Timothy Spall
Born
February 27, 1957 (68 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
Rich Flu
Sebastian Snail Sr.
2024
Wicked Little Letters
Edward Swan
2024
The Heist Before Christmas
Santa
2023
Bolan's Shoes
Jimmy
2023
Northern Comfort
Edward
2023
The Pale Blue Eye
Superintendent Thayer
2022
This Is Christmas
Ray
2022
Spencer
Major Alistair Gregorys
2021
The Grand Duke Of Corsica
Alfred Rott
2021
The Last Bus
Tom
2021
It Snows in Benidorm
Peter Riordan
2020
Grizzly II: Revenge
Rob (uncredited)
2020
Mrs Lowry & Son
L.S. Lowry
2019
The Corrupted
Clifford Cullen
2019
This Time Away
Nigel
2019
Early Man
Chief Bobnar (voice)
2018
Finding Your Feet
Charlie Glover
2017
The Changeover
Carmody Braque
2017
The Party
Bill
2017
The Journey
Ian Paisley
2017
Stanley, a Man of Variety
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
2016
Denial
David Irving
2016
Away
Joseph
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
2016
Fungus The Bogeyman
Fungus
2015
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self / Nick
2015
Cider with Rosie
Laurie Lee (voice)
2015
Sucker
The Professor
2015
9 Kisses
Arm Wrestling Man #2
2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Self
2014
Mr. Turner
JMW Turner
2014
The Love Punch
Jerry
2014
Back With The Boys Again
Himself
2013
Room on the Broom
Dragon (voice)
2012
Love Bite
Sid
2012
Ginger & Rosa
Mark
2012
Upside Down
Bob Boruchowitz
2012
Wasteland
D I West
2012
Assassin's Bullet
Dr. Kahn
2012
Boy
2012
Comes a Bright Day
Charlie
2012
My Angel
Mr. Lambert
2011
Reuniting the Rubins
Lennie Rubin
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Peter Pettigrew
2011
Wake Wood
Arthur
2011
The King's Speech
Winston Churchill
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Peter Pettigrew
2010
Jackboots on Whitehall
Churchill (voice)
2010
Heartless
George Morgan
2010
Alice in Wonderland
Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
2010
10 Minute Tales
(1 episode)
2009
The Fattest Man in Britain
Georgie Godwin
2009
From Time to Time
Boggis
2009
Desert Flower
Terry Donaldson
2009
Gunrush
Doug Becket
2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Peter Pettigrew
2009
The Damned United
Peter Taylor
2009
Appaloosa
Phil Olson
2008
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Beadle
2007
Enchanted
Nathaniel
2007
A Room with a View
Mr Emerson
2007
Death Defying Acts
Sugarman
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
2007
Mysterious Creatures
Bill Ainscow
2006
The One Show
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
2006
Teenage Tourettes Camp
Narrator
2006
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Albert Pierrepoint
2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Wormtail
2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Mr. Poe
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Peter Pettigrew
2004
The Last Samurai
Simon Graham
2003
Gettin' Square
Darren Barrington
2003
My House in Umbria
Quinty
2003
Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Cheeryble
2002
All or Nothing
Phil
2002
Ivor the Invisible
Dad (voice)
2001
Vanilla Sky
Thomas Tipp
2001
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
Tommy Rag
2001
Rock Star
Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
2001
Lucky Break
Cliff
2001
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
2001
Intimacy
Andy, Claire's husband
2001
Chicken Run
Nick (voice)
2000
Vatel
Gourville
2000
Love's Labour's Lost
Armado
2000
Rough for Theatre II
B
2000
Topsy-Turvy
Richard Temple (The Mikado)
1999
The Clandestine Marriage
Sterling
1999
Immortality
Inspector Healey
1998
Still Crazy
David "Beano" Baggot
1998
Neville's Island
Gordon
1998
Hamlet
Rosencrantz
1996
Secrets & Lies
Maurice Purley
1996
Roots
Jimmy Beales
1992
Dread Poets' Society
Derek
1992
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited
Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
