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Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
as Terence Hilbery
2026
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Timothy Spall
Also known as Tim Spall, Timothy Leonard Spall, Timotijs Leonards Spols, Timotijs Spals
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.
Personal details
Full filmography
2026
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Hamlet
as Polonius
2026
2025
G
Goodbye June
as Bernie
2025
T
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
2025
2024
R
Rich Flu
as Sebastian Snail Sr.
2024
W
Wicked Little Letters
as Edward Swan
2024
2023
B
Bolan's Shoes
as Jimmy
2023
N
Northern Comfort
as Edward
2023
T
The Heist Before Christmas
as Santa
2023
2022
T
The Pale Blue Eye
as Superintendent Thayer
2022
T
This Is Christmas
as Ray
2022
2021
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Spencer
as Major Alistair Gregorys
2021
T
The Grand Duke Of Corsica
as Alfred Rott
2021
T
The Last Bus
2021
2020
I
It Snows in Benidorm
as Peter Riordan
2020
G
Grizzly II: Revenge
as Rob (uncredited)
2020
2019
T
The Corrupted
as Clifford Cullen
2019
M
Mrs Lowry & Son
as L.S. Lowry
2019
T
This Time Away
as Nigel
2019
2018
E
Early Man
as Chief Bobnar (voice)
2018
2017
T
The Party
as Bill
2017
T
The Journey
as Ian Paisley
2017
F
Finding Your Feet
as Charlie Glover
2017
T
The Changeover
as Carmody Braque
2017
2016
A
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
2016
A
Away
as Joseph
2016
D
Denial
as David Irving
2016
S
Stanley, a Man of Variety
2016
2015
C
Cider with Rosie
as Laurie Lee (voice)
2015
F
Fungus The Bogeyman
as Fungus
2015
A
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Self / Nick
2015
S
Sucker
as The Professor
2015
2014
T
The Love Punch
as Jerry
2014
M
Mr. Turner
as JMW Turner
2014
T
The One and Only Mike Leigh
as Self
2014
9
9 Kisses
as Bartender
2014
2013
B
Back with the Boys Again
as Himself
2013
2012
U
Upside Down
as Bob Boruchowitz
2012
G
Ginger & Rosa
as Mark
2012
L
Love Bite
as Sid
2012
T
The Rise
as D I West
2012
R
Room on the Broom
as Dragon (voice)
2012
C
Comes a Bright Day
as Charlie
2012
A
Assassin's Bullet
as Dr. Kahn
2012
B
Boy
2012
L
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
as Winston Churchill
2012
2011
H
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Peter Pettigrew
2011
W
Wake Wood
as Arthur
2011
R
Reuniting the Rubins
as Lennie Rubin
2011
M
My Angel
as Mr. Lambert
2011
2010
A
Alice in Wonderland
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
2010
H
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Peter Pettigrew
2010
H
Heartless
as George Morgan
2010
J
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Churchill (voice)
2010
T
The King's Speech
as Winston Churchill
2010
2009
H
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Peter Pettigrew
2009
T
The Damned United
as Peter Taylor
2009
D
Desert Flower
as Terry Donaldson
2009
T
The Fattest Man in Britain
as Georgie Godwin
2009
F
From Time to Time
as Boggis
2009
