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Timothy Spall

Actor / Television Presenter / Character Actor | * 02/27/1957 (67) | Battersea, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Timothy Leonard Spall (born 27 February 1957) is an English actor and presenter. Spall gained recognition for his character actor roles on stage and screen. He is known for his collaborations with director Mike Leigh, acting in six of his films: Home Sweet Home (1982), Life Is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), and Mr. Turner (2014). He was nominated for the BAFTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in Secrets and Lies, and received the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for his portrayal of J. M. W. Turner in Mr. Turner. In 2000, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. He has appeared in many films, including ()
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Timothy Leonard Spall (born 27 February 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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Adventure

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Awards & Nominations for Timothy Spall

Officer of The Order of The British Empire European Film Award for Best Actor 2x European Film Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Timothy Spall as Actor(119)

as Edward2023 Northern Comfort
as Jimmy2023 Bolan's Shoes
as Superintendent Thayer2022 The Pale Blue Eye
as Major Alistair Gregory2021 Spencer
as Alfred Rott2021 The Grand Duke Of Corsica
as Tom2021 The Last Bus
as Peter Riordan2020 It Snows in Benidorm
as L.S. Lowry2019 Mrs Lowry & Son
as Nigel2019 This Time Away
as Clifford Cullen2019 The Corrupted
as Chief Bobnar (voice)2018 Early Man
as Charlie Glover2017 Finding Your Feet
as Bill2017 The Party
as Ian Paisley2017 The Journey
as Carmody Braque2017 The Changeover
as Stanley/Stanley's Father/Stanley's Mother/Tony Hancock/Peter Sellers aka Dr Boob/George Formby/James2016 Stanley, a Man of Variety
as David Irving2016 Denial
as Joseph2016 Away
as Bayard (voice)2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Laurie Lee (voice)2015 Cider with Rosie
as The Professor2015 Sucker
as Jerry2014 The Love Punch
as Arm Wrestling Man #22014 9 Kisses
as JMW Turner2014 Mr. Turner
as Dr. Kahn2012 Assassin's Bullet
as Dragon (voice)2012 Room on the Broom
as Charlie2012 Comes a Bright Day
as Sid2012 Love Bite
as Mark2012 Ginger & Rosa
as D I West2012 The Rise
as Bob Boruchowitz2012 Upside Down
as Mr. Lambert2011 My Angel
as Arthur2011 Wake Wood
as Lennie Rubin2011 Reuniting the Rubins
as The Bloodhound (voice)2010 Alice in Wonderland
as Winston Churchill2010 The King's Speech
as Churchill (voice)2010 Jackboots on Whitehall
as Boggis2010 From Time to Time
as Georgie Godwin2009 The Fattest Man in Britain
as Doug Becket2009 Gunrush
as Terry Donaldson2009 Desert Flower
as Peter Taylor2009 The Damned United
as George Morgan2009 Heartless
as Phil Olson2008 Appaloosa
as Sugarman2007 Death Defying Acts
as Mr Emerson2007 A Room with a View
as Nathaniel2007 Enchanted
as Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Narrator2006 Teenage Tourettes Camp
as Bill Ainscow2006 Mysterious Creatures
as Terry Cannings2005 Cherished
as Albert Pierrepoint2005 Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
as Darren Barrington2003 Gettin' Square
as Quinty2003 My House in Umbria
as Simon Graham2003 The Last Samurai
as Charles Cheeryble2002 Nicholas Nickleby
as Phil2002 All or Nothing
as Mitchel Greenfield2002 Bodily Harm
as Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager2001 Rock Star
as Thomas Tipp2001 Vanilla Sky
as Cliff2001 Lucky Break
as Dad (voice)2001 Ivor the Invisible
as Andy2001 Intimacy
as Nick (voice)2000 Chicken Run
as Armado2000 Love's Labour's Lost
as Gourville2000 Vatel
as Richard Temple (The Mikado)1999 Topsy-Turvy
as Sterling1999 The Clandestine Marriage
as David "Beano" Baggot1998 Still Crazy
as Gordon1998 Neville's Island
as Inspector Healey1998 The Wisdom of Crocodiles
as Maurice Purley1996 Secrets & Lies
as Rosencrantz1996 Hamlet
as Francis Meeks1991 Broke
as Chico1991 Nona
as Eric Lyle1990 The Sheltering Sky
as Aubrey1990 Life Is Sweet
as Ramborde1990 1871
as Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)1989 David Macaulay: Pyramid
as Reverend Milne1988 Crusoe
as Igor1988 To Kill a Priest
as Lt. Trotter1988 Journey's End
as Peck1988 Dream Demon
as Paul1987 Body Contact
as Dr. Polidori1986 Gothic
as Lyndon Baines Jellicoe1985 Dutch Girls
as Paulus1985 The Bride
as Rob (uncredited)1983 Grizzly II: Revenge
as Douglas1982 Remembrance
as Gordon1982 Home Sweet Home
as Parswell1982 The Missionary
as 1st Constable1982 Oliver Twist
as Detective Sergeant Baxter1982 A Cotswold Death
as Epikhodov1981 The Cherry Orchard
as Jim (uncredited)1980 S.O.S. Titanic
as Projectionist1979 Quadrophenia
as Wainwright1978 The Vanishing Army

TV Shows/Series with Timothy Spall as Actor(33)

as Peter Farquhar2023 The Sixth Commandment
as Lord Arthur Wallington2019 Summer of Rockets
as Terry Perkins2019 Hatton Garden
as Donald DeLoash2019 Perpetual Grace LTD
as Fungus2015 Fungus the Bogeyman
as Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth2013 Blandings
as himself2007 British Film Forever
as himself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Eddie McEvoy2006 The Street
as Self - Guest2006 The One Show
as Cunningham - Masseur1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
as Frank Stubbs1993 Frank Stubbs Promotes
as Cunningham - Masseur1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Chico1991 Performance
as Jimmy Beales1991 Performance
as Pathologist1991 Murder Most Horrid
as Robert Cunningham1991 Spender
as himself1991 Pebble Mill
as Andy1988 Red Dwarf
as Self - Guest1988 This Morning
as Barry Taylor1983 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
as Gordon1970 Play for Today

Movies with Timothy Spall as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2021 The Last Bus

Full Name: Timothy Spall
Born: Wednesday, 02/27 1957 (February) in Battersea, London, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 67 years + 31 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Westminster Kingsway College
Children: Rafe Spall
Other names for Timothy Spall (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Tim Spall"
"Тимоти Сполл"
"티모시 스폴"
"Timothy Leonard Spall"
Timothy Spall frequently works together with these people:
Mike Leigh (13x, Crew)
Tim Lewis (10x, Crew)
Helena Bonham Carter (9x, Actress)
Alan Rickman (9x, Actor)
Kenneth Branagh (9x, Actor)
Dick Pope (9x, Crew)
Joanna Whitney (9x, Crew)
Jim Broadbent (8x, Actor)
Jeremy Clarkson (8x, Actor)
J.K. Rowling (8x, Crew)
Nick Park (8x, Crew)
David Heyman (8x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:819, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/07/2024