Timothy Spall
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.
Born: 27 February 1957
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Jun 2026
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
Mr Hilbery
Movie
Feb 2026
Hamlet
Polonius
Movie
Dec 2025
Goodbye June
Bernie
Movie
Nov 2025
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
TV Show
May 2025
Death Valley
John Chapel
Movie
Dec 2024
Rich Flu
Sebastian Snail Sr.
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Feb 2024
Wicked Little Letters
Edward Swan
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Dec 2023
The Heist Before Christmas
Santa
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Sep 2023
Bolan's Shoes
Jimmy
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Aug 2023
Northern Comfort
Edward
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Jul 2023
The Sixth Commandment
Peter Farquhar
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Dec 2022
The Pale Blue Eye
Superintendent Thayer
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Dec 2022
This Is Christmas
Ray
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Sep 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Actor
TV Show
Jun 2022
Remembers…
Self
Movie
Nov 2021
Spencer
Major Alistair Gregorys
Movie
Oct 2021
The Grand Duke Of Corsica
Alfred Rott
Movie
Jun 2021
The Last Bus
Tom
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Dec 2020
It Snows in Benidorm
Peter Riordan
Movie
Feb 2020
Grizzly II: Revenge
Rob (uncredited)
Movie
Aug 2019
Mrs Lowry & Son
L.S. Lowry
TV Show
Jun 2019
Perpetual Grace LTD
Donald DeLoash
TV Show
May 2019
Summer of Rockets
Lord Arthur Wallington
TV Show
May 2019
Hatton Garden
Terry Perkins
Movie
May 2019
The Corrupted
Clifford Cullen
Movie
Mar 2019
This Time Away
Nigel
Movie
Jan 2018
Early Man
Chief Bobnar (voice)
Movie
Dec 2017
Finding Your Feet
Charlie Glover
Movie
Sep 2017
The Changeover
Carmody Braque
TV Show
Sep 2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Ed Jacobson
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Jul 2017
The Party
Bill
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Mar 2017
The Journey
Ian Paisley
Movie
Oct 2016
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
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Sep 2016
Denial
David Irving
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Jun 2016
Away
Joseph
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May 2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
Movie
Dec 2015
Fungus The Bogeyman
Fungus
TV Show
Dec 2015
Fungus the Bogeyman
Fungus
Movie
Dec 2015
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self / Nick
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Sep 2015
Cider with Rosie
Laurie Lee (voice)
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Aug 2015
Sucker
The Professor
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May 2015
The Enfield Haunting
Maurice Grosse
TV Show
Jan 2015
Wolf Hall
Duke of Norfolk
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Dec 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
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Nov 2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Self
Movie
Oct 2014
Mr. Turner
JMW Turner
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Feb 2014
9 Kisses
Bartender
Movie
Jan 2014
The Love Punch
Jerry
Movie
Dec 2013
Back with the Boys Again
Himself
TV Show
Jan 2013
Blandings
Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth
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Dec 2012
Room on the Broom
Dragon (voice)
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Nov 2012
Love Bite
Sid
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Oct 2012
London 2012 Olympic Games
Self
Movie
Oct 2012
Ginger & Rosa
Mark
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Sep 2012
Upside Down
Bob Boruchowitz
Movie
Sep 2012
The Rise
D I West
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Aug 2012
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Winston Churchill
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Aug 2012
Assassin's Bullet
Dr. Kahn
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Mar 2012
The Syndicate
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Mar 2012
Boy
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Feb 2012
Timothy Spall: All at Sea
Himself
Movie
Feb 2012
Comes a Bright Day
Charlie
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Dec 2011
My Angel
Mr. Lambert
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Oct 2011
Reuniting the Rubins
Lennie Rubin
TV Show
Aug 2011
Timothy Spall: Back At Sea
Himself
Movie
Jul 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Peter Pettigrew
Movie
Mar 2011
Wake Wood
Arthur
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Nov 2010
The King's Speech
Winston Churchill
Movie
Nov 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Peter Pettigrew
Movie
Oct 2010
Jackboots on Whitehall
Churchill (voice)
Movie
May 2010
Heartless
George Morgan
TV Show
May 2010
Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea
Himself
Movie
Mar 2010
Alice in Wonderland
Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
TV Show
Dec 2009
10 Minute Tales
Man
Movie
Dec 2009
The Fattest Man in Britain
Georgie Godwin
Movie
Oct 2009
From Time to Time
Boggis
Movie
Sep 2009
Desert Flower
Terry Donaldson
Movie
Aug 2009
Gunrush
Doug Becket
Movie
Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Peter Pettigrew
Movie
Mar 2009
The Damned United
Peter Taylor
Movie
Sep 2008
Appaloosa
Phil Olson
TV Show
Apr 2008
A Room with a View
Mr Emerson
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Dec 2007
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Beadle
TV Show
Dec 2007
Oliver Twist
Fagin
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Nov 2007
Enchanted
Nathaniel
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Nov 2007
A Room with a View
Mr Emerson
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Sep 2007
Death Defying Acts
Sugarman
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Jul 2007
British Film Forever
