Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
Birthdayfévr. 27, 1957
BiographyTimothy Leonard Spall ( SPAWL; born 27 February 1957) is an English actor. He gained recognition for his character actor roles on stage and screen.

In 2000, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.

Spall is known for his collaborations with director Mike Leigh, acting in six of his films: Home Sweet Home (1982), Life is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), and Mr. Turner (2014). He received nominations for the BAFTA Award for his roles in Secrets and Lies and Topsy-Turvy as well as received the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for his portrayal of J. M. W. Turner in Mr. Turner.

Spall has acted in films such as 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), The Party (2017), and Spencer (2021). He voiced Nick the rat in Chicken Run (2000), and portrayed Peter Pettigrew(Wormtail) in five Harry Potter films, from Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010).

On television, Spall played Barry Spencer Taylor in the ITV comedy drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004) and Lord Arthur Wallington in the BBC Cold War drama Summer of Rockets (2019). He won the 2024 International Emmy Awards and BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for his performance as Peter Farquhar in The Sixth Commandment.

From 2010 to 2012 the BBC broadcast three documentary series Timothy Spall: ...at Sea about Spall's voyage around Britain in his barge.

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