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Timothy Spall
0 FOLLOWERS • 36 CREDITS • FEB 27, 1957 • 67
Biography
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
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The Graham Norton Show
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Top Gear
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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8foXsJ7kEThYbCy6cOi3LJPATtv.jpg)
The Hunger
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5aOyriWkPec0zUDxmHFP9qMmBaj.jpg)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jntLBq0MLR3hrwKaTQswxACRPMs.jpg)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
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Alice in Wonderland
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Chicken Run
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Vanilla Sky
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The Pale Blue Eye
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The King's Speech
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Enchanted
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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The Love Punch
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The Syndicate
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The Corrupted
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Love Bite
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The Last Samurai
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Denial
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Secrets & Lies
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Lucky Break
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
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The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
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Spencer
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Mr. Turner
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All or Nothing
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The Sixth Commandment
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The Heist Before Christmas
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