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Jul 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
TV Show
Feb 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
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Oct 2006
Mysterious Creatures
Bill Ainscow
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Aug 2006
The One Show
Self - Guest
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Aug 2006
The One Show
Self
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Apr 2006
The Street
Eddie McEvoy
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Jan 2006
Teenage Tourettes Camp
Narrator
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Dec 2005
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Albert Pierrepoint
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Nov 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Wormtail
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Mar 2005
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
Malcolm Harvey
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Feb 2005
Cherished
Terry Cannings
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Dec 2004
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Mr. Poe
Movie
May 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Peter Pettigrew
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Dec 2003
The Last Samurai
Simon Graham
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Oct 2003
Gettin' Square
Darren Barrington
TV Show
Sep 2003
One Life
Movie
May 2003
My House in Umbria
Quinty
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Dec 2002
Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Cheeryble
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Nov 2002
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Self
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Oct 2002
Top Gear
Self
Movie
Oct 2002
All or Nothing
Phil
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Oct 2002
Bodily Harm
Mitchel Greenfield
Movie
Dec 2001
Ivor the Invisible
Dad (voice)
Movie
Dec 2001
Vanilla Sky
Thomas Tipp
Movie
Sep 2001
Rock Star
Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
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Aug 2001
Lucky Break
Cliff
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Aug 2001
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
Tommy Rag
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May 2001
Perfect Strangers
Irving
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Mar 2001
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Luis Agalla
Movie
Jan 2001
Intimacy
Andy, Claire's husband
TV Show
Jul 2000
The Thing about Vince
Vince skinner
Movie
Jul 2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Cunningham
Movie
Jun 2000
Chicken Run
Nick (voice)
Movie
May 2000
Vatel
Gourville
Movie
Mar 2000
Love's Labour's Lost
Armado
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Jan 2000
Rough for Theatre II
B
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Dec 1999
Topsy-Turvy
Richard Temple (The Mikado)
Movie
Nov 1999
The Clandestine Marriage
Sterling
TV Show
Jan 1999
Shooting the Past
Oswald Bates
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Nov 1998
Immortality
Inspector Healey
Movie
Oct 1998
Still Crazy
David "Beano" Baggot
TV Show
Mar 1998
Our Mutual Friend
Mr Venus
TV Show
Jan 1998
Parkinson
Self
Movie
Jan 1998
Neville's Island
Gordon
Movie
Jul 1997
The Swords
Salesman
TV Show
Jul 1997
The Hunger
Salesman
Movie
Dec 1996
Hamlet
Rosencrantz
Movie
May 1996
Secrets & Lies
Maurice Purley
TV Show
Sep 1994
Nice Day at the Office
TV Show
Sep 1994
The Danny Baker Show
TV Show
Mar 1994
Outside Edge
Kevin Costello
TV Show
Jul 1993
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Frank Stubbs
Movie
Nov 1992
Roots
Jimmy Beales
Movie
Sep 1992
Dread Poets' Society
Derek
TV Show
Mar 1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Cunningham - Masseur
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Nov 1991
Murder Most Horrid
Pathologist
Movie
Nov 1991
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited
Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
Movie
Oct 1991
Nona
Chico
TV Show
Oct 1991
Pebble Mill
Self
TV Show
Oct 1991
Performance
Jimmy Beales
TV Show
Oct 1991
Performance
Chico
Movie
Jul 1991
Broke
Francis Meeks
Movie
Mar 1991
Life Is Sweet
Aubrey
TV Show
Jan 1991
Spender
Robert Cunningham
Movie
Dec 1990
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Pig Robinson
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Oct 1990
The Sheltering Sky
Eric Lyle
Movie
Sep 1990
1871
Ramborde
Movie
May 1990
White Hunter, Black Heart
Hodkins
Movie
Mar 1989
Crusoe
Reverend Milne
Movie
Jan 1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
Movie
Oct 1988
Dream Demon
Peck
TV Show
Oct 1988
This Morning
Self - Guest
Movie
Sep 1988
To Kill a Priest
Igor
TV Show
Feb 1988
Red Dwarf
Andy
TV Show
Jan 1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Porfiry
Movie
Jan 1988
Journey's End
Lt. Trotter
Movie
Dec 1987
Body Contact
Paul
Movie
Feb 1987
Gothic
Dr. Polidori
TV Show
Jul 1986
ScreenPlay
Francis Meeks
TV Show
Jul 1986
ScreenPlay
Derek
Movie
Oct 1985
Dutch Girls
Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
Movie
Aug 1985
The Bride
Paulus
Movie
Aug 1985
A Crack in the Ice
Pte. Postnikov
TV Show
Nov 1983
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Barry Taylor
Movie
Nov 1982
The Missionary
Parswell
Movie
Oct 1982
Remembrance
Douglas
Movie
Mar 1982
Oliver Twist
1st Constable
Movie
Mar 1982
Home Sweet Home
Gordon
Movie
Jan 1982
A Cotswold Death
Detective Sergeant Baxter
Movie
Dec 1981
The Three Sisters
Andrei
Movie
Oct 1981
The Cherry Orchard
Epikhodov
Movie
Jan 1981
Say No to Strangers
Stranger
Movie
Feb 1980
S.O.S. Titanic
Jim (uncredited)
Movie
Nov 1979
The Brylcreem Boys
Shorty
Movie
Sep 1979
Quadrophenia
Projectionist
Movie
Nov 1978
The Vanishing Army
Wainwright
Movie
Nov 1978
The Life Story of Baal
Lupu
TV Show
Sep 1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
Wainwright
TV Show
Mar 1974
Playhouse
Shorty
TV Show
Oct 1970
Play for Today
Gordon
TV Show
Oct 1970
Play for Today
Detective Sergeant Baxter
Movie
Untitled 13
Movie
Murdering Michael Malloy
Michael Malloy