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Timothy Spall is a Actor British born on 27 february 1957 at London (United-kingdom)

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall
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Birth name Timothy Leonard Spall
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 27 february 1957 (67 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Timothy Leonard Spall, OBE (born 27 February 1957) is an English actor and occasional presenter. He became a household name in the UK after appearing in the 1983 ITV comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
Spall received critical acclaim for his performance in Secrets & Lies (1996), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Subsequently, he starred in supporting roles including The Last Samurai (2003), Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter film series (2004-2010), played Albert Pierrepoint in Pierrepoint (2005), Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Peter Taylor in The Damned United (2009) and Winston Churchill in the The King's Speech (2010). Spall has also starred in the television documentary Timothy Spall: Back at Sea (2010–2012).

In 2014, Spall won the Best Actor award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for portraying J. M. W. Turner in Leigh's biographical film Mr. Turner.

Biography

Spall is married to Shane and has three children: Pascale (born 1976), Rafe (born 1983), who is also an actor, and Mercedes (born 1985). He lives in Forest Hill, south-east London.

In 1996, Spall was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, but has since been in remission. He has said of his illness: "I didn't know what made me ill but stress had something to do with it and the point is now to head off stress at the pass. It made me aware of things and become more selective. I am less worried about employment. I really do my homework so I am not getting stressed on the set because I don't know what I'm doing."

He is the owner of a Dutch barge that he and his wife have been sailing around the British Isles as part of a BBC Four TV series Timothy Spall: Back at Sea.

Best films

Usually with

Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh
(6 films)
Nick Park
Nick Park
(3 films)
Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith
(9 films)
Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman
(9 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Timothy Spall (77 films)

