Acting
Timothy Spall
Born Feb 27, 1957 · Battersea, London, England, UK
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.
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Acting
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Documentary
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
2026
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Hamlet
2026
Drama
Goodbye June
2025
Drama
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
2025
Documentary
Death Valley
2025
Mystery · Drama · Comedy
Rich Flu
2024
Thriller · Science Fiction
Wicked Little Letters
2024
Comedy · Drama · Mystery
The Heist Before Christmas
2023
Family · Adventure · Fantasy
Bolan's Shoes
2023
Drama · Music
Northern Comfort
2023
Comedy
The Sixth Commandment
2023
Crime · Drama
The Pale Blue Eye
2022
Thriller · Crime · Horror
This Is Christmas
2022
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Spencer
2021
Drama
The Grand Duke of Corsica
2021
Comedy · Drama · Adventure
The Last Bus
2021
Drama
It Snows in Benidorm
2020
Comedy · Drama
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
Horror · Music · Thriller
Mrs Lowry & Son
2019
Drama
Perpetual Grace LTD
2019
Drama · Crime
Summer of Rockets
2019
Drama
Hatton Garden
2019
Crime · Drama
The Corrupted
2019
Crime · Thriller
This Time Away
2019
Science Fiction · Drama
Early Man
2018
Family · Comedy · Animation
Finding Your Feet
2017
Comedy · Drama · Family
The Changeover
2017
Fantasy · Thriller · Horror
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
The Party
2017
Comedy · Drama
The Journey
2017
Drama
Stanley, a Man of Variety
2016
Comedy
Denial
2016
Drama · History
Away
2016
Drama
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Adventure · Family · Fantasy
Fungus the Bogeyman
2015
Drama · Family
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
Documentary · Animation
Cider with Rosie
2015
Comedy · Drama
Sucker
2015
Comedy
The Enfield Haunting
2015
Drama · Mystery
Wolf Hall
2015
Drama
Mr. Turner
2014
History · Drama
9 Kisses
2014
Comedy · Romance · Music
The Love Punch
2014
Comedy · Romance · Drama
Back with the Boys Again
2013
Drama
Blandings
2013
Comedy
Room on the Broom
2012
Family · Animation · TV Movie
Love Bite
2012
Horror · Comedy
Ginger & Rosa
2012
Drama
Upside Down
2012
Romance · Science Fiction · Drama
The Rise
2012
Thriller · Drama · Crime
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012
Documentary
Assassin's Bullet
2012
Action · Adventure · Thriller
The Syndicate
2012
Drama
Comes a Bright Day
2012
Romance · Thriller · Drama
My Angel
2011
Comedy · Drama · Family
Reuniting the Rubins
2011
Comedy · Drama · Family
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Adventure · Fantasy
Wake Wood
2011
Drama · Horror · Thriller
The King's Speech
2010
Drama · History
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Adventure · Fantasy
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
War · Animation · Comedy
Heartless
2010
Fantasy · Horror · Thriller
Alice in Wonderland
2010
Family · Fantasy · Adventure
10 Minute Tales
2009
Comedy · Drama
The Fattest Man in Britain
2009
TV Movie · Drama · Comedy
From Time to Time
2009
Adventure · Fantasy · Drama
Desert Flower
2009
Drama
Gunrush
2009
Thriller · TV Movie
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
Adventure · Fantasy
The Damned United
2009
Drama · History
Appaloosa
2008
Drama · Western · Crime
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007
Drama · Horror
Oliver Twist
2007
Drama
Enchanted
2007
Comedy · Family · Fantasy
A Room with a View
2007
TV Movie · Drama · Romance
Death Defying Acts
2007
Drama · Romance
British Film Forever
2007
Documentary
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Adventure · Fantasy
Mysterious Creatures
2006
Drama · TV Movie
The Street
2006
Drama
Teenage Tourettes Camp
2006
Documentary
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
2005
Drama · History
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Adventure · Fantasy
Cherished
2005
TV Movie · Drama
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
Adventure · Comedy · Family
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Adventure · Fantasy
The Last Samurai
2003
Drama · Action · War
Gettin' Square
2003
Comedy · Thriller · Crime
My House in Umbria
2003
Drama · Mystery · TV Movie
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
Adventure · Drama
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
Documentary
All or Nothing
2002
Drama
Bodily Harm
2002
Drama
Vanilla Sky
2001
Mystery · Romance · Science Fiction
Rock Star
2001
Music · Drama · Comedy
Lucky Break
2001
Comedy · Crime
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
2001
Comedy · Drama
Perfect Strangers
2001
Drama
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
2001
Drama · Adventure
Intimacy
2001
Romance · Drama · Fantasy
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000
Action · Adventure · War
Chicken Run
2000
Animation · Comedy · Family
Vatel
2000
History · Drama · Romance
Love's Labour's Lost
2000
Comedy · Music · Romance
Rough for Theatre II
2000
Topsy-Turvy
1999
Drama · Music · Comedy
The Clandestine Marriage
1999
Comedy · History
Shooting the Past
1999
Drama
Immortality
1998
Fantasy · Romance · Thriller
Still Crazy
1998
Comedy · Music
Our Mutual Friend
1998
Drama
Neville's Island
1998
TV Movie · Comedy
The Swords
1997
The Hunger
1997
Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Hamlet
1996
Drama
Secrets & Lies
1996
Drama
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex
1995
Outside Edge
1994
Comedy
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993
Comedy
Roots
1992
Drama · TV Movie
Dread Poets' Society
1992
Drama · TV Movie
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Murder Most Horrid
1991
Mystery · Crime · Comedy
Performance
1991
Drama
Broke
1991
Drama · TV Movie
Life Is Sweet
1991
Comedy · Drama
Spender
1991
Crime · Drama
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
Family
The Sheltering Sky
1990
Drama · Adventure
1871
1990
Drama · History
White Hunter, Black Heart
1990
Adventure · Drama
Crusoe
1989
Adventure
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
Documentary · History
Dream Demon
1988
Horror
To Kill a Priest
1988
Drama · Thriller · History
Red Dwarf
1988
Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Documentary
Journey's End
1988
Drama · War · TV Movie
Body Contact
1987
Drama · Music · Thriller
Gothic
1987
Horror
ScreenPlay
1986
Drama
Boon
1986
Comedy · Drama · Crime
Dutch Girls
1985
Comedy
The Bride
1985
Science Fiction · Romance · Fantasy
A Crack in the Ice
1985
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
Comedy · Drama
The Missionary
1982
Comedy
Remembrance
1982
Drama
Oliver Twist
1982
Crime · Drama
Home Sweet Home
1982
Drama · TV Movie
A Cotswold Death
1982
Mystery · Crime · TV Movie
The Cherry Orchard
1981
Drama · TV Movie
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
History · Drama · Thriller
The Brylcreem Boys
1979
Drama · TV Movie
Quadrophenia
1979
Drama · Music
The Vanishing Army
1978
Drama · TV Movie
The Life Story of Baal
1978
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Drama · Comedy
Playhouse
1974
Drama
Play for Today
1970
Drama
Written
Stanley, a Man of Variety
2016
Comedy