Timothy Spall

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-02-27 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Battersea, London, England, UK

Timothy Spall

Biography

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 (201...

Acting

2003

The Last Samurai

as Simon Graham

1998

Immortality

as Inspector Healey

1998

Still Crazy

as David "Beano" Baggot

2001

Vanilla Sky

as Thomas Tipp

1979

Quadrophenia

as Projectionist

2007

Enchanted

as Nathaniel

1996

Secrets & Lies

as Maurice Purley

2009

The Damned United

as Peter Taylor

2000

Chicken Run

as Nick (voice)

1990

The Sheltering Sky

as Eric Lyle

2003

Gettin' Square

as Darren Barrington

2024

Rich Flu

as Sebastian Snail Sr.

2000

Vatel

as Gourville

2001

Intimacy

as Andy, Claire's husband

2010

Alice in Wonderland

as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)

1987

Gothic

as Dr. Polidori

2002

2008

Appaloosa

as Phil Olson

2023

2009

Desert Flower

as Terry Donaldson

2009

2007

1985

Dutch Girls

as Lyndon Baines Jellicoe

2001

Lucky Break

as Cliff

1985

The Bride

as Paulus

2002

Nicholas Nickleby

as Charles Cheeryble

2003

2022

The Pale Blue Eye

as Superintendent Thayer

1990

Life Is Sweet

as Aubrey

2005

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

as Albert Pierrepoint

1998

2010

Heartless

as George Morgan

1992

Roots

as Jimmy Beales

1999

Topsy-Turvy

as Richard Temple (The Mikado)

1988

1988

2009

1982

Oliver Twist

as 1st Constable

1982

The Missionary

as Parswell

2012

Upside Down

as Bob Boruchowitz

2011

Wake Wood

as Arthur

2010

Jackboots on Whitehall

as Churchill (voice)

2011

Reuniting the Rubins

as Lennie Rubin

2012

2012

Love Bite

as Sid

2012

Wasteland

as D I West

2012

Room on the Broom

as Dragon (voice)

2012

2012

1987

2012

2009

Gunrush

as Doug Becket

2014

2006

2011

My Angel

as Mr. Lambert

1990

1871

as Ramborde

2023

2014

Mr. Turner

as JMW Turner

2010

The King's Speech

as Winston Churchill

1996

Hamlet

as Rosencrantz

2006

Mysterious Creatures

as Bill Ainscow

1981

2021

Spencer

as Major Alistair Gregorys

1991

Not Mozart: WAM! Limited

as Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart

1982

2024

Wicked Little Letters

as Edward Swan

1979

2014

9 Kisses

as Arm Wrestling Man #2

1981

2016

Alice Through the Looking Glass

as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)

1980

S.O.S. Titanic

as Jim (uncredited)

2015

Cider with Rosie

as Laurie Lee (voice)

2001

Ivor the Invisible

as Dad (voice)

2001

Rock Star

as Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager

1991

Broke

as Francis Meeks

1991

Nona

as Chico

2015

2007

A Room with a View

as Mr Emerson

1982

Remembrance

as Douglas

-

Night and Day

as Mr Hilbery

2005

Mr Harvey Lights a Candle

as Malcolm Harvey

1981

The Cherry Orchard

as Epikhodov

2016

Away

as Joseph

2016

Denial

as David Irving

1988

Crusoe

as Reverend Milne

-

Hamlet

as Polonius

2017

The Party

as Bill

2017

The Journey

as Ian Paisley

2016

Stanley, a Man of Variety

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

2017

Finding Your Feet

as Charlie Glover

2017

The Changeover

as Carmody Braque

2015

Sucker

as The Professor

2005

Cherished

as Terry Cannings

2018

Early Man

as Chief Bobnar (voice)

2007

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

as Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)

1988

Journey's End

as Lt. Trotter

2019

The Corrupted

as Clifford Cullen

1978

The Vanishing Army

as Wainwright

1989

David Macaulay: Pyramid

as Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)

2019

Mrs Lowry & Son

as L.S. Lowry

2021

2019

2021

2020

It Snows in Benidorm

as Peter Riordan

1982

A Cotswold Death

as Detective Sergeant Baxter

2020

Grizzly II: Revenge

as Rob (uncredited)

1997

The Swords

as Salesman

Production

-

Late in Summer

as Executive Producer

2021

The Last Bus

as Executive Producer

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