Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

Known for
Acting
Born
February 27, 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Battersea, London, England, UK

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Untitled 13 poster

Untitled 13

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Murdering Michael Malloy

Murdering Michael Malloy

Movie · as Michael Malloy

2026
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day poster

Virginia Woolf's Night & Day

Movie · as Terence Hilbery

2026
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Polonius

2025
Goodbye June poster

Goodbye June

Movie · as Bernie

2025
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks poster

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks

Movie

2025
Death Valley poster

Death Valley

TV · as John Chapel · 12 eps

2024
Rich Flu poster

Rich Flu

Movie · as Sebastian Snail Sr.

2024
Wicked Little Letters poster

Wicked Little Letters

Movie · as Edward Swan

2023
Bolan's Shoes poster

Bolan's Shoes

Movie · as Jimmy

2023
Northern Comfort poster

Northern Comfort

Movie · as Edward

2023
The Heist Before Christmas poster

The Heist Before Christmas

Movie · as Santa

2023
The Sixth Commandment poster

The Sixth Commandment

TV · as Peter Farquhar · 4 eps

2022
The Pale Blue Eye poster

The Pale Blue Eye

Movie · as Superintendent Thayer

2022
This Is Christmas poster

This Is Christmas

Movie · as Ray

2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

TV · as Self – Actor · 1 ep

2022
Remembers… poster

Remembers…

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Spencer poster

Spencer

Movie · as Major Alistair Gregorys

2021
The Grand Duke of Corsica poster

The Grand Duke of Corsica

Movie · as Alfred Rott

2021
The Last Bus poster

The Last Bus

Movie · as Tom

2020
It Snows in Benidorm poster

It Snows in Benidorm

Movie · as Peter Riordan

2020
Grizzly II: Revenge poster

Grizzly II: Revenge

Movie · as Rob (uncredited)

2019
The Corrupted poster

The Corrupted

Movie · as Clifford Cullen

2019
Mrs Lowry & Son poster

Mrs Lowry & Son

Movie · as L.S. Lowry

2019
This Time Away poster

This Time Away

Movie · as Nigel

2019
Perpetual Grace LTD poster

Perpetual Grace LTD

TV · as Donald DeLoash · 5 eps

2019
Hatton Garden poster

Hatton Garden

TV · as Terry Perkins · 4 eps

2019
Summer of Rockets poster

Summer of Rockets

TV · as Lord Arthur Wallington · 6 eps

2018
Early Man poster

Early Man

Movie · as Chief Bobnar (voice)

2017
The Party poster

The Party

Movie · as Bill

2017
The Journey poster

The Journey

Movie · as Ian Paisley

2017
Finding Your Feet poster

Finding Your Feet

Movie · as Charlie Glover

2017
The Changeover poster

The Changeover

Movie · as Carmody Braque

2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams poster

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

TV · as Ed Jacobson · 1 ep

2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass poster

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Movie · as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)

2016
Away poster

Away

Movie · as Joseph

2016
Denial poster

Denial

Movie · as David Irving

2016
Stanley, a Man of Variety poster

Stanley, a Man of Variety

Movie · 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

2015
Cider with Rosie poster

Cider with Rosie

Movie · as Laurie Lee (voice)

2015
Fungus The Bogeyman

Fungus The Bogeyman

Movie · as Fungus

2015
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman poster

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

Movie · as Self / Nick

2015
Sucker poster

Sucker

Movie · as The Professor

2015
The Enfield Haunting poster

The Enfield Haunting

TV · as Maurice Grosse · 3 eps

2015
Fungus the Bogeyman poster

Fungus the Bogeyman

TV · as Fungus · 3 eps

2015
Wolf Hall poster

Wolf Hall

TV · as Duke of Norfolk · 5 eps

2014
The Love Punch poster

The Love Punch

Movie · as Jerry

2014
Mr. Turner poster

Mr. Turner

Movie · as JMW Turner

2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh

The One and Only Mike Leigh

Movie · as Self

2014
9 Kisses poster

9 Kisses

Movie · as Bartender

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Back with the Boys Again poster

Back with the Boys Again

Movie · as Himself

2013
Blandings poster

Blandings

TV · as Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth · 13 eps

2012
Upside Down poster

Upside Down

Movie · as Bob Boruchowitz

2012
Ginger & Rosa poster

Ginger & Rosa

Movie · as Mark

2012
Love Bite poster

Love Bite

Movie · as Sid

2012
The Rise poster

The Rise

Movie · as D I West

2012
Room on the Broom poster

Room on the Broom

Movie · as Dragon (voice)