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Actor

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2h18
Directed by David Yates
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Harry Potter, Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis
Roles Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7526053.7526053.7526053.7526053.752605
Harry Potter is forced to defend himself against charges of using magic while underage, and in the presence of his Muggle cousin Dudley, after the two are attacked by Dementors. The Order of the Phoenix, a secret organisation founded by Albus Dumbledore, inform the now pending expulsion Harry that the Ministry of Magic is oblivious to Lord Voldemort's return; under the Ministry's influence, The Daily Prophet has launched a smear campaign towards Harry and Dumbledore following Harry's encounter with Voldemort at the end of the previous year. This encounter had a huge psychological effect on Harry – he has nightmares not only about what happened in the graveyard but also about the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic. While at the Order's headquarters, Harry's godfather, Sirius Black, mentions that Voldemort is after an object which he did not have last time.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 1h56
Directed by Tim Burton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Musical
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Serial killer films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Jayne Wisener, Sacha Baron Cohen
Roles Beadle
Rating72% 3.649113.649113.649113.649113.64911
In 1846, a barber named Benjamin Barker arrives in London, accompanied by sailor Anthony Hope ("No Place Like London"). Fifteen years earlier, he had been falsely convicted and sentenced to penal transportation from London by the corrupt Judge Turpin, who had lusted after Barker's wife Lucy ("The Barber and His Wife"). Barker adopts the alias "Sweeney Todd" and returns to his old Fleet Street shop, situated above Mrs. Nellie Lovett's meat pie shop ("The Worst Pies in London"). From her, he learns that Turpin raped Lucy, who then poisoned herself with arsenic. The couple's daughter, Johanna, is now Turpin's ward, and, like her mother before her, the object of Turpin's lust ("Poor Thing"). Todd vows revenge, and re-opens his barber shop after Mrs. Lovett returns his straight razors to him ("My Friends"). While roaming London, Anthony becomes enamored of Johanna, but is caught by Turpin and driven away by his corrupt associate, Beadle Bamford ("Green Finch and Linnet Bird", "Alms! Alms!", "Johanna").
Death Defying Acts, 1h33
Directed by Gillian Armstrong
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Saoirse Ronan, Timothy Spall, Leni Harper, Anthony O'Donnell
Roles Sugarman
Rating58% 2.9025052.9025052.9025052.9025052.902505
In 1926, 13 years after his mother's death, illusionist Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) has begun debunking mystics, psychics and others who claim to have paranormal powers. He offers US$10,000 to anyone who can quote his mother's dying words to him.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2h37
Directed by Mike Newell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Mermaids in film, Harry Potter, Films about dragons, Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robert Pattinson, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes
Roles Peter Pettigrew
Rating77% 3.8516053.8516053.8516053.8516053.851605
Harry Potter dreams of Frank Bryce, who is killed after overhearing Lord Voldemort discussing plans with Peter "Wormtail" Pettigrew and Barty Crouch Jr. At the Quidditch World Cup, Death Eaters terrorise the spectators, and Crouch Jr. summons the Dark Mark, otherwise known as the curse "Morsmordre".
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman, 1h30
Directed by Adrian Shergold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Eddie Marsan, Simon Armstrong, Tim Woodward, Ann Bell
Roles Albert Pierrepoint
Rating73% 3.6961653.6961653.6961653.6961653.696165
The film loosely follows Britain's most prolific hangman, Albert Pierrepoint (Timothy Spall), from the time he is first trained for the job and accepted onto the list of the country's official hangmen in 1932 until his resignation in 1956.
Cherished
Cherished (2005)
, 1h30
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Sarah Lancashire, Timothy Spall, Lorna Fitzgerald, Ian McNeice, Marion Bailey, Ronald Pickup
Roles Terry Cannings
Rating61% 3.0929853.0929853.0929853.0929853.092985
The film is based on the sentencing of Angela Cannings to a life in prison for the death of her three children.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, 1h47
Directed by Brad Silberling
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, L'usurpation d'identité, Musical films, Children's films, Escroquerie
Actors Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Timothy Spall, Catherine O'Hara, Jude Law
Roles Mr. Poe
Rating68% 3.400163.400163.400163.400163.40016
Violet Baudelaire (Emily Browning), her intelligent brother Klaus (Liam Aiken), and their baby sister Sunny (Kara and Shelby Hoffman) are orphaned when a mysterious fire destroys their house. Mr. Poe (Timothy Spall), in charge of the Baudelaire fortune, entrusts them to their closest relative, Count Olaf (Jim Carrey), who only wants their money and makes them do harsh chores.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2h22
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Time travel films, Wolves in film, Harry Potter, Ghost films, Werewolves in film, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Richard Griffiths
Roles Peter Pettigrew
Rating79% 3.951693.951693.951693.951693.95169
Harry Potter, now aged 13, has been spending another dissatisfying summer at Privet Drive. When Uncle Vernon's sister, Marge, insults Harry's parents, he becomes angry and accidentally causes her to inflate and float away. Harry flees with his luggage, fed up with his life with the Dursleys. The Knight Bus delivers Harry to the Leaky Cauldron, where he is forgiven by Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge for using magic outside of Hogwarts. After reuniting with his best friends Ron and Hermione, Harry learns that Sirius Black, a convicted supporter of the dark wizard Voldemort, who murdered Harry's parents, has escaped Azkaban prison, intending to kill Harry.
The Last Samurai, 2h34
Directed by Edward Zwick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Chad Lindberg, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada
Roles Simon Graham
Rating77% 3.8985853.8985853.8985853.8985853.898585
