Timothy Spall
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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.
Known For
The Graham Norton Show
Top Gear
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
The Hunger
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice in Wonderland
Chicken Run
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Vanilla Sky
The Pale Blue Eye
The King's Speech
Spencer
Enchanted
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Syndicate
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
The Love Punch
Lucky Break
The Corrupted
Secrets & Lies
Love Bite
The Last Samurai
Denial
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
The Heist Before Christmas
The Party
Mr. Turner
The Sixth Commandment
All or Nothing
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