Timothy Spall is a Actor British born on 27 february 1957 at London (United-kingdom)
Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall participated to
77 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
12 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
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Directed by Edward ZwickOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Seafaring films,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Martial arts films,
Samurai filmsActors Tom Cruise,
Timothy Spall,
Ken Watanabe,
Chad Lindberg,
Tony Goldwyn,
Hiroyuki SanadaRoles Simon Graham
Rating77%
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., 1h58
Directed by Tom HooperOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Politique,
Political films,
Buddy films,
Films about language and translation,
Films about royaltyActors Colin Firth,
Geoffrey Rush,
Helena Bonham Carter,
Guy Pearce,
Timothy Spall,
Derek JacobiRoles Winston Churchill
Rating79%
Prince Albert, Duke of York, the second son of King George V, stammers through his speech closing the 1925 British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Stadium, while the resulting ordeal is being broadcast by radio worldwide. The Duke has given up hope of a cure, but his wife, Elizabeth, persuades him to see Lionel Logue, an Australian speech therapist in London. During their first session, Logue breaches royal etiquette by referring to the Prince as "Bertie", a name used only by his family. When the Duke decides Logue's methods and manner are unsuitable, Logue wagers a shilling that the Duke can recite Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy without trouble while listening to "The Marriage of Figaro" on headphones. Logue records his performance on an acetate record. Convinced he has stammered throughout, Prince Albert leaves in anger, declaring his condition "hopeless" and dismissing Logue. Logue offers him the recording as a keepsake., 1h47
Directed by Kevin LimaOrigin USAGenres Fantastic,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Animation,
RomanceThemes Films about films,
Films about magic and magicians,
Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Children's filmsActors Amy Adams,
Patrick Dempsey,
James Marsden,
Timothy Spall,
Idina Menzel,
Rachel CoveyRoles Nathaniel. Nathaniel is a servant of Queen Narissa, who controls him through his infatuation with her and his own lack of self-esteem. He initially does Narissa's bidding, but ultimately realizes her true nature and rebels against her. He has a penchant f
Rating70%
In "Andalasia", an animated fairy tale world devoid of problems, in which there are talking animals and "happy endings", Queen Narissa frets that her stepson Prince Edward will soon find his true love, which means that Narissa's position on the throne would be taken over. One day, Edward and Nathaniel, Queen Narissa's henchmen, successfully capture a troll, but Edward rides off to the cottage of a girl named Giselle after hearing her sing about "true love". Knowing Narissa's wishes, Nathaniel sets the troll free to get rid of Giselle, but Edward saves her just in time. When they meet, they instantly fall in love and plan to get married the following day., 1h24
Directed by Nick Park,
Peter LordOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Fantasy,
AnimationThemes Films about animals,
Circus films,
Environmental films,
Prison films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Films about dogs,
Films about birds,
Political films,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors Julia Sawalha,
Mel Gibson,
Timothy Spall,
Phil Daniels,
Benjamin Whitrow,
Tony HaygarthRoles Nick (voice)
Rating70%
Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy run a failing chicken farm in Yorkshire; the chickens are caged in the style of a prison camp with a high fence and barbed wire, with two dogs that patrol the grounds. As their chickens are producing fewer eggs, Mrs. Tweedy comes up with the idea of converting their product from eggs to chicken pies, and orders a large automatic pie maker., 1h47
Directed by Brad SilberlingOrigin USAGenres Fantastic,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
AdventureThemes Films about children,
Films about magic and magicians,
Films about music and musicians,
L'usurpation d'identité,
Musical films,
Children's films,
EscroquerieActors Jim Carrey,
Liam Aiken,
Emily Browning,
Timothy Spall,
Catherine O'Hara,
Jude LawRoles Mr. Poe
Rating67%
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., 1h56
Directed by Tim BurtonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Horror,
MusicalThemes 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 musicalsActors Johnny Depp,
Helena Bonham Carter,
Alan Rickman,
Timothy Spall,
Jayne Wisener,
Sacha Baron CohenRoles Beadle
