Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
2026 · Movie
as Terence Hilbery
Timothy Spall
1957-02-27
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Battersea, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Hamlet
2026 · Movie
as Polonius
Goodbye June
2025 · Movie
as Bernie
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
2025 · Movie
Death Valley
2025 · TV Show
as John Chapel
Rich Flu
2024 · Movie
as Sebastian Snail Sr.
Wicked Little Letters
2024 · Movie
as Edward Swan
Bolan's Shoes
2023 · Movie
as Jimmy
Northern Comfort
2023 · Movie
as Edward
The Heist Before Christmas
2023 · Movie
as Santa
The Sixth Commandment
2023 · TV Show
as Peter Farquhar
The Pale Blue Eye
2022 · Movie
as Superintendent Thayer
This Is Christmas
2022 · Movie
as Ray
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022 · TV Show
as Self – Actor
Remembers…
2022 · TV Show
as Self
Spencer
2021 · Movie
as Major Alistair Gregorys
The Grand Duke Of Corsica
2021 · Movie
as Alfred Rott
The Last Bus
2021 · Movie
as Tom
It Snows in Benidorm
2020 · Movie
as Peter Riordan
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020 · Movie
as Rob (uncredited)
The Corrupted
2019 · Movie
as Clifford Cullen
Mrs Lowry & Son
2019 · Movie
as L.S. Lowry
This Time Away
2019 · Movie
as Nigel
Perpetual Grace LTD
2019 · TV Show
as Donald DeLoash
Hatton Garden
2019 · TV Show
as Terry Perkins
Summer of Rockets
2019 · TV Show
as Lord Arthur Wallington
Early Man
2018 · Movie
as Chief Bobnar (voice)
The Party
2017 · Movie
as Bill
The Journey
2017 · Movie
as Ian Paisley
The Changeover
2017 · Movie
as Carmody Braque
Finding Your Feet
2017 · Movie
as Charlie Glover
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017 · TV Show
as Ed Jacobson
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 · Movie
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
Away
2016 · Movie
as Joseph
Denial
2016 · Movie
as David Irving
Stanley, a Man of Variety
2016 · Movie
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 · Movie
as Laurie Lee (voice)
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Fungus The Bogeyman
2015 · Movie
as Fungus
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015 · Movie
as Self / Nick
Sucker
2015 · Movie
as The Professor
The Enfield Haunting
2015 · TV Show
as Maurice Grosse
Fungus the Bogeyman
2015 · TV Show
as Fungus
Wolf Hall
2015 · TV Show
as Duke of Norfolk
The Love Punch
2014 · Movie
as Jerry
Mr. Turner
2014 · Movie
as JMW Turner
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The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014 · Movie
as Self
9 Kisses
2014 · Movie
as Bartender
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Back with the Boys Again
2013 · Movie
as Himself
Blandings
2013 · TV Show
as Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth
Upside Down
2012 · Movie
as Bob Boruchowitz
Ginger & Rosa
2012 · Movie
as Mark
Love Bite
2012 · Movie
as Sid
The Rise
2012 · Movie
as D I West
Room on the Broom
2012 · Movie
as Dragon (voice)
Comes a Bright Day
2012 · Movie
as Charlie
Assassin's Bullet
2012 · Movie
as Dr. Kahn
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Boy
2012 · Movie
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012 · Movie
as Winston Churchill
The Syndicate
2012 · TV Show
Timothy Spall: All at Sea
2012 · TV Show
as Himself
London 2012 Olympic Games
2012 · TV Show
as Self
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Movie
as Peter Pettigrew
Wake Wood
2011 · Movie
as Arthur
Reuniting the Rubins
2011 · Movie
as Lennie Rubin
My Angel
2011 · Movie
as Mr. Lambert
Timothy Spall: Back At Sea
2011 · TV Show
as Himself
Alice in Wonderland
2010 · Movie
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Movie
as Peter Pettigrew
Heartless
2010 · Movie
as George Morgan
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010 · Movie
as Churchill (voice)
The King's Speech
2010 · Movie
as Winston Churchill
Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea
2010 · TV Show
as Himself
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009 · Movie
as Peter Pettigrew
The Damned United
2009 · Movie
as Peter Taylor
Desert Flower
2009 · Movie
as Terry Donaldson
The Fattest Man in Britain
2009 · Movie
as Georgie Godwin
From Time to Time
2009 · Movie
as Boggis
Gunrush
2009 · Movie
as Doug Becket
10 Minute Tales
2009 · TV Show
as Man
Appaloosa
2008 · Movie
as Phil Olson
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A Room with a View
2008 · TV Show
as Mr Emerson
Enchanted
2007 · Movie
as Nathaniel
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007 · Movie
as Beadle
Death Defying Acts
2007 · Movie
as Sugarman
A Room with a View
2007 · Movie
as Mr Emerson
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Movie
as Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
Oliver Twist
2007 · TV Show
as Fagin
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV Show
as Self
British Film Forever
2007 · TV Show
Teenage Tourettes Camp
2006 · Movie
as Narrator
Mysterious Creatures
2006 · Movie
as Bill Ainscow
The One Show
2006 · TV Show
as Self - Guest, Self
The Street
2006 · TV Show
as Eddie McEvoy
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 · Movie
as Wormtail
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
2005 · Movie
