Timothy Spall
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 27, 1957
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- Late in Summer
Late in Summer TBA
Executive Producer
- Murdering Michael Malloy
Murdering Michael Malloy TBA
as Michael Malloy
Untitled 13 TBA
Actor
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day 2026
as Terence Hilbery
Hamlet 2026
as Polonius
Goodbye June 2025
as Bernie
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks 2025
Actor
Rich Flu 2024
as Sebastian Snail Sr.
Wicked Little Letters 2024
as Edward Swan
The Heist Before Christmas 2023
as Santa
Bolan's Shoes 2023
as Jimmy
Northern Comfort 2023
as Edward
The Pale Blue Eye 2022
as Superintendent Thayer
This Is Christmas 2022
as Ray
Spencer 2021
as Major Alistair Gregorys
The Grand Duke of Corsica 2021
as Alfred Rott
The Last Bus 2021
as Tom, Executive Producer
It Snows in Benidorm 2020
as Peter Riordan
Grizzly II: Revenge 2020
as Rob (uncredited)
Mrs Lowry & Son 2019
as L.S. Lowry
The Corrupted 2019
as Clifford Cullen
This Time Away 2019
as Nigel
Early Man 2018
as Chief Bobnar (voice)
Finding Your Feet 2017
as Charlie Glover
The Changeover 2017
as Carmody Braque
The Party 2017
as Bill
The Journey 2017
as Ian Paisley
Stanley, a Man of Variety 2016
as 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, Screenplay
Denial 2016
as David Irving
Away 2016
as Joseph
Alice Through the Looking Glass 2016
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
- Fungus The Bogeyman
Fungus The Bogeyman 2015
as Fungus
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman 2015
as Self / Nick
Cider with Rosie 2015
as Laurie Lee (voice)
Sucker 2015
as The Professor
- The One and Only Mike Leigh
The One and Only Mike Leigh 2014
as Self
Mr. Turner 2014
as JMW Turner
9 Kisses 2014
as Bartender
The Love Punch 2014
as Jerry
Back with the Boys Again 2013
as Himself
Room on the Broom 2012
as Dragon (voice)
Love Bite 2012
as Sid
Ginger & Rosa 2012
as Mark
Upside Down 2012
as Bob Boruchowitz
The Rise 2012
as D I West
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music 2012
as Winston Churchill
Assassin's Bullet 2012
as Dr. Kahn
- Boy
Boy 2012
Actor
Comes a Bright Day 2012
as Charlie
My Angel 2011
as Mr. Lambert
Reuniting the Rubins 2011
as Lennie Rubin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011
as Peter Pettigrew
Wake Wood 2011
as Arthur
The King's Speech 2010
as Winston Churchill
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 2010
as Peter Pettigrew
Jackboots on Whitehall 2010
as Churchill (voice)
Heartless 2010
as George Morgan
Alice in Wonderland 2010
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
The Fattest Man in Britain 2009
as Georgie Godwin
From Time to Time 2009
as Boggis
Desert Flower 2009
as Terry Donaldson
Gunrush 2009
as Doug Becket
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009
as Peter Pettigrew
The Damned United 2009
as Peter Taylor
Appaloosa 2008
as Phil Olson
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007
as Beadle
Enchanted 2007
as Nathaniel
A Room with a View 2007
as Mr Emerson
Death Defying Acts 2007
as Sugarman
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007
as Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
Mysterious Creatures 2006
as Bill Ainscow
Teenage Tourettes Camp 2006
as Narrator
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman 2005
as Albert Pierrepoint
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005
as Wormtail
- Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle 2005
as Malcolm Harvey
Cherished 2005
as Terry Cannings
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events 2004
as Mr. Poe
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004
as Peter Pettigrew
The Last Samurai 2003
as Simon Graham
Gettin' Square 2003
as Darren Barrington
My House in Umbria 2003
as Quinty
Nicholas Nickleby 2002
as Charles Cheeryble
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages 2002
as Self
All or Nothing 2002
as Phil
- Ivor the Invisible
Ivor the Invisible 2001
as Dad (voice)
Vanilla Sky 2001
as Thomas Tipp
Rock Star 2001
as Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
Lucky Break 2001
as Cliff
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise 2001
as Tommy Rag
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories 2001
as Luis Agalla
Intimacy 2001
as Andy, Claire's husband
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades 2000
as Cunningham
Chicken Run 2000
as Nick (voice)
Vatel 2000
as Gourville
Love's Labour's Lost 2000
as Armado
Rough for Theatre II 2000
as B
Topsy-Turvy 1999
as Richard Temple (The Mikado)
The Clandestine Marriage 1999
as Sterling
Immortality 1998
as Inspector Healey
Still Crazy 1998
as David "Beano" Baggot
Neville's Island 1998
as Gordon
The Swords 1997
as Salesman
Hamlet 1996
as Rosencrantz
Secrets & Lies 1996
as Maurice Purley
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex 1995
Actor
Roots 1992
as Jimmy Beales
Dread Poets' Society 1992
as Derek
- Not Mozart: WAM! Limited
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited 1991
as Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
- Nona
Nona 1991
as Chico
Broke 1991
as Francis Meeks
Life Is Sweet 1991
as Aubrey
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson 1990
as Pig Robinson
The Sheltering Sky 1990
as Eric Lyle
1871 1990
as Ramborde
White Hunter, Black Heart 1990
as Hodkins
Crusoe 1989
as Reverend Milne
David Macaulay: Pyramid 1989
as Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
Dream Demon 1988
as Peck
To Kill a Priest 1988
as Igor
Journey's End 1988
as Lt. Trotter
Body Contact 1987
as Paul
Gothic 1987
as Dr. Polidori
Dutch Girls 1985
as Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
The Bride 1985
as Paulus
A Crack in the Ice 1985
as Pte. Postnikov
The Missionary 1982
as Parswell
Remembrance 1982
as Douglas
Oliver Twist 1982
as 1st Constable
Home Sweet Home 1982
as Gordon
A Cotswold Death 1982
as Detective Sergeant Baxter
- The Three Sisters
The Three Sisters 1981
as Andrei
The Cherry Orchard 1981
as Epikhodov
- Say No to Strangers
Say No to Strangers 1981
as Stranger
S.O.S. Titanic 1980
as Jim (uncredited)
The Brylcreem Boys 1979
as Shorty
Quadrophenia 1979
as Projectionist
The Vanishing Army 1978
as Wainwright
The Life Story of Baal 1978
as Lupu
Credits from TMDB.