Rating72%
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")., 1h40
Directed by Juan SolanasOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
RomanceThemes Space adventure films,
Monde imaginaire,
Sur une planète fictive,
Political films,
Dystopian filmsActors Jim Sturgess,
Kirsten Dunst,
Timothy Spall,
Jayne Heitmeyer,
Blu Mankuma,
Vlasta VránaRoles 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:, 2h30
Directed by Mike LeighOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes PeintureActors Timothy Spall,
Roger Ashton-Griffiths,
Dorothy Atkinson,
Paul Jesson,
Jamie Thomas King,
Lesley ManvilleRoles 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., 2h15
Directed by Mike LeighOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
ComedyThemes Films about adoption,
Films about children,
Films about familiesActors Timothy Spall,
Brenda Blethyn,
Phyllis Logan,
Marianne Jean-Baptiste,
Claire Rushbrook,
Liz SmithRoles Maurice Purley
Rating79%
The film tells the story of Hortense Cumberbatch, a successful black middle class optometrist in London, who is adopted and has chosen to trace her family history after the death of her adoptive mother. After being warned by public officials about the troubles she could face by tracking her birth mother down, she continues her investigation and is baffled to learn that her birth mother is white but does not resent her and wants to know more about her past. Her birth mother, Cynthia Purley, is working class and downwardly mobile. Hortense meets her and later meets Cynthia's brother, Maurice Purley, a photographer, his wife Monica, and Cynthia's daughter Roxanne, a street cleaner., 2h40
Directed by Mike LeighOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Biography,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Historical,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Jim Broadbent,
Allan Corduner,
Timothy Spall,
Lesley Manville,
Eleanor David,
Dexter FletcherRoles Richard Temple (The Mikado)
Rating72%
On the opening night of Princess Ida at the Savoy Theatre in January 1884, composer Sir Arthur Sullivan (Allan Corduner), who is ill from kidney disease, is barely able to make it to the theatre to conduct. He goes on a holiday to Continental Europe hoping that the rest will improve his health. While he is away, ticket sales and audiences at the Savoy Theatre wilt in the hot summer weather. Producer Richard D'Oyly Carte (Ron Cook) has called on Sullivan and the playwright W. S. Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) to create a new piece for the Savoy, but it is not ready when Ida closes. Until a new piece can be prepared, Carte revives an earlier Gilbert and Sullivan work, The Sorcerer., 1h43
Directed by Roland JofféOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Biography,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Cooking films,
Politique,
Political films,
Histoire de France,
Films about royaltyActors Gérard Depardieu,
Uma Thurman,
Tim Roth,
Timothy Spall,
Julian Glover,
Tom StoppardRoles Gourville
Rating65%
The film takes place in 1671. In the prelude to the Franco-Dutch War, a financially struggling Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé is visited by King Louis XIV for three days of festivities at the Château de Chantilly.. The prince wants a commission as a general, and spares no expense in order to impress the king. In charge of organizing the event is François Vatel, Master of Festivities and Pleasures in the prince's household. Vatel is a man of great honor and talent, but of low birth. As the great Condé is prepared to do anything in his quest for stature, the tasks assigned to Vatel are often menial and dishonourable. While Vatel tries to sustain dignity amidst the extravaganza he is meant to orchestrate, he finds himself in love with Anne de Montausier, the king's latest lover, who returns his affections. However, due to their incompatible social standing and the rigid hierarchy of the court, continuing the liaison is clearly impossible. The movie ends with Vatel realizing that he is nothing more than a puppet in the hands of his superiors, bought and sold like a piece of property: he consequently commits suicide. Vatel throws himself on his sword because the roast was not sufficient to feed several unexpected guests, the clouds dulled the fireworks display and he lacked confidence that there would be enough fish for the morning meal. Anne de Montausier is grief-stricken upon hearing the news but she must not speak of it. In doing so, she flees the court quietly and no one ever knew about her and Vatel., 25minutes
Origin United-kingdomGenres AnimationThemes Children's filmsActors Simon Pegg,
Gillian Anderson,
Rob Brydon,
Timothy Spall,
Martin Clunes,
Sally HawkinsRoles 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.