Rafe Spall
Acting • Born 1983-03-10
Biography
Rafe Joseph Spall is an English actor on both stage and screen. He is perhaps best known for his roles in BBC's The Shadow Line, Channel 4's Pete versus Life, One Day, Anonymous, and the Ridley Scott film Prometheus. He played writer Yann Martel in the 2012 film Life of Pi.
Filmography
71 credits
The Last Drop
Movie • 2006
David Wellings
Hot Fuzz
Movie • 2007
DC Andy Cartwright
Rich Flu
Movie • 2024
Toni
Green Street Hooligans
Movie • 2005
Swill
A Good Year
Movie • 2006
Kenny
A Room with a View
Movie • 2007
George Emerson
Out of Control
Movie • 2002
Ray
Wide Sargasso Sea
Movie • 2006
Edward Rochester
Anonymous
Movie • 2011
William Shakespeare
The Chatterley Affair
Movie • 2006
Keith
SUS
Movie • 2010
Wilby
Prometheus
Movie • 2012
Millburn
Life of Pi
Movie • 2012
Writer
The World's End
Movie • 2013
Young Man
I Give It a Year
Movie • 2013
Josh
Earthbound
Movie • 2012
Joe
Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me
Movie • 2008
Dennis Heymer
What If
Movie • 2013
Ben
Get Santa
Movie • 2014
Steve
Dracula
Movie • 2006
Jonathan Harker
William Tell
Movie • 2025
Stauffacher
Cracker: Nine Eleven
Movie • 2006
DS McAllister
X+Y
Movie • 2014
Martin Humphreys
National Theatre Archive: Death of England
Movie • 2020
Michael
One Day
Movie • 2011
Ian Whitehead
The Calcium Kid
Movie • 2004
Stan Parlour
Swallows and Amazons
Movie • 2016
Jim 'Captain Flint' Turner / Polski the Parrot
The Big Short
Movie • 2015
Danny Moses
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
Movie • 2015
Harry Price
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Movie • 2009
Liam
The BFG
Movie • 2016
Mr. Tibbs
The Scouting Book for Boys
Movie • 2010
Steve
Shaun of the Dead
Movie • 2004
Noel
Mum's List
Movie • 2016
Singe
Kidulthood
Movie • 2006
Lenny
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Movie • 2018
Eli Mills
The Ritual
Movie • 2017
Luke
National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler
Movie • 2017
Brack
The Lion in Winter
Movie • 2003
Prince John
Denmark
Movie • 2019
Herb
Men in Black: International
Movie • 2019
Agent C
Just Mercy
Movie • 2019
Tommy Champan
Grandpa's Great Escape
Movie • 2018
Adult Jack (voice)
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Movie • 2004
Crustie
Get Off My Land
Movie • 2007
Man
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
Movie • 2012
Self
Long Story Short
Movie • 2021
Teddy
Grindhouse
Movie • 2007
Featured Ghost (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Soccer AM
TV • 1995
Self
Desperate Romantics
TV • 2009
William Holman Hunt
The Rotters' Club
TV • 2005
Sean Harding
He Kills Coppers
TV • 2008
Frank Taylor
The Romantics
TV
John Clare
Pete versus Life
TV • 2010
Pete Griffiths
The Shadow Line
TV • 2011
Jay Wratten
Spine Chillers
TV • 2003
Sons of Liberty
TV • 2015
John Hancock
Roadies
TV • 2016
Reg Whitehead
Black Mirror
TV • 2011
Potter
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Roger Bassington
The War of the Worlds
TV • 2019
George
My Online Nightmare
TV • 2017
Narrator (voice)
The English
TV • 2022
David Melmont
Smoke
TV • 2025
Steven Burk
Trying
TV • 2020
Jason
The Salisbury Poisonings
TV • 2020
DS Nick Bailey
Under Salt Marsh
TV • 2026
Eric Bull
The Last Leg
TV • 2013
Self
Secret Service
TV
Stuart Henderson
Twisted Tales
TV • 2005
Dominic
Number 10
TV