Timothy Spall
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
Series
The One Show
Self
2006
Series
Top Gear
Self
2002
Series
Play for Today
Gordon
1970
Series
Play for Today
Detective Sergeant Baxter
1970
Film
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Peter Pettigrew
2004
Film
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Wormtail
2005
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Film
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Peter Pettigrew
2011
Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Film
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Peter Pettigrew
2009
Film
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Peter Pettigrew
2010
Film
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
2007
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
Playhouse
Shorty
1974
Series
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Actor
2022
Film
Alice in Wonderland
Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
2010
Film
The Last Samurai
Simon Graham
2003
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
Red Dwarf
Andy
1988
Series
Performance
Jimmy Beales
1991
Series
Performance
Chico
1991
Film
Chicken Run
Nick (voice)
2000
Film
The King's Speech
Winston Churchill
2010
Film
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
2016
Series
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Cunningham - Masseur
1992
Series
Wolf Hall
Duke of Norfolk
2015
Series
BBC2 Play of the Week
Wainwright
1977
Film
Enchanted
Nathaniel
2007
Series
The Hunger
Salesman
1997
Series
ScreenPlay
Francis Meeks
1986
Series
ScreenPlay
Derek
1986
Film
Vanilla Sky
Thomas Tipp
2001
Film
Early Man
Chief Bobnar (voice)
2018
Film
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Beadle
2007
Series
Murder Most Horrid
Pathologist
1991
Film
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Mr. Poe
2004
Series
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Ed Jacobson
2017
Film
The Pale Blue Eye
Superintendent Thayer
2022
Film
Goodbye June
Bernie
2025
Film
Spencer
Major Alistair Gregorys
2021
Film
Upside Down
Bob Boruchowitz
2012
Film
Intimacy
Andy, Claire's husband
2001
Series
Parkinson
Self - Guest
2004
Series
Remembers…
Self
2022
Series
The Syndicate
2012
Series
Death Valley
John Chapel
2025
Film
Desert Flower
Terry Donaldson
2009
Series
10 Minute Tales
Man
2009
Series
Perpetual Grace LTD
Donald DeLoash
2019
Series
The Street
Eddie McEvoy
2006
Series
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Frank Stubbs
1993
Film
Wicked Little Letters
Edward Swan
2024
Series
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Porfiry
1988
Series
Spender
Robert Cunningham
1991
Film
Appaloosa
Phil Olson
2008
Series
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Barry Taylor
1983
Film
Rock Star
Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
2001
Series
Blandings
Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth
2013
Series
This Morning
Self - Guest
1988
Film
Hamlet
Rosencrantz
1996
Film
Secrets & Lies
Maurice Purley
1996
Series
British Film Forever
2007
Film
Death Defying Acts
Sugarman
2007
One Life
2003
Series
Oliver Twist
Fagin
2007
Film
The Party
Bill
2017
Film
Mr. Turner
JMW Turner
2014
Film
The Corrupted
Clifford Cullen
2019
Series
Outside Edge
Kevin Costello
1994
Film
Northern Comfort
Edward
2023
Series
Our Mutual Friend
Mr Venus
1998
Film
Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Cheeryble
2002
Film
All or Nothing
Phil
2002
Film
Vatel
Gourville
2000
The Danny Baker Show
1994
Film
White Hunter, Black Heart
Hodkins
1990
Film
Room on the Broom
Dragon (voice)
2012
Film
Rich Flu
Sebastian Snail Sr.
