Timothy Spall
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.
Acting
Movie
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Peter Pettigrew
2004
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Wormtail
2005
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Peter Pettigrew
2011
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
2007
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Peter Pettigrew
2009
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Peter Pettigrew
2010
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Alice in Wonderland
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
2010
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The King's Speech
as Winston Churchill
2010
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The Last Samurai
as Simon Graham
2003
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
2016
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Beadle
2007
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Enchanted
as Nathaniel
2007
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Chicken Run
as Nick (voice)
2000
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Mr. Poe
2004
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Vanilla Sky
as Thomas Tipp
2001
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Upside Down
as Bob Boruchowitz
2012
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The Pale Blue Eye
as Superintendent Thayer
2022
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Spencer
as Major Alistair Gregorys
2021
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Appaloosa
as Phil Olson
2008
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Early Man
as Chief Bobnar (voice)
2018
TV
Top Gear
as Self
2002
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Rock Star
as Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
2001
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Secrets & Lies
as Maurice Purley
1996
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Denial
as David Irving
2016
