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Timothy Spall is a Actor British born on 27 february 1957 at London (United-kingdom)
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.
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.
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Timothy Spall
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
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.
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, 1h24Directed by Sam Fell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Circus films, Prison films, Films about dogs, Films about birds, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Thandie Newton, Zachary Levi, Miranda Richardson, Lynn Ferguson
Roles Nick (voice)
Rating64%
Suite du long métrage des studios Aardman sorti en 2000.
Early Man (2018)
Directed by Nick Park
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes La préhistoire, Sports films, Association football films
Actors Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall, Richard Ellef Ayoade, Selina Griffiths
Roles Chief Bobnar (voice)
Rating61%
Durant la Préhistoire, quand les dinosaures et les mammouths parcouraient encore la terre, un homme des cavernes courageux, Doug, et son meilleur ami Hognob (Crochon en français) s’unissent pour sauver leur tribu d’un puissant ennemi.
The Journey (2017)
Directed by Nick Hamm
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Freddie Highmore, John Hurt, Toby Stephens, Catherine McCormack
Roles Ian Paisley
Rating66%
Deux ennemis implacables d'Irlande du Nord, Ian Paisley, le chef du parti unioniste démocratique, et Martin McGuinness, un politicien du parti Sinn Fein sont contraints de réaliser un voyage ensemble. Ils vont faire un acte de foi et un grand changement pour l’histoire moderne.
The Party (2017)
Directed by Sally Potter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Kristin Scott Thomas, Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy, Timothy Spall, Patricia Clarkson, Cherry Jones
Roles Bill
Rating64%
Janet vient d'être nommée ministre de la santé (d'un cabinet fantôme, au sein d'un parti « corrompu »), l'aboutissement de toute une carrière. Elle réunit avec son époux Bill quelques amis proches pour fêter cette nouvelle. Parmi eux : la meilleure amie de Janet accompagnée de son conjoint, qui est « coach de vie » ; deux lesbiennes dont l'une attend des triplés, à la suite d'une FIV et l'autre est une universitaire spécialiste des études de genre ; ou bien encore un assez jeune banquier, sous cocaïne, dépressif et porteur d'un revolver. Très vite, la fête dégénère…
, 1h53Directed by James Bobin
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Time travel films, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alan Rickman
Roles Bayard (voice)
Rating62%
Cela fait trois ans qu'Alice Kingsleigh suit les traces de son père et navigue dans les hautes mers. En revenant à Londres après un voyage en Chine, elle apprend que Hamish Ascot, son ex-fiancé, a repris la compagnie de son père et veut qu'Alice vende le bateau de son père en échange de sa maison familiale. Alice suit un papillon qu'elle reconnaît comme étant Absolem et, en passant à travers un miroir, retourne au Pays des Merveilles.
Denial (2016)
, 1h50Directed by Mick Jackson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Négationnisme
Actors Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Jack Lowden, Caren Pistorius
Roles David Irving
Rating68%
Deborah Lipstadt, historienne américaine et auteur reconnue, enseigne l'histoire et la mémoire de la Shoah. Elle se voit confrontée à un écrivain extrémiste, avocat de thèses négationnistes sur le régime nazi, le Britannique David Irving, qui la met au défi de prouver l'existence de la Shoah. Deborah Lipstadt ayant dénoncé dans un livre les manipulations et les préjugés idéologiques de David Irving, celui-ci l'assigne en justice pour diffamation, en Grande-Bretagne. Elle se retrouve dans la situation incroyable de devoir prouver que ce qu'elle a écrit sur Irving est vrai et fondé, notamment qu'il ment sciemment en niant notamment l'existence des chambres à gaz. Comment, en restant dans les limites du droit, faire face à un négationniste prêt à toutes les bassesses pour obtenir gain de cause, et l'empêcher de profiter de cette tribune pour propager ses théories nauséabondes ?
The Love Punch (2014)
, 1h34Directed by Joel Hopkins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Escroquerie, Films about marriage
Actors Pierce Brosnan, Emma Thompson, Louise Bourgoin, Timothy Spall, Tuppence Middleton, Laurent Lafitte
Roles Jerry
Rating57%
Richard (Pierce Brosnan) and Kate Jones (Emma Thompson) are divorcees with two children Sophie and Matt. When Richard's company is sold to a corrupt French businessman, Vincent (Laurent Lafitte), they go to Paris and confront Vincent, where Vincent does not deny all the things he did illegally. Richard and Kate plot their plan on how to get their money back. They find out that Vincent is getting married to her beautiful girlfriend, Manon (Louise Bourgoin). They plan to steal the diamond Vincent gave to Manon, which is worth $10 million. This is just as much as the money Vincent Stole from them. At the end they get back together.
