
Timothy Spall
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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.
Known For

The Graham Norton Show

Top Gear

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

The Hunger

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Creating the World of Harry Potter

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice in Wonderland

Chicken Run

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Vanilla Sky

The Pale Blue Eye

The King's Speech

The Syndicate

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

The Love Punch

Spencer

Enchanted

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Secrets & Lies

The Corrupted

Love Bite

Lucky Break

Denial

The Last Samurai

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

The Damned United

The Heist Before Christmas

The Sixth Commandment

The Party

All or Nothing

Mr. Turner
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