
Timothy Spall
CountryUnited Kingdom 
GenderMale
Birthdayfévr. 27, 1957
BiographyTimothy Leonard Spall ( SPAWL; born 27 February 1957) is an English actor. He gained recognition for his character actor roles on stage and screen.
In 2000, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.
Spall is known for his collaborations with director Mike Leigh, acting in six of his films: Home Sweet Home (1982), Life is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), and Mr. Turner (2014). He received nominations for the BAFTA Award for his roles in Secrets and Lies and Topsy-Turvy as well as received the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for his portrayal of J. M. W. Turner in Mr. Turner.
Spall has acted in films such as 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), The Party (2017), and Spencer (2021). He voiced Nick the rat in Chicken Run (2000), and portrayed Peter Pettigrew(Wormtail) in five Harry Potter films, from Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010).
On television, Spall played Barry Spencer Taylor in the ITV comedy drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004) and Lord Arthur Wallington in the BBC Cold War drama Summer of Rockets (2019). He won the 2024 International Emmy Awards and BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for his performance as Peter Farquhar in The Sixth Commandment.
From 2010 to 2012 the BBC broadcast three documentary series Timothy Spall: ...at Sea about Spall's voyage around Britain in his barge.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Timothy Spall. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
In 2000, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.
Spall is known for his collaborations with director Mike Leigh, acting in six of his films: Home Sweet Home (1982), Life is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), and Mr. Turner (2014). He received nominations for the BAFTA Award for his roles in Secrets and Lies and Topsy-Turvy as well as received the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for his portrayal of J. M. W. Turner in Mr. Turner.
Spall has acted in films such as 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), The Party (2017), and Spencer (2021). He voiced Nick the rat in Chicken Run (2000), and portrayed Peter Pettigrew(Wormtail) in five Harry Potter films, from Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010).
On television, Spall played Barry Spencer Taylor in the ITV comedy drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004) and Lord Arthur Wallington in the BBC Cold War drama Summer of Rockets (2019). He won the 2024 International Emmy Awards and BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for his performance as Peter Farquhar in The Sixth Commandment.
From 2010 to 2012 the BBC broadcast three documentary series Timothy Spall: ...at Sea about Spall's voyage around Britain in his barge.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Timothy Spall. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Under Salt Marsh
as Detective Eric Bull

Death Valley
as John Chapel

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
as Barry Taylor

Blandings
as Lord Emsworth Clarence

Frank Stubbs Promotes
as Frank Stubbs

Fungus the Bogeyman
as Fungus

Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun
as Narrator

Hatton Garden
as Terry Perkins

Nice Day at the Office
as Phil Bachelor

Our Mutual Friend
as Mr. Venus

Outside Edge
as Kevin Costello

Perfect Strangers
as Irving

Shooting the Past
as Oswald Bates

Summer of Rockets
as Lord Arthur Wallington

The Enfield Haunting
as Maurice Grosse

The Planners Are Coming
as Narrator

The Sixth Commandment
as Peter Farquhar

The Street
as Eddie McEvoy

The Syndicate
as Bob Davies

Timothy Spall: All at Sea
as Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall: Back at Sea
as Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea
as Timothy Spall

Wolf Hall
as Duke of Norfolk
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