Mr. Turner (2014)
, 2h30Directed by Mike Leigh
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Peinture
Actors Timothy Spall, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Dorothy Atkinson, Paul Jesson, Jamie Thomas King, Lesley Manville
Roles JMW Turner
Rating67%
A look at the last quarter century of the great British painter J. M. W. Turner. Profoundly affected by the death of his esteemed father, loved by his housekeeper, Hannah Danby, whom he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close and loving relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies.
Upside Down (2012)
, 1h40Directed by Juan Solanas
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Sur une planète fictive, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Jim Sturgess, Kirsten Dunst, Timothy Spall, Jayne Heitmeyer, Blu Mankuma, Vlasta Vrána
Roles Bob Boruchowitz
Rating62%
The film starts with Adam telling the story of his two-planet home world, unique from other planets or planetary systems as it is the only one that has "dual gravity". This phenomenon of dual gravity allows the two planets to orbit each other in what would otherwise be impossibly close proximity. There are three immutable laws of gravity for this two-planet system:
Love Bite (2012)
, 1h27Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about sexuality, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Comedy horror films, Films about virginity
Actors Edward Speleers, Jessica Szohr, Timothy Spall, Luke Pasqualino, Kierston Wareing, Imogen Toner
Roles Sid
Rating45%
Pendant les vacances, Jamie rencontre la belle Juliana qui est de passage dans sa ville et tombe amoureux d'elle. Mais petit à petit, Jamie remarque que depuis l'arrivée de Juliana, plusieurs choses étranges se passent. Un de ses amis disparaît, puis un second et puis un monsieur vient lui annoncer qu'un loup garou circule parmi eux et qu'il est à la recherche de personnes vierges. Depuis, tous les jeunes de la ville cherchent à perdre leur virginité.
Room on the Broom (2012)
, 25minutesOrigin United-kingdom
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Simon Pegg, Gillian Anderson, Rob Brydon, Timothy Spall, Martin Clunes, Sally Hawkins
Roles Dragon (voice)
Rating74%
Malgré les réticences de son chat, une sorcière, au gré de ses pérégrinations, invite à monter sur son balai plusieurs animaux, un chien, une grenouille et un oiseau. Mais les compagnons ne se doutent pas qu'un terrifiant dragon les menace.
Comes a Bright Day (2012)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Romance
Themes Heist films
Actors Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots, Timothy Spall, Kevin McKidd, Josef Altin, Ben Cura
Roles Charlie
Rating59%
Sam Smith, a bright, ambitious, handsome bellboy at a five-star hotel, has big dreams of running his own restaurant with his childhood friend. On a seemingly ordinary day, he suddenly finds himself in a life-or-death hostage situation with the radiantly beautiful Mary and her spirited elderly boss Charlie while running an errand at one of London’s most exclusive jewelers. Against the backdrop of an armed jewel robbery that goes badly wrong, hostages Sam and Mary discover their true feelings for each other when flung together by deadly circumstance. Charlie, at the conclusion of the situation, grants Sam his wish of running a restaurant by proposing a partnership with him. Mary tells her boss that she changed her plans of moving to Australia, and asks Sam to take her to a concert.
Ginger & Rosa (2012)
, 1h30Directed by Sally Potter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Alice Englert, Alessandro Nivola, Annette Bening, Timothy Spall
Roles Mark
Rating61%
London, 1962. Two teenage girls – Ginger and Rosa – are inseparable. They play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates in the Cuban missile crisis, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered – by the clash of desire and the determination to survive:
Reuniting the Rubins (2011)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about families, Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Timothy Spall, Rhona Mitra, James Callis, Honor Blackman, Hugh O'Conor, Theodore Stevenson
Roles Lennie Rubin
Rating51%
The film is a family comedy chronicling a reluctantly Jewish man (Timothy Spall) who tries to re-unite his dysfunctional family in time for the Jewish celebration of Pesach so as to appease his ailing mother Honor Blackman. Although they are all from the same family his estranged children hardly seem like they are from the same planet. He must reunite his son the capitalist James Callis, his daughter the eco-warrior Rhona Mitra, his son the Buddhist Monk, and his last son, a born again Rabbi.
, 2h10Directed by David Yates
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman
Roles Peter Pettigrew
Rating80%
Lord Voldemort retrieves the Elder Wand from Albus Dumbledore's grave. After burying Dobby, Harry Potter asks the help of goblin Griphook, Ron, and Hermione to break into Bellatrix Lestrange's vault at Gringotts bank, suspecting a Horcrux may be there. Griphook agrees, in exchange for the Sword of Gryffindor. Wandmaker Ollivander tells Harry that two wands taken from Malfoy Manor belonged to Bellatrix and to Draco Malfoy, but Malfoy's has changed its allegiance to Harry.