1991
Nona
Chico
1991
Broke
Francis Meeks
1991
Life Is Sweet
Aubrey
1990
The Sheltering Sky
Eric Lyle
1990
1871
Ramborde
1990
Dream Demon
Peck
1988
To Kill a Priest
Igor
1988
Body Contact
Paul
1987
Gothic
Dr. Polidori
1987
Dutch Girls
Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
1985
The Bride
Paulus
1985
The Missionary
Parswell
1982
Remembrance
Douglas
1982
Oliver Twist
1st Constable
1982
Home Sweet Home
Gordon
1982
Say No to Strangers
Stranger
1981
Untitled 13
The Three Sisters
Andrei
1981
S.O.S. Titanic
Jim (uncredited)
1980
The Brylcreem Boys
Shorty
1979
Quadrophenia
Projectionist
1979
Night and Day
Mr Hilbery
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
Malcolm Harvey
2005
Cherished
Terry Cannings
2005
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Self
2002
Top Gear
Self · (1 episode)
2002
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Cunningham
2000
The Swords
Salesman
1997
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Cunningham - Masseur · (1 episode)
1992
Murder Most Horrid
Pathologist · (1 episode)
1991
Performance
Jimmy Beales · (1 episode)
1991
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Pig Robinson
1990
White Hunter, Black Heart
Hodkins
1990
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
1989
This Morning
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1988
Crusoe
Reverend Milne
1988
Journey's End
Lt. Trotter
1988
The Cherry Orchard
Epikhodov
1981
Hamlet
Polonius
A Cotswold Death
Detective Sergeant Baxter
1982
The Vanishing Army
Wainwright
1978
Goodbye June
Death Valley
John Chapel · (6 episodes)
2025
The Sixth Commandment
Peter Farquhar · (4 episodes)
2023
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Actor · (1 episode)
2022
Perpetual Grace LTD
Donald DeLoash · (5 episodes)
2019
Summer of Rockets
Lord Arthur Wallington · (6 episodes)
2019
Hatton Garden
Terry Perkins · (4 episodes)
2019
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Ed Jacobson · (1 episode)
2017
Fungus the Bogeyman
Fungus · (3 episodes)
2015
The Enfield Haunting
Maurice Grosse · (3 episodes)
2015
Wolf Hall
Duke of Norfolk · (5 episodes)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Blandings
Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth · (13 episodes)
2013
London 2012 Olympic Games
Self · (1 episode)
2012
The Syndicate
(5 episodes)
2012
Timothy Spall: All at Sea
Himself · (4 episodes)
2012
Timothy Spall: Back At Sea
Himself · (4 episodes)
2011
Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea
Himself · (3 episodes)
2010
Creating the World of Harry Potter
Self - 'Peter Pettigrew' and 'Wormtail' · (8 episodes)
2009
Oliver Twist
Fagin · (5 episodes)
2007
British Film Forever
Himself · (7 episodes)
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007
The One Show
Self · (1 episode)
2006
The Street
Eddie McEvoy · (18 episodes)
2006
One Life
(1 episode)
2003
Bodily Harm
Mitchel Greenfield · (2 episodes)
2002
Perfect Strangers
(3 episodes)
2001
The Thing about Vince
Vince skinner · (1 episode)
2000
Shooting the Past
(3 episodes)
1999
Our Mutual Friend
(4 episodes)
1998
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
1998
The Hunger
Salesman · (1 episode)
1997
Nice Day at the Office
(6 episodes)
1994
The Danny Baker Show
(1 episode)
1994
Outside Edge
(22 episodes)
1994
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Frank Stubbs · (13 episodes)
1993
Pebble Mill
Self · (1 episode)
1991
Performance
Chico · (1 episode)
1991
Spender
Robert Cunningham · (1 episode)
1991
Red Dwarf
Andy · (1 episode)
1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Porfiry · (1 episode)
1988
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Barry Taylor · (38 episodes)
1983
BBC2 Play of the Week
Wainwright · (1 episode)
1977
Playhouse
Shorty · (1 episode)
1974
Play for Today
Gordon · (1 episode)
1970
Play for Today
Detective Sergeant Baxter · (1 episode)
1970