Timothy Spall
Acting
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Acting Credits
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: ...
Known For
Filmography
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
2026
as Terence Hilbery
Hamlet
2026
as Polonius
Goodbye June
2025
as Bernie
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
2025
Death Valley
2025
as John Chapel
Rich Flu
2024
as Sebastian Snail Sr.
Wicked Little Letters
2024
as Edward Swan
Bolan's Shoes
2023
as Jimmy
Northern Comfort
2023
as Edward
The Heist Before Christmas
2023
as Santa
The Sixth Commandment
2023
as Peter Farquhar
The Pale Blue Eye
2022
as Superintendent Thayer
This Is Christmas
2022
as Ray
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self – Actor
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Spencer
2021
as Major Alistair Gregorys
The Grand Duke Of Corsica
2021
as Alfred Rott
The Last Bus
2021
as Tom
It Snows in Benidorm
2020
as Peter Riordan
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
as Rob (uncredited)
The Corrupted
2019
as Clifford Cullen
Mrs Lowry & Son
2019
as L.S. Lowry
This Time Away
2019
as Nigel
Perpetual Grace LTD
2019
as Donald DeLoash
Hatton Garden
2019
as Terry Perkins
Summer of Rockets
2019
as Lord Arthur Wallington
Early Man
2018
as Chief Bobnar (voice)
The Party
2017
as Bill
The Journey
2017
as Ian Paisley
Finding Your Feet
2017
as Charlie Glover
The Changeover
2017
as Carmody Braque
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
as Ed Jacobson
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
Away
2016
as Joseph
Denial
2016
as David Irving
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
Cider with Rosie
2015
as Laurie Lee (voice)
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015
as Fungus
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Self / Nick
Sucker
2015
as The Professor
The Enfield Haunting
2015
as Maurice Grosse
Fungus the Bogeyman
2015
as Fungus
Wolf Hall
2015
as Duke of Norfolk
The Love Punch
2014
as Jerry
Mr. Turner
2014
as JMW Turner
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
as Self
9 Kisses
2014
as Bartender
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Back with the Boys Again
2013
as Himself
Blandings
2013
as Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth
Upside Down
2012
as Bob Boruchowitz
Ginger & Rosa
2012
as Mark
Love Bite
2012
as Sid
The Rise
2012
as D I West
Room on the Broom
2012
as Dragon (voice)
Comes a Bright Day
2012
as Charlie
Assassin's Bullet
2012
as Dr. Kahn
Boy
2012
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012
as Winston Churchill
The Syndicate
2012
Timothy Spall: All at Sea
2012
as Himself
London 2012 Olympic Games
2012
as Self
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Peter Pettigrew
Wake Wood
2011
as Arthur
Reuniting the Rubins
2011
as Lennie Rubin
My Angel
2011
as Mr. Lambert
Timothy Spall: Back At Sea
2011
as Himself
Alice in Wonderland
2010
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Peter Pettigrew
Heartless
2010
as George Morgan
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
as Churchill (voice)
The King's Speech
2010
as Winston Churchill
Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea
2010
as Himself
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
as Peter Pettigrew
The Damned United
2009
as Peter Taylor
Desert Flower
2009
as Terry Donaldson
The Fattest Man in Britain
2009
as Georgie Godwin
From Time to Time
2009
as Boggis
Gunrush
2009
as Doug Becket
10 Minute Tales
2009
as Man
Appaloosa
2008
as Phil Olson
A Room with a View
2008
as Mr Emerson
Enchanted
2007
as Nathaniel
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007
as Beadle
Death Defying Acts
2007
as Sugarman
A Room with a View
2007
as Mr Emerson
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
Oliver Twist
2007
as Fagin
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
British Film Forever
2007
Teenage Tourettes Camp
2006
as Narrator
Mysterious Creatures
2006
as Bill Ainscow
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
The Street
2006
as Eddie McEvoy
The One Show
2006
as Self
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Wormtail
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
2005
as Albert Pierrepoint
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
2005
as Malcolm Harvey
Cherished
2005
as Terry Cannings
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
as Peter Pettigrew
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
as Mr. Poe
Parkinson
2004
as Self - Guest
The Last Samurai
2003
as Simon Graham
Gettin' Square
2003
as Darren Barrington
My House in Umbria
2003
as Quinty
One Life
2003
All or Nothing
2002
as Phil
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
as Charles Cheeryble
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
as Self
Top Gear
2002
as Self
Bodily Harm
2002
as Mitchel Greenfield
Vanilla Sky
2001
as Thomas Tipp
Intimacy
2001
as Andy, Claire's husband
Lucky Break
2001
as Cliff
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
2001
as Luis Agalla
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
2001
as Tommy Rag
Ivor the Invisible
2001
as Dad (voice)
Rock Star
2001
as Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
Perfect Strangers
2001
as Irving
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
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000
as Cunningham
The Thing about Vince
2000
as Vince Skinner
Topsy-Turvy
1999
as Richard Temple (The Mikado)
The Clandestine Marriage
1999
as Sterling
Shooting the Past
1999
as Oswald Bates
Immortality
1998
as Inspector Healey
Still Crazy
1998
as David "Beano" Baggot
Neville's Island
1998
as Gordon
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Our Mutual Friend
1998
as Mr Venus
The Swords
1997
as Salesman
The Hunger
1997
as Salesman
Secrets & Lies
1996
as Maurice Purley
Hamlet
1996
as Rosencrantz
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex
1995
Nice Day at the Office
1994
The Danny Baker Show
1994
Outside Edge
1994
as Kevin Costello
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993
as Frank Stubbs
Roots
1992
as Jimmy Beales
Dread Poets' Society
1992
as Derek
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Cunningham - Masseur
Life Is Sweet
1991
as Aubrey
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited
1991
as Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
Broke
1991
as Francis Meeks
Nona
1991
as Chico
Performance
1991
as Jimmy Beales
Spender
1991
as Robert Cunningham
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
Performance
1991
as Chico
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Pathologist
The Sheltering Sky
1990
as Eric Lyle
1871
1990
as Ramborde
White Hunter, Black Heart
1990
as Hodkins
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
as Pig Robinson
Stolen
1990
as Donald Caudell
Crusoe
1989
as Reverend Milne
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
as Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
To Kill a Priest
1988
as Igor
Dream Demon
1988
as Peck
Journey's End
1988
as Lt. Trotter
This Morning
1988
as Self - Guest
Red Dwarf
1988
as Andy
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Porfiry
Gothic
1987
as Dr. Polidori
Body Contact
1987
as Paul
ScreenPlay
1986
as Francis Meeks
ScreenPlay
1986
as Derek
Dutch Girls
1985
as Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
The Bride
1985
as Paulus
A Crack in the Ice
1985
as Pte. Postnikov
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
as Barry Taylor
Oliver Twist
1982
as 1st Constable
The Missionary
1982
as Parswell
Home Sweet Home
1982
as Gordon
Remembrance
1982
as Douglas
A Cotswold Death
1982
as Detective Sergeant Baxter
Say No to Strangers
1981
as Stranger
The Three Sisters
1981
as Andrei
The Cherry Orchard
1981
as Epikhodov
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
as Jim (uncredited)
Quadrophenia
1979
as Projectionist
The Brylcreem Boys
1979
as Shorty
The Vanishing Army
1978
as Wainwright
The Life Story of Baal
1978
as Lupu
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Wainwright
Playhouse
1974
as Shorty
Film '72
1971
as Self
Play for Today
1970
as Gordon
Play for Today
1970
as Detective Sergeant Baxter