as Albert Pierrepoint
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Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
2005 · Movie
as Malcolm Harvey
Cherished
2005 · Movie
as Terry Cannings
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Movie
as Peter Pettigrew
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004 · Movie
as Mr. Poe
The Last Samurai
2003 · Movie
as Simon Graham
Gettin' Square
2003 · Movie
as Darren Barrington
My House in Umbria
2003 · Movie
as Quinty
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One Life
2003 · TV Show
All or Nothing
2002 · Movie
as Phil
Nicholas Nickleby
2002 · Movie
as Charles Cheeryble
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002 · Movie
as Self
Top Gear
2002 · TV Show
as Self
Bodily Harm
2002 · TV Show
as Mitchel Greenfield
Vanilla Sky
2001 · Movie
as Thomas Tipp
Intimacy
2001 · Movie
as Andy, Claire's husband
Lucky Break
2001 · Movie
as Cliff
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
2001 · Movie
as Luis Agalla
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
2001 · Movie
as Tommy Rag
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Ivor the Invisible
2001 · Movie
as Dad (voice)
Rock Star
2001 · Movie
as Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
Perfect Strangers
2001 · TV Show
as Irving
Chicken Run
2000 · Movie
as Nick (voice)
Vatel
2000 · Movie
as Gourville
Love's Labour's Lost
2000 · Movie
as Armado
Rough for Theatre II
2000 · Movie
as B
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000 · Movie
as Cunningham
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The Thing about Vince
2000 · TV Show
as Vince Skinner
Topsy-Turvy
1999 · Movie
as Richard Temple (The Mikado)
The Clandestine Marriage
1999 · Movie
as Sterling
Shooting the Past
1999 · TV Show
as Oswald Bates
Immortality
1998 · Movie
as Inspector Healey
Still Crazy
1998 · Movie
as David "Beano" Baggot
Neville's Island
1998 · Movie
as Gordon
Parkinson
1998 · TV Show
as Self
Our Mutual Friend
1998 · TV Show
as Mr Venus
The Swords
1997 · Movie
as Salesman
The Hunger
1997 · TV Show
as Salesman
Secrets & Lies
1996 · Movie
as Maurice Purley
Hamlet
1996 · Movie
as Rosencrantz
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Nice Day at the Office
1994 · TV Show
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The Danny Baker Show
1994 · TV Show
Outside Edge
1994 · TV Show
as Kevin Costello
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993 · TV Show
as Frank Stubbs
Roots
1992 · Movie
as Jimmy Beales
Dread Poets' Society
1992 · Movie
as Derek
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · TV Show
as Cunningham - Masseur
Life Is Sweet
1991 · Movie
as Aubrey
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Not Mozart: WAM! Limited
1991 · Movie
as Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
Broke
1991 · Movie
as Francis Meeks
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Nona
1991 · Movie
as Chico
Performance
1991 · TV Show
as Jimmy Beales, Chico
Spender
1991 · TV Show
as Robert Cunningham
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Pebble Mill
1991 · TV Show
as Self
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · TV Show
as Pathologist
The Sheltering Sky
1990 · Movie
as Eric Lyle
1871
1990 · Movie
as Ramborde
White Hunter, Black Heart
1990 · Movie
as Hodkins
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990 · Movie
as Pig Robinson
Crusoe
1989 · Movie
as Reverend Milne
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989 · Movie
as Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
To Kill a Priest
1988 · Movie
as Igor
Dream Demon
1988 · Movie
as Peck
Journey's End
1988 · Movie
as Lt. Trotter
This Morning
1988 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Red Dwarf
1988 · TV Show
as Andy
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988 · TV Show
as Porfiry
Gothic
1987 · Movie
as Dr. Polidori
Body Contact
1987 · Movie
as Paul
ScreenPlay
1986 · TV Show
as Francis Meeks, Derek
Dutch Girls
1985 · Movie
as Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
The Bride
1985 · Movie
as Paulus
A Crack in the Ice
1985 · Movie
as Pte. Postnikov
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983 · TV Show
as Barry Taylor
Oliver Twist
1982 · Movie
as 1st Constable
The Missionary
1982 · Movie
as Parswell
Home Sweet Home
1982 · Movie
as Gordon
Remembrance
1982 · Movie
as Douglas
A Cotswold Death
1982 · Movie
as Detective Sergeant Baxter
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Say No to Strangers
1981 · Movie
as Stranger
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The Three Sisters
1981 · Movie
as Andrei
The Cherry Orchard
1981 · Movie
as Epikhodov
S.O.S. Titanic
1980 · Movie
as Jim (uncredited)
Quadrophenia
1979 · Movie
as Projectionist
The Brylcreem Boys
1979 · Movie
as Shorty
The Vanishing Army
1978 · Movie
as Wainwright
The Life Story of Baal
1978 · Movie
as Lupu
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · TV Show
as Wainwright
Playhouse
1974 · TV Show
as Shorty
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Film '72
1971 · TV Show
as Self
Play for Today
1970 · TV Show
as Gordon, Detective Sergeant Baxter
Untitled 13
· Movie
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Murdering Michael Malloy
· Movie
as Michael Malloy