2012
Comes a Bright Day poster

Comes a Bright Day

Movie · as Charlie

2012
Assassin's Bullet poster

Assassin's Bullet

Movie · as Dr. Kahn

2012
Boy

Boy

Movie

2012
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music poster

London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music

Movie · as Winston Churchill

2012
The Syndicate poster

The Syndicate

TV · 5 eps

2012
Timothy Spall: All at Sea poster

Timothy Spall: All at Sea

TV · as Himself · 4 eps

2012
London 2012 Olympic Games poster

London 2012 Olympic Games

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Movie · as Peter Pettigrew

2011
Wake Wood poster

Wake Wood

Movie · as Arthur

2011
Reuniting the Rubins poster

Reuniting the Rubins

Movie · as Lennie Rubin

2011
My Angel poster

My Angel

Movie · as Mr. Lambert

2011
Timothy Spall: Back At Sea poster

Timothy Spall: Back At Sea

TV · as Himself · 4 eps

2010
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland

Movie · as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)

2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Movie · as Peter Pettigrew

2010
Heartless poster

Heartless

Movie · as George Morgan

2010
Jackboots on Whitehall poster

Jackboots on Whitehall

Movie · as Churchill (voice)

2010
The King's Speech poster

The King's Speech

Movie · as Winston Churchill

2010
Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea poster

Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea

TV · as Himself · 3 eps

2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Movie · as Peter Pettigrew

2009
The Damned United poster

The Damned United

Movie · as Peter Taylor

2009
Desert Flower poster

Desert Flower

Movie · as Terry Donaldson

2009
The Fattest Man in Britain poster

The Fattest Man in Britain

Movie · as Georgie Godwin

2009
From Time to Time poster

From Time to Time

Movie · as Boggis

2009
Gunrush poster

Gunrush

Movie · as Doug Becket

2009
10 Minute Tales poster

10 Minute Tales

TV · as Man · 1 ep

2008
Appaloosa poster

Appaloosa

Movie · as Phil Olson

2008
A Room with a View

A Room with a View

TV · as Mr Emerson · 2 eps

2007
Enchanted poster

Enchanted

Movie · as Nathaniel

2007
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street poster

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Movie · as Beadle

2007
Death Defying Acts poster

Death Defying Acts

Movie · as Sugarman

2007
A Room with a View poster

A Room with a View

Movie · as Mr Emerson

2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix poster

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Movie · as Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)

2007
Oliver Twist poster

Oliver Twist

TV · as Fagin · 5 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
British Film Forever poster

British Film Forever

TV · 1 ep

2006
Teenage Tourettes Camp poster

Teenage Tourettes Camp

Movie · as Narrator

2006
Mysterious Creatures poster

Mysterious Creatures

Movie · as Bill Ainscow

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2006
The Street poster

The Street

TV · as Eddie McEvoy · 18 eps

2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire poster

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Movie · as Wormtail

2005
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman poster

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Movie · as Albert Pierrepoint

2005
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle

Mr Harvey Lights a Candle

Movie · as Malcolm Harvey

2005
Cherished poster

Cherished

Movie · as Terry Cannings

2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban poster

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Movie · as Peter Pettigrew

2004
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events poster

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Movie · as Mr. Poe

2004
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
The Last Samurai poster

The Last Samurai

Movie · as Simon Graham

2003
Gettin' Square poster

Gettin' Square

Movie · as Darren Barrington

2003
My House in Umbria poster

My House in Umbria

Movie · as Quinty

2003
One Life

One Life

TV · 1 ep

2002
All or Nothing poster

All or Nothing

Movie · as Phil

2002
Nicholas Nickleby poster

Nicholas Nickleby

Movie · as Charles Cheeryble

2002
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages poster

Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages

Movie · as Self

2002
Top Gear poster

Top Gear

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Bodily Harm poster

Bodily Harm

TV · as Mitchel Greenfield · 2 eps

2001
Vanilla Sky poster

Vanilla Sky

Movie · as Thomas Tipp

2001
Intimacy poster

Intimacy

Movie · as Andy, Claire's husband

2001
Lucky Break poster

Lucky Break

Movie · as Cliff

2001
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories poster

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

Movie · as Luis Agalla

2001
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise poster

Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

Movie · as Tommy Rag

2001
Ivor the Invisible

Ivor the Invisible

Movie · as Dad (voice)

2001
Rock Star poster

Rock Star

Movie · as Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager

2001
Perfect Strangers poster

Perfect Strangers

TV · as Irving · 3 eps

2000
Chicken Run poster

Chicken Run

Movie · as Nick (voice)

2000
Vatel poster

Vatel

Movie · as Gourville

2000
Love's Labour's Lost poster

Love's Labour's Lost

Movie · as Armado

2000
Rough for Theatre II poster

Rough for Theatre II

Movie · as B

2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

Movie · as Cunningham

2000
The Thing about Vince

The Thing about Vince

TV · as Vince Skinner · 3 eps

1999
Topsy-Turvy poster

Topsy-Turvy

Movie · as Richard Temple (The Mikado)

