Timothy Spall
Acting
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
Acting187
movieVirginia Woolf's Night & Day
2026
Terence Hilbery
movieHamlet
2026
Polonius
movieGoodbye June
2025
Bernie
tvDeath Valley
2025
John Chapel
movieRich Flu
2024
Sebastian Snail Sr.
movieWicked Little Letters
2024
Edward Swan
tvThe Sixth Commandment
2023
Peter Farquhar
movieThe Pale Blue Eye
2022
Superintendent Thayer
tvSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Self – Actor
tvRemembers…
2022
Self
movieSpencer
2021
Major Alistair Gregorys
movieThe Grand Duke Of Corsica
2021
Alfred Rott
movieIt Snows in Benidorm
2020
Peter Riordan
movieGrizzly II: Revenge
2020
Rob (uncredited) / Jimmy Beales / Chico
movieMrs Lowry & Son
2019
L.S. Lowry
tvPerpetual Grace LTD
2019
Donald DeLoash
tvSummer of Rockets
2019
Lord Arthur Wallington
tvHatton Garden
2019
Terry Perkins
movieThe Corrupted
2019
Clifford Cullen
movieEarly Man
2018
Chief Bobnar (voice)
movieFinding Your Feet
2017
Charlie Glover
movieThe Changeover
2017
Carmody Braque
tvPhilip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
Ed Jacobson
movieThe Journey
2017
Ian Paisley
movieStanley, a Man of Variety
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
movieDenial
2016
David Irving
movieAway
2016
Joseph
movieAlice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
movieCider with Rosie
2015
Laurie Lee (voice)
movieSucker
2015
The Professor
tvThe Enfield Haunting
2015
Maurice Grosse
tvWolf Hall
2015
Duke of Norfolk
movieMr. Turner
2014
JMW Turner
movie9 Kisses
2014
Bartender
tvBlandings
2013
Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth
movieRoom on the Broom
2012
Dragon (voice)
movieUpside Down
2012
Bob Boruchowitz
movieThe Rise
2012
D I West
movieAssassin's Bullet
2012
Dr. Kahn
movieComes a Bright Day
2012
Charlie
movieMy Angel
2011
Mr. Lambert
movieReuniting the Rubins
2011
Lennie Rubin
movieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Peter Pettigrew
movieWake Wood
2011
Arthur
movieThe King's Speech
2010
Winston Churchill
movieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Peter Pettigrew
movieJackboots on Whitehall
2010
Churchill (voice)
movieHeartless
2010
George Morgan
movieAlice in Wonderland
2010
Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
movieThe Fattest Man in Britain
2009
Georgie Godwin
movieDesert Flower
2009
Terry Donaldson
movieGunrush
2009
Doug Becket
movieHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
Peter Pettigrew
movieThe Damned United
2009
Peter Taylor
movieAppaloosa
2008
Phil Olson
tvOliver Twist
2007
Fagin
movieEnchanted
2007
Nathaniel
movieA Room with a View
2007
Mr Emerson
movieDeath Defying Acts
2007
Sugarman
movieHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
movieMysterious Creatures
2006
Bill Ainscow
tvThe One Show
2006
Self - Guest / Self
tvThe Street
2006
Eddie McEvoy
movieTeenage Tourettes Camp
2006
Narrator
moviePierrepoint: The Last Hangman
2005
Albert Pierrepoint
movieCherished
2005
Terry Cannings
movieHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Peter Pettigrew
movieThe Last Samurai
2003
Simon Graham
movieGettin' Square
2003
Darren Barrington
movieNicholas Nickleby
2002
Charles Cheeryble
tvTop Gear
2002
Self
tvBodily Harm
2002
Mitchel Greenfield
movieVanilla Sky
2001
Thomas Tipp
movieRock Star
2001
Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
movieLucky Break
2001
Cliff
tvPerfect Strangers
2001
Irving
movieThe Old Man Who Read Love Stories
2001
Luis Agalla
movieIntimacy
2001
Andy, Claire's husband
The Thing about Vince
2000
Vince skinner
movieChicken Run
2000
Nick (voice)
movieVatel
2000
Gourville
movieTopsy-Turvy
1999
Richard Temple (The Mikado)
tvShooting the Past
1999
Oswald Bates
movieImmortality
1998
Inspector Healey
movieStill Crazy
1998
David "Beano" Baggot
tvOur Mutual Friend
1998
Mr Venus
tvParkinson
1998
Self
movieThe Swords
1997
Salesman
tvThe Hunger
1997
Salesman
movieHamlet
1996
Rosencrantz
movieSecrets & Lies
1996
Maurice Purley
tvOutside Edge
1994
Kevin Costello
tvFrank Stubbs Promotes
1993
Frank Stubbs
movieRoots
1992
Jimmy Beales
tvThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
Cunningham - Masseur
tvMurder Most Horrid
1991
Pathologist
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited
1991
Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
Nona
1991
Chico
movieBroke
1991
Francis Meeks
movieLife Is Sweet
1991
Aubrey
tvSpender
1991
Robert Cunningham
movieThe Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
Pig Robinson
movieThe Sheltering Sky
1990
Eric Lyle
movie1871
1990
Ramborde
movieCrusoe
1989
Reverend Milne
movieDavid Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
tvThis Morning
1988
Self - Guest
tvRed Dwarf
1988
Andy
movieJourney's End
1988
Lt. Trotter
movieGothic
1987
Dr. Polidori
tvScreenPlay
1986
Francis Meeks / Derek
movieDutch Girls
1985
Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
movieThe Bride
1985
Paulus
movieA Crack in the Ice
1985
Pte. Postnikov
tvAuf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
Barry Taylor
movieThe Missionary
1982
Parswell
movieRemembrance
1982
Douglas
movieOliver Twist
1982
1st Constable
movieHome Sweet Home
1982
Gordon
movieA Cotswold Death
1982
Detective Sergeant Baxter
movieThe Cherry Orchard
1981
Epikhodov
movieS.O.S. Titanic
1980
Jim (uncredited)
movieQuadrophenia
1979
Projectionist
movieThe Vanishing Army
1978
Wainwright
tvBBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Wainwright
tvPlayhouse
1974
Shorty
tvPlay for Today
1970
Gordon / Detective Sergeant Baxter
Murdering Michael Malloy
Michael Malloy
Production3
tvDeath Valley
2025
Executive Producer
movieThe Last Bus
2021
Executive Producer
Late in Summer
Executive Producer
Writing1
movieStanley, a Man of Variety
2016
Screenplay