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
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(2004)
Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(2009)
Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(2005)
Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
(2011)
Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
(2010)
Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(2007)
Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
Alice in Wonderland
(2010)
The Bloodhound (voice)
Chicken Run
(2000)
Nick (voice)
The Last Samurai
(2003)
Simon Graham
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(2016)
Bayard (voice)
Enchanted
(2007)
Nathaniel
Vanilla Sky
(2001)
Thomas Tipp
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
(2004)
Mr. Poe
Upside Down
(2012)
Bob Boruchowitz
The King's Speech
(2010)
Winston Churchill
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(2007)
Beadle
Full Filmography
Acting
The Vanishing Army
(1978)
Wainwright
Quadrophenia
(1979)
Projectionist
The Brylcreem Boys
(1979)
Shorty
S.O.S. Titanic
(1980)
Jim (uncredited)
Say No to Strangers
(1981)
The Cherry Orchard
(1981)
Epikhodov
The Three Sisters
(1981)
Andrei
Oliver Twist
(1982)
1st Constable
The Missionary
(1982)
Parswell
Home Sweet Home
(1982)
Gordon
Remembrance
(1982)
Douglas
A Cotswold Death
(1982)
Detective Sergeant Baxter
The Bride
(1985)
Paulus
Dutch Girls
(1985)
Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
Gothic
(1986)
Dr. Polidori
Body Contact
(1987)
Paul
To Kill a Priest
(1988)
Igor
Dream Demon
(1988)
Peck
Crusoe
(1988)
Reverend Milne
Journey's End
(1988)
Lt. Trotter
David Macaulay: Pyramid
(1989)
Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
The Sheltering Sky
(1990)
Eric Lyle
Life Is Sweet
(1990)
Aubrey
1871
(1990)
Ramborde
White Hunter, Black Heart
(1990)
Hodkins
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
(1990)
Pig Robinson
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited
(1991)
Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
Nona
(1991)
Chico
Broke
(1991)
Francis Meeks
Dread Poets' Society
(1992)
Derek
Roots
(1992)
Jimmy Beales
Secrets & Lies
(1996)
Maurice Purley
Hamlet
(1996)
Rosencrantz
The Wisdom of Crocodiles
(1998)
Inspector Healey
Still Crazy
(1998)
David "Beano" Baggot
Neville's Island
(1998)
Gordon
Topsy-Turvy
(1999)
Richard Temple (The Mikado)
The Clandestine Marriage
(1999)
Sterling
Vatel
(2000)
Gourville
Chicken Run
(2000)
Nick (voice)
Love's Labour's Lost
(2000)
Armado
Rough for Theatre II
(2000)
B
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
(2000)
Cunningham
Vanilla Sky
(2001)
Thomas Tipp
Intimacy
(2001)
Andy, Claire's husband
Lucky Break
(2001)
Cliff
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
(2001)
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
(2001)
Tommy Rag
Ivor the Invisible
(2001)
Dad (voice)
Rock Star
(2001)
Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
All or Nothing
(2002)
Phil
Nicholas Nickleby
(2002)
Charles Cheeryble
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
(2002)
Self
Bodily Harm
(2002)
Mitchel Greenfield
The Last Samurai
(2003)
Simon Graham
Gettin' Square
(2003)
Darren Barrington
My House in Umbria
(2003)
Quinty
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
(2004)
Mr. Poe
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(2004)
Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(2005)
Peter Pettigrew
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
(2005)
Albert Pierrepoint
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
(2005)
Cherished
(2005)
Terry Cannings
Teenage Tourettes Camp
(2006)
Narrator
Mysterious Creatures
(2006)
Bill Ainscow
Enchanted
(2007)
Nathaniel
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(2007)
Beadle
Death Defying Acts
(2007)
Sugarman
A Room with a View
(2007)
Mr Emerson
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(2007)
Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
Appaloosa
(2008)
Phil Olson
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(2009)
Peter Pettigrew
The Damned United
(2009)
Peter Taylor
Desert Flower
(2009)
Terry Donaldson
The Fattest Man in Britain
(2009)
Georgie Godwin
Heartless
(2009)
George Morgan
Gunrush
(2009)
Doug Becket
Alice in Wonderland
(2010)
The Bloodhound (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
(2010)
Peter Pettigrew
The King's Speech
(2010)
Winston Churchill
From Time to Time
(2010)
Boggis
Jackboots on Whitehall
(2010)
Churchill (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
(2011)
Peter Pettigrew
Wake Wood
(2011)
Arthur
Reuniting the Rubins
(2011)
Lennie Rubin
My Angel
(2011)
Mr. Lambert
Ginger & Rosa
(2012)
Mark
Love Bite
(2012)
Sid
Room on the Broom
(2012)
Dragon (voice)
Comes a Bright Day
(2012)
Charlie
Assassin's Bullet
(2012)
Dr. Kahn
Boy
(2012)
Upside Down
(2012)
Bob Boruchowitz
The Rise
(2012)
D I West
Back With The Boys Again
(2013)
Himself
The Love Punch
(2014)
Jerry
Mr. Turner
(2014)
JMW Turner
9 Kisses
(2014)
Arm Wrestling Man #2
The One and Only Mike Leigh
(2014)
Himself
Cider with Rosie
(2015)
Laurie Lee (voice)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
(2015)
Self / Nick
Sucker
(2015)
The Professor
Fungus The Bogeyman
(2015)
Fungus
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(2016)
Bayard (voice)
Away
(2016)
Joseph
Denial
(2016)
David Irving
Stanley, a Man of Variety
(2016)
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
The Party
(2017)
Bill
The Journey
(2017)
Ian Paisley
Finding Your Feet
(2017)
Charlie Glover
The Changeover
(2017)
Carmody Braque
Early Man
(2018)
Chief Bobnar (voice)
The Corrupted
(2019)
Clifford Cullen
Mrs Lowry & Son
(2019)
L.S. Lowry
This Time Away
(2019)
Nigel
It Snows in Benidorm
(2020)
Peter Riordan
Grizzly II: Revenge
(2020)
Rob (uncredited)
The Grand Duke Of Corsica
(2021)
Alfred Rott
The Last Bus
(2021)
Tom
Spencer
(2021)
Major Alistair Gregorys
The Pale Blue Eye
(2022)
Superintendent Thayer
This Is Christmas
(2022)
Ray
Northern Comfort
(2023)
Edward
Bolan's Shoes
(2023)
Jimmy
The Heist Before Christmas
(2023)
Santa
Wicked Little Letters
(2024)
Edward Swan
Production