|
-
|
|
1990
|
1871 |
Ramborde
|
4.8
/ 10
|
|
1989
|
Crusoe |
Reverend Milne
|
5.8
/ 10
|
|
1989
|
David Macaulay: Pyramid |
Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
|
-
|
|
1988
|
Red Dwarf |
Andy
|
8.065
/ 10
|
|
1988
|
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers |
Porfiry
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1988
|
This Morning |
Self - Guest
|
5.217
/ 10
|
|
1988
|
To Kill a Priest |
Igor
|
6.161
/ 10
|
|
1988
|
Dream Demon |
Peck
|
5.795
/ 10
|
|
1988
|
Journey's End |
Lt. Trotter
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1987
|
Gothic |
Dr. Polidori
|
5.743
/ 10
|
|
1987
|
Body Contact |
Paul
|
5.625
/ 10
|
|
1986
|
ScreenPlay |
Francis Meeks
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1985
|
The Bride |
Paulus
|
5.378
/ 10
|
|
1985
|
Dutch Girls |
Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
|
4.1
/ 10
|
|
1985
|
A Crack in the Ice |
Pte. Postnikov
|
-
|
|
1983
|
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet |
Barry Taylor
|
7.927
/ 10
|
|
1982
|
The Missionary |
Parswell
|
5.618
/ 10
|
|
1982
|
Oliver Twist |
1st Constable
|
6.7
/ 10
|
|
1982
|
Remembrance |
Douglas
|
4.5
/ 10
|
|
1982
|
Home Sweet Home |
Gordon
|
6.3
/ 10
|
|
1982
|
A Cotswold Death |
Detective Sergeant Baxter
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1981
|
The Cherry Orchard |
Epikhodov
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1981
|
Say No to Strangers |
Stranger
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1981
|
The Three Sisters |
Andrei
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1980
|
S.O.S. Titanic |
Jim (uncredited)
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1979
|
Quadrophenia |
Projectionist
|
7.008
/ 10
|
|
1979
|
The Brylcreem Boys |
Shorty
|
-
|
|
1978
|
The Life Story of Baal |
Lupu
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1978
|
The Vanishing Army |
Wainwright
|
-
|
|
1977
|
BBC2 Play of the Week |
Wainwright
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1974
|
Playhouse |
Shorty
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1970
|
Play for Today |
Gordon
|
6.6
/ 10
|
|
-
|
Untitled 13 |
-
|
-
|
|
-
|
Murdering Michael Malloy |
Michael Malloy
|
-
|
Screenplay
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2016
|
Stanley, a Man of Variety |
Screenplay
|
5.5
/ 10
|
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