In 1876, U.S. Army captain Civil War veteran Nathan Algren is traumatized by his participation in atrocities during the Indian Wars, and has become an embittered alcoholic. Algren is approached by his former commanding officer, Colonel Bagley, on behalf of Japanese businessman Omura, who wishes to hire distinguished U.S. soldiers to train the Imperial Japanese Army to suppress a samurai rebellion, led by Katsumoto Moritsugu. In exchange, Japan would ratify a lucrative trade agreement that would grant the U.S. exclusive rights to supply arms to the Japanese government. Although Algren despises Bagley for having ordered atrocities during the Indian wars, he accepts the job for the money and sails to Japan. Most of the soldiers being trained are little more than inexperienced peasants and farmers.The training is interrupted when the samurai rebels attack a railroad owned by Omura; Bagley orders the regiment to mobilize, overruling Algren's objection that the soldiers are not ready. Algren is proved correct: during a battle in a foggy forest in Yoshino Province, the undisciplined and intimidated soldiers panic and are quickly routed by the samurai horsemen. Algren kills several samurai with his revolver and saber but is eventually knocked from his horse. Algren desperately fights using a spear tipped flagstaff with a flag of a white tiger until he collapses from complete exhaustion. As he is about to be vanquished, he kills his would-be executioner with the staff's spear tip. His ferocity and refusal to surrender, as well as the image of the white tiger on the flag he is fighting with, reminds Katsumoto of a recurring dream. As a result, Algren is spared and taken captive to the rebels' village in the mountains.
Gettin' Square
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Politic
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Heist films
Actors Sam Worthington, David Wenham, Gary Sweet, Timothy Spall, David Field, Freya Stafford
Roles Darren Barrington
Rating65% 3.2978353.2978353.2978353.2978353.297835
Barry Wirth (Sam Worthington) is a retired small time criminal who is released on parole following the death of his mother, so that he can care for his younger brother, Joey (Luke Pegler). Wirth was falsely convicted for murder by corrupt police detective Arnie DeViers (David Field), who is in the employ of criminal kingpin Chicka Martin (Gary Sweet). Shortly after Wirth is released, a corrupt accountant is arrested and his records seized, causing difficulties for Wirth's new employer, Darren "Dabba" Barrington (Timothy Spall), an ex criminal turned restauranteur whose money is seized along with that of Chicka. Wirth's friend Johnny "Spit" Spitieri (David Wenham), a heroin addict and small time criminal, is arrested while conducting a drug deal and finds himself owing twenty thousand dollars to Chicka. DeViers continues to harass and threaten Wirth, even as the latter finds success as a chef in Dabba's restaurant. Despite his best efforts to remain clean, Wirth finds himself under increasing pressure to return to his criminal ways in order to help both Dabba and Spit.
My House in Umbria, 1h49
Directed by Richard Loncraine
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Maggie Smith, Ronnie Barker, Chris Cooper, Timothy Spall, Giancarlo Giannini, Emmy Clarke
Roles Quinty
Rating68% 3.445513.445513.445513.445513.44551
Emily Delahunty (Maggie Smith) is an eccentric British romance novelist who lives in Umbria in central Italy. Mrs. Delahunty settled in Italy to flee from a somewhat traumatic past which still haunts her, and lives alone apart from her servants, who put up with her eccentricities. One day while travelling, the train she is on is bombed by terrorists. After she wakes up in a hospital, she invites three of the other survivors of the disaster to stay at her Italian villa for recuperation. Of these are The General (Ronnie Barker), a retired British Army veteran, Werner (Benno Fürmann), a young German photographer, and Aimee (Emmy Clarke), a young American girl who has now become mute after her parents were both killed in the explosion.
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
Directed by Danny Boyle
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Timothy Spall, Michael Begley, Katy Cavanagh, Alice Barry, Keith Clifford, David Crellin
Roles Tommy Rag
Rating63% 3.191553.191553.191553.191553.19155
Tommy est un vendeur d'aspirateurs saisi par la fièvre de conclure l'affaire. Il vit de riz puffa stocké dans sa boîte à gants, écoute des cassettes de motivation de sa propre voix criant «Vendez, vendez, putain de vendez» et ses parieurs sont endettés jusqu'aux yeux. Même Tommy admet que son "âme est dans des trous". Il est sûr que le Golden Vac (le Saint Graal de la vente sous vide) peut être le sien - si seulement il n'avait pas été sellé avec Pete, un stagiaire en vente doux essayant d'aider sa petite amie à arrêter de se déshabiller.
All or Nothing, 2h8
Directed by Mike Leigh
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles
Actors Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, James Corden, Ruth Sheen, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson
Roles Phil
Rating74% 3.7460153.7460153.7460153.7460153.746015
The film begins with a day nearing end. Rachel, the daughter in the first family, is shown working in a nursing home. Phil, her father, is shown driving people around in his minicab. Penny, Rachel's mother, is shown working as a cashier at Safeway store alongside Maureen, the mother in the second family. When Penny leaves work, she cycles home to find her eighteen-year-old son Rory in a fight with a local boy for taking his football. Rory is a lazy, obese, ill-mannered teenager who stays home all day and doesn't work. Complications with Rory's obesity arise when after an altercation with a gang of youths playing "Piggy in the Middle", he ultimately runs out of breath, begins to hyperventilate and is hospitalised after suffering a heart attack.
Nicholas Nickleby, 2h12
Directed by Douglas McGrath
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Charlie Hunnam, Jim Broadbent, Christopher Plummer, Jamie Bell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Cumming
Roles Charles Cheeryble
Rating70% 3.547983.547983.547983.547983.54798
In a prologue we are introduced to the Nicklebys, who enjoy a comfortable life in the Devon countryside until the father dies and leaves his family with no source of income. Nineteen-year-old Nicholas, his mother, and his younger sister Kate venture to London to seek help from their wealthy, cold-hearted uncle Ralph, an investor who arranges for Nicholas to be hired as a tutor at Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire and finds Kate work as a seamstress.
Vanilla Sky, 2h8
Directed by Cameron Crowe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about suicide, Films set in the future
Actors Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Kurt Russell, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee, Noah Taylor
Roles Thomas Tipp
Rating68% 3.449413.449413.449413.449413.44941
From a prison cell where he has been charged for murder, David Aames (Tom Cruise), in a prosthetic mask, tells his life story to court psychologist Dr. Curtis McCabe (Kurt Russell).