Highest rated as cast or director
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.
Acted in 157
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
Movie
- 2024
- 2023
The Heist Before Christmas
Santa
Bolan's Shoes
Jimmy
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
It Snows in Benidorm
Peter Riordan
2010s
- 2019
Summer of Rockets
Lord Arthur Wallington · 6 episodes
Hatton Garden
Terry Perkins · 4 episodes
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
Stanley, a Man of Variety
Stanley/Stanley's Father/Stanley's Mother/Tony Hancock/Peter Sellers aka Dr Boob/George Formby/James Finlayson/Max Wall/Alistair Sim/Margaret Rutherford/Frank Randle/Max Miller/Noel Coward/Igor
Away
Joseph
- 2015
Fungus the Bogeyman
Fungus · 3 episodes
Cider with Rosie
Laurie Lee (voice)
Sucker
The Professor
The Enfield Haunting
Maurice Grosse · 3 episodes
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
Love Bite
Sid
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Winston Churchill
The Syndicate
TV
Comes a Bright Day
Charlie
- 2011
My Angel
Mr. Lambert
Reuniting the Rubins
Lennie Rubin
- 2010
Jackboots on Whitehall
Churchill (voice)
2000s
- 2009
10 Minute Tales
Man · 1 episode
The Fattest Man in Britain
Georgie Godwin
Gunrush
Doug Becket
- 2008
- 2007
A Room with a View
Mr Emerson
British Film Forever
TV
- 2006
Mysterious Creatures
Bill Ainscow
- 2005
Cherished
Terry Cannings
- 2004
- 2003
Gettin' Square
Darren Barrington
My House in Umbria
Quinty
- 2002
Bodily Harm
Mitchel Greenfield · 2 episodes
- 2001
Perfect Strangers
Irving · 3 episodes
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Luis Agalla
- 2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Cunningham
Rough for Theatre II
B
1990s
- 1999
The Clandestine Marriage
Sterling
Shooting the Past
Oswald Bates · 3 episodes
- 1998
Still Crazy
David "Beano" Baggot
Neville's Island
Gordon
- 1997
The Swords
Salesman
- 1996
- 1995
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex
Movie
- 1994
- 1993
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Frank Stubbs · 13 episodes
- 1992
Roots
Jimmy Beales
Dread Poets' Society
Derek
- 1991
Broke
Francis Meeks
Life Is Sweet
Aubrey
- 1990
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Pig Robinson
1871
Ramborde
1980s
- 1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
- 1988
Dream Demon
Peck
To Kill a Priest
Igor
Journey's End
Lt. Trotter
- 1987
Body Contact
Paul
- 1986
- 1985
Dutch Girls
Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
A Crack in the Ice
Pte. Postnikov
- 1983
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Barry Taylor · 38 episodes
- 1982
Remembrance
Douglas
Oliver Twist
1st Constable
Home Sweet Home
Gordon
A Cotswold Death
Detective Sergeant Baxter
- 1981
The Cherry Orchard
Epikhodov
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
The Brylcreem Boys
Shorty
- 1978
The Vanishing Army
Wainwright
The Life Story of Baal
Lupu
- 1977
- 1974
- 1970
No release date
Untitled 13
Movie
Produced 2
2020s
- 2025
- 2021
Wrote 1
2010s
- 2016
Stanley, a Man of Variety
Screenplay
Appearances17
2010s
- 2015
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self / Nick
- 2014
- 2013
Back with the Boys Again
Himself
- 2012
London 2012 Olympic Games
Self · 1 episode
Timothy Spall: All at Sea
Himself · 4 episodes
- 2011
Timothy Spall: Back At Sea
Himself · 4 episodes
- 2010
Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea
Himself · 3 episodes
2000s
- 2007
- 2006
Teenage Tourettes Camp
Narrator
- 2004
- 2002
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Self
1990s
- 1998
1980s
- 1988
This Morning
Self - Guest · 1 episode