1999
The Clandestine Marriage poster

The Clandestine Marriage

Movie · as Sterling

1999
Shooting the Past poster

Shooting the Past

TV · as Oswald Bates · 3 eps

1998
Immortality poster

Immortality

Movie · as Inspector Healey

1998
Still Crazy poster

Still Crazy

Movie · as David "Beano" Baggot

1998
Neville's Island poster

Neville's Island

Movie · as Gordon

1998
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Our Mutual Friend poster

Our Mutual Friend

TV · as Mr Venus · 4 eps

1997
The Swords poster

The Swords

Movie · as Salesman

1997
The Hunger poster

The Hunger

TV · as Salesman · 1 ep

1996
Secrets & Lies poster

Secrets & Lies

Movie · as Maurice Purley

1996
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Rosencrantz

1995
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex poster

Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex

Movie

1994
Nice Day at the Office

Nice Day at the Office

TV · 6 eps

1994
The Danny Baker Show

The Danny Baker Show

TV · 1 ep

1994
Outside Edge poster

Outside Edge

TV · as Kevin Costello · 22 eps

1993
Frank Stubbs Promotes poster

Frank Stubbs Promotes

TV · as Frank Stubbs · 13 eps

1992
Roots poster

Roots

Movie · as Jimmy Beales

1992
Dread Poets' Society poster

Dread Poets' Society

Movie · as Derek

1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles poster

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

TV · as Cunningham - Masseur · 1 ep

1991
Life Is Sweet poster

Life Is Sweet

Movie · as Aubrey

1991
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited

Not Mozart: WAM! Limited

Movie · as Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart

1991
Broke poster

Broke

Movie · as Francis Meeks

1991
Nona

Nona

Movie · as Chico

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Jimmy Beales, Chico · 1 ep

1991
Spender poster

Spender

TV · as Robert Cunningham · 1 ep

1991
Pebble Mill

Pebble Mill

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
Murder Most Horrid poster

Murder Most Horrid

TV · as Pathologist · 1 ep

1990
The Sheltering Sky poster

The Sheltering Sky

Movie · as Eric Lyle

1990
1871 poster

1871

Movie · as Ramborde

1990
White Hunter, Black Heart poster

White Hunter, Black Heart

Movie · as Hodkins

1990
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson poster

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

Movie · as Pig Robinson

1990
Stolen

Stolen

TV · as Donald Caudell · 6 eps

1989
Crusoe poster

Crusoe

Movie · as Reverend Milne

1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid poster

David Macaulay: Pyramid

Movie · as Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)

1988
To Kill a Priest poster

To Kill a Priest

Movie · as Igor

1988
Dream Demon poster

Dream Demon

Movie · as Peck

1988
Journey's End poster

Journey's End

Movie · as Lt. Trotter

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1988
Red Dwarf poster

Red Dwarf

TV · as Andy · 1 ep

1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers poster

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

TV · as Porfiry · 1 ep

1987
Gothic poster

Gothic

Movie · as Dr. Polidori

1987
Body Contact poster

Body Contact

Movie · as Paul

1986
ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay

TV · as Francis Meeks, Derek · 1 ep

1986
Boon poster

Boon

TV · as Bill Webster · 1 ep

1985
Dutch Girls poster

Dutch Girls

Movie · as Lyndon Baines Jellicoe

1985
The Bride poster

The Bride

Movie · as Paulus

1985
A Crack in the Ice poster

A Crack in the Ice

Movie · as Pte. Postnikov

1985
Summer Season

Summer Season

TV · as Private Postnikov · 1 ep

1983
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet poster

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

TV · as Barry Taylor · 38 eps

1982
Oliver Twist poster

Oliver Twist

Movie · as 1st Constable

1982
The Missionary poster

The Missionary

Movie · as Parswell

1982
Home Sweet Home poster

Home Sweet Home

Movie · as Gordon

1982
Remembrance poster

Remembrance

Movie · as Douglas

1982
A Cotswold Death poster

A Cotswold Death

Movie · as Detective Sergeant Baxter

1981
Say No to Strangers

Say No to Strangers

Movie · as Stranger

1981
The Three Sisters

The Three Sisters

Movie · as Andrei

1981
The Cherry Orchard poster

The Cherry Orchard

Movie · as Epikhodov

1980
S.O.S. Titanic poster

S.O.S. Titanic

Movie · as Jim (uncredited)

1979
Quadrophenia poster

Quadrophenia

Movie · as Projectionist

1979
The Brylcreem Boys poster

The Brylcreem Boys

Movie · as Shorty

1978
The Vanishing Army poster

The Vanishing Army

Movie · as Wainwright

1978
The Life Story of Baal poster

The Life Story of Baal

Movie · as Lupu

1977
BBC2 Play of the Week poster

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV · as Wainwright · 1 ep

1974
Playhouse poster

Playhouse

TV · as Shorty · 1 ep

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Gordon, Detective Sergeant Baxter · 1 ep