Timothy Spall

Acting • Born 1957-02-27

Acting2Battersea, 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.

Filmography

186 credits

The Last Samurai

Movie • 2003

Simon Graham

Immortality

Movie • 1998

Inspector Healey

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Movie • 2005

Wormtail

Still Crazy

Movie • 1998

David "Beano" Baggot

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Movie • 2009

Peter Pettigrew

Vanilla Sky

Movie • 2001

Thomas Tipp

Quadrophenia

Movie • 1979

Projectionist

Enchanted

Movie • 2007

Nathaniel

Secrets & Lies

Movie • 1996

Maurice Purley

The Damned United

Movie • 2009

Peter Taylor

The Sheltering Sky

Movie • 1990

Eric Lyle

Chicken Run

Movie • 2000

Nick (voice)

Gettin' Square

Movie • 2003

Darren Barrington

Rich Flu

Movie • 2024

Sebastian Snail Sr.

Vatel

Movie • 2000

Gourville

Intimacy

Movie • 2001

Andy, Claire's husband

Alice in Wonderland

Movie • 2010

Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)

Gothic

Movie • 1987

Dr. Polidori

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Movie • 2010

Peter Pettigrew

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Movie • 2011

Peter Pettigrew

All or Nothing

Movie • 2002

Phil

Bolan's Shoes

Movie • 2023

Jimmy

Appaloosa

Movie • 2008

Phil Olson

Desert Flower

Movie • 2009

Terry Donaldson

The Fattest Man in Britain

Movie • 2009

Georgie Godwin

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Movie • 2007

Beadle

Death Defying Acts

Movie • 2007

Sugarman

Dutch Girls

Movie • 1985

Lyndon Baines Jellicoe

Lucky Break

Movie • 2001

Cliff

The Bride

Movie • 1985

Paulus

Nicholas Nickleby

Movie • 2002

Charles Cheeryble

My House in Umbria

Movie • 2003

Quinty

The Pale Blue Eye

Movie • 2022

Superintendent Thayer

Life Is Sweet

Movie • 1990

Aubrey

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Movie • 2005

Albert Pierrepoint

Neville's Island

Movie • 1998

Gordon

Heartless

Movie • 2010

George Morgan

Roots

Movie • 1992

Jimmy Beales

Topsy-Turvy

Movie • 1999

Richard Temple (The Mikado)

To Kill a Priest

Movie • 1988

Igor

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

Movie • 2001

Luis Agalla

Dream Demon

Movie • 1988

Peck

From Time to Time

Movie • 2009

Boggis

Oliver Twist

Movie • 1982

1st Constable

Love's Labour's Lost

Movie • 2000

Armado

The Missionary

Movie • 1982

Parswell

Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

Movie • 2001

Tommy Rag

Upside Down

Movie • 2012

Bob Boruchowitz

Wake Wood

Movie • 2011

Arthur

Jackboots on Whitehall

Movie • 2010

Churchill (voice)

Reuniting the Rubins

Movie • 2011

Lennie Rubin

Ginger & Rosa

Movie • 2012

Mark

Love Bite

Movie • 2012

Sid

The Rise

Movie • 2012

D I West

Room on the Broom

Movie • 2012

Dragon (voice)

Rough for Theatre II

Movie • 2000

Comes a Bright Day

Movie • 2012

Charlie

Assassin's Bullet

Movie • 2012

Dr. Kahn

The Clandestine Marriage

Movie • 1999

Sterling

Body Contact

Movie • 1987

Paul

Boy

Movie • 2012

Gunrush

Movie • 2009

Doug Becket

The Love Punch

Movie • 2014

Jerry

Teenage Tourettes Camp

Movie • 2006

Narrator

My Angel

Movie • 2011

Mr. Lambert

1871

Movie • 1990

Ramborde

Northern Comfort

Movie • 2023

Edward

Mr. Turner

Movie • 2014

JMW Turner

The King's Speech

Movie • 2010

Winston Churchill

Dread Poets' Society

Movie • 1992

Derek

Hamlet

Movie • 1996

Rosencrantz

Mysterious Creatures

Movie • 2006

Bill Ainscow

The Heist Before Christmas

Movie • 2023

Santa

Say No to Strangers

Movie • 1981

Stranger

Spencer

Movie • 2021

Major Alistair Gregorys

Not Mozart: WAM! Limited

Movie • 1991

Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart

Home Sweet Home

Movie • 1982

Gordon

This Is Christmas

Movie • 2022

Ray

Wicked Little Letters

Movie • 2024

Edward Swan

Untitled 13

Movie

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Movie • 2004

Peter Pettigrew

The Brylcreem Boys

Movie • 1979

Shorty

The Three Sisters

Movie • 1981

Andrei

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Movie • 2016

Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)

S.O.S. Titanic

Movie • 1980

Jim (uncredited)

Cider with Rosie

Movie • 2015

Laurie Lee (voice)

Ivor the Invisible

Movie • 2001

Dad (voice)

Rock Star

Movie • 2001

Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager

Back with the Boys Again

Movie • 2013

Himself

Broke

Movie • 1991

Francis Meeks

Nona

Movie • 1991

Chico

Fungus The Bogeyman

Movie • 2015

Fungus

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

Movie • 2015

Self / Nick

A Room with a View

Movie • 2007

Mr Emerson

Remembrance

Movie • 1982

Douglas

Night & Day

Movie • 2026

Mr Hilbery

Mr Harvey Lights a Candle

Movie • 2005

Malcolm Harvey

The Cherry Orchard

Movie • 1981

Epikhodov

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Movie • 2004

Mr. Poe

Away

Movie • 2016

Joseph

Denial

Movie • 2016

David Irving

Crusoe

Movie • 1989

Reverend Milne

Hamlet

Movie • 2026

Polonius

The Party

Movie • 2017

Bill

The Journey

Movie • 2017

Ian Paisley

The Changeover

Movie • 2017

Carmody Braque

Finding Your Feet

Movie • 2017

Charlie Glover

Stanley, a Man of Variety

Movie • 2016

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