2024
Series
London 2012 Olympic Games
Self
2012
Film
The Last Bus
Tom
2021
Film
Mrs Lowry & Son
L.S. Lowry
2019
Film
Ginger & Rosa
Mark
2012
Film
Quadrophenia
Projectionist
1979
Series
Summer of Rockets
Lord Arthur Wallington
2019
Film
Topsy-Turvy
Richard Temple (The Mikado)
1999
Film
The Love Punch
Jerry
2014
Film
Denial
David Irving
2016
Series
The Enfield Haunting
Maurice Grosse
2015
A Room with a View
Mr Emerson
2008
Series
Fungus the Bogeyman
Fungus
2015
Film
The Damned United
Peter Taylor
2009
Film
Love's Labour's Lost
Armado
2000
Film
The Sheltering Sky
Eric Lyle
1990
Film
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
Terence Hilbery
2026
Series
The Sixth Commandment
Peter Farquhar
2023
Series
Perfect Strangers
Irving
2001
Film
The Bride
Paulus
1985
Film
Finding Your Feet
Charlie Glover
2017
Film
Gothic
Dr. Polidori
1987
Film
Immortality
Inspector Healey
1998
Film
Still Crazy
David "Beano" Baggot
1998
Film
My House in Umbria
Quinty
2003
Film
From Time to Time
Boggis
2009
Film
Assassin's Bullet
Dr. Kahn
2012
Series
Hatton Garden
Terry Perkins
2019
Stolen
Donald Caudell
1990
Film
Wake Wood
Arthur
2011
Film
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self / Nick
2015
Film
Grizzly II: Revenge
Rob (uncredited)
2020
Film
S.O.S. Titanic
Jim (uncredited)
1980
Film
Life Is Sweet
Aubrey
1991
Film
The Grand Duke Of Corsica
Alfred Rott
2021
Film
Oliver Twist
1st Constable
1982
Film
The Rise
D I West
2012
Film
Hamlet
Polonius
2026
Series
Bodily Harm
Mitchel Greenfield
2002
Film
This Is Christmas
Ray
2022
Nice Day at the Office
1994
Film
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Luis Agalla
2001
Film
A Room with a View
Mr Emerson
2007
Film
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Albert Pierrepoint
2005
Film
To Kill a Priest
Igor
1988
Film
Love Bite
Sid
2012
Film
Comes a Bright Day
Charlie
2012
Film
My Angel
Mr. Lambert
2011
Film
Mysterious Creatures
Bill Ainscow
2006
Film
Lucky Break
Cliff
2001
Film
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Winston Churchill
2012
Film
The Journey
Ian Paisley
2017
Film
The Missionary
Parswell
1982
Film
Gettin' Square
Darren Barrington
2003
Film
Dream Demon
Peck
1988
Film
It Snows in Benidorm
Peter Riordan
2020
Film
Crusoe
Reverend Milne
1989
Film
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Self
2002
Film
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Cunningham
2000
Film
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
Tommy Rag
2001
Series
Shooting the Past
Oswald Bates
1999
Film
Cider with Rosie
Laurie Lee (voice)
2015
Film
The Cherry Orchard
Epikhodov
1981
Film
Dutch Girls
Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
1985
Film
9 Kisses
Bartender
2014
Film
The Changeover
Carmody Braque
2017
Boy
2012
Film
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
2025
Nona
Chico
1991
Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
Malcolm Harvey
2005
Film
Jackboots on Whitehall
Churchill (voice)
2010
Film
The Life Story of Baal
Lupu
1978
Film
The Heist Before Christmas
Santa
2023
Film
Heartless
George Morgan
2010
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Self
2014
The Thing about Vince
Vince Skinner
2000
Film
Remembrance
Douglas
1982
Film
Roots
Jimmy Beales
1992
Film
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Pig Robinson
1990
Film
Home Sweet Home
Gordon
1982
Film
Body Contact
Paul
1987
Film
Stanley, a Man of Variety
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
2016
Film
A Crack in the Ice
Pte. Postnikov
1985
Film
The Fattest Man in Britain
Georgie Godwin
2009
Film
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
1989
Series
Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea
Himself
2010
Film
The Clandestine Marriage
Sterling
1999
Film
Bolan's Shoes
Jimmy
2023
Film
Dread Poets' Society
Derek
1992
Film
The Brylcreem Boys
Shorty
1979
Fungus The Bogeyman
Fungus
2015
Film
Away
Joseph
2016
Film
Reuniting the Rubins
Lennie Rubin
2011
Film
Gunrush
Doug Becket
2009
Film
Neville's Island
Gordon
1998
Film
Teenage Tourettes Camp
Narrator
2006
Film
Broke
Francis Meeks
1991
Film
The Vanishing Army
Wainwright
1978
Film
Back with the Boys Again
Himself
2013
Say No to Strangers
Stranger
1981
Film
Untitled 13
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited
Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
1991
Series
Timothy Spall: Back At Sea
Himself
2011
Murdering Michael Malloy
Michael Malloy
Film
Rough for Theatre II
B
2000
Film
Sucker
The Professor
2015
Series
Timothy Spall: All at Sea
Himself
2012
Film
The Swords
Salesman
1997
Film
A Cotswold Death
Detective Sergeant Baxter
1982
Film
This Time Away
Nigel
2019
Film
Cherished
Terry Cannings
2005
Film
Journey's End
Lt. Trotter
1988
Film
1871
Ramborde
1990
Ivor the Invisible
Dad (voice)
2001
The Three Sisters
Andrei
1981
Film
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex
1995