Timothy Spall
Born 1957
Known for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Last Samurai, The King's Speech.
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 (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.
Movie Credits
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks (2025)
Bolan's Shoes (2023)
The Heist Before Christmas (2023)
The Last Bus (2021)
It Snows in Benidorm (2020)
This Time Away (2019)
The Changeover (2017)
Away (2016)
Stanley, a Man of Variety (2016)
The Journey (2016)
Sucker (2015)
Mr. Turner (2014)
Comes a Bright Day (2012)
The Fattest Man in Britain (2009)
Mysterious Creatures (2006)
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
All or Nothing (2002)
Northern Comfort (2023)
Spencer (2021)
The Grand Duke Of Corsica (2021)
Mrs Lowry & Son (2019)
Cider with Rosie (2015)
Room on the Broom (2012)
The Rise (2012)
Reuniting the Rubins (2010)
The Damned United (2009)
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001)
Hamlet (2026)
This Is Christmas (2022)
The Corrupted (2019)
Finding Your Feet (2017)
Denial (2016)
Love Bite (2012)
Upside Down (2012)
My Angel (2011)
From Time to Time (2009)
Wake Wood (2009)
Death Defying Acts (2007)
Gettin' Square (2003)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Lucky Break (2001)
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Immortality (1998)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Life Is Sweet (1990)
Dream Demon (1988)
Wicked Little Letters (2024)
Early Man (2018)
The Love Punch (2014)
Assassin's Bullet (2012)
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
Enchanted (2007)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Vatel (2000)
Still Crazy (1998)
Goodbye June (2025)
The Party (2017)
Ginger & Rosa (2012)
The King's Speech (2010)
Appaloosa (2008)
The Sheltering Sky (1990)
To Kill a Priest (1988)
Gothic (1986)
Rich Flu (2024)
The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
UFO Chronicles: You Can't Handle the Truth (2013)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
My House in Umbria (2003)
Intimacy (2001)
Crusoe (1988)
Desert Flower (2009)
Rock Star (2001)
Vanilla Sky (2001)
White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
The Bride (1985)
Chicken Run (2000)
Hamlet (1996)
