English actor Timothy Spall OBE (born 27 February 1957) has made over 100 appearances in film and television. Having made his cinematic debut in the 1979 film Quadrophenia, Spall first rose to fame for playing boring Barry Spencer Taylor in the comedy-drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004), a role that won him popularity and critical praise. He has gone on to become an acclaimed Hollywood actor featuring in numerous cinematic roles, among them the starring role of Maurice Purley in Secrets & Lies (1996), for which he received nominations for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and a London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year.
Film Year Title Role Notes 1978 The Life Story of Baal Lupu 1979 Quadrophenia Harry the Projectionist 1982 Parswell Remembrance Douglas 1985 Paulus Dutch Girls Lyndon Baines Jellicoe 1986 Gothic Dr. John William Polidori 1987 Body Contact Paul Dream Demon Peck 1988 To Kill a Priest Igor 1989 Crusoe Reverend Milne 1990 White Hunter Black Heart Hodkins, Bush Pilot Eric Lyle 1871 Ramborde Life Is Sweet Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner 1996 Secrets & Lies Maurice Purley Hamlet Rosencrantz 1998 Still Crazy David 'Beano' Baggot Inspector Healey Neville's Island Angus TV film 1999 Topsy-Turvy Richard Temple The Clandestine Marriage Sterling 2000 Love's Labour's Lost Don Armado Vatel Gourville Chicken Run Nick Voice 2001 Mayor Luis Agalla Lucky Break Cliff Gumbell Vanilla Sky Thomas Tipp Intimacy Andy Rock Star Mats 2002 All or Nothing Phil Nicholas Nickleby Charles Cheeryble 2003 Simon Graham 2004 Gettin' Square Darren 'Dabba' Barrington Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Mr. Poe Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanPeter Pettigrew (Wormtail) 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Pierrepoint Albert Pierrepoint 2007 Death Defying Acts Sugarman Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) Uncredited Enchanted Nathaniel Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Beadle Bamford 2008 Appaloosa Phil Olson 2009 Peter Taylor Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) Cameo Heartless George Morgan Desert Flower Terry Donaldson From Time to Time Boggis 2010 Alice in Wonderland Bayard the Bloodhound Voice Wake Wood Arthur Jackboots on Whitehall Winston Churchill Voice Reuniting the Rubins Lenny Rubins Winston Churchill Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Archive footage My Angel Mr. Lambert 2012 Assassin's Bullet Dr. Aaron Kahn Boy Father Short film Comes a Bright Day Charlie Upside Down Bob Boruchowitz The Rise D.I. West Ginger & Rosa Mark Love Bite Sid 2014 The Love Punch Jerry Mr. Turner J. M. W. Turner 2015 Sucker The Professor 2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass Bayard the Bloodhound Voice Away Joseph The Journey Ian Paisley Denial David Irving Stanley a Man of Variety 16 characters 2017 The Party Bill The Changeover Carmody Braque Finding Your Feet Charlie 2018 Early Man Chief Bognar Voice 2019 The Corrupted Clifford Cullen This Time Away Nigel Short film Mrs Lowry & Son L S Lowry 2020 It Snows in Benidorm Peter Riordan2021The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica Alfred Roth The Last Bus Tom Spencer Major Alistar Gregory 2022 This Is Christmas Ray The Pale Blue Eye Superintendent Sylvanus Thayer 2023Bolan's ShoesJimmy Northern ComfortEdward Wicked Little Letters Edward Swan The Heist Before Christmas Father Christmas 2024 Rich Flu Sebastian Snail Sr. 2025 Hamlet Polonius Goodbye June Bernie Cheshire 2026 Virginia Woolf's Night and Day Terence Hilbery
Television Year Title Role Notes 1981 The Cherry Orchard Epikhodov Television film The Three Sisters Andrei 1982 Home Sweet Home Gordon Leach Oliver Twist 1st Constable 1983–2004 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Barry Spencer Taylor 40 episodes 1987 The Nihilist's Double Vision Nick Watts Television film 1988 Journey's End2nd Lt Trotter The Modern World: Ten Great Writers Porfiry Episode: "Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'" 1990 The Tale of Little Pig Robinson Pig Robinson Television film Stolen Donald Caudell 2 episodes 1991 Boon Bill Webster Episode: "Pillow Talk" Murder Most Horrid Pathologist Episode "The Case of the Missingdre" 1991–92 ScreenPlay Derek / Francis Meeks 2 episodes Performance Jimmy Beales / Chico 1992 Red Dwarf Andy Episode "Back to Reality" 1992–93 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Cunningham, Masseur 2 episodes 1993–94 Frank Stubbs Promotes Frank Stubbs 13 episodes 1993 Tracey Ullman: A Class Act Television special Without Walls Margaret Rutherford Episode: "For One Night Only: Margaret Rutherford" Rab C. Nesbitt Cell Mate Episode: "Cell" Spender Robert Cunningham Episode: "Retreat" 1994 Nice Day at the Office Phil Bachelor 6 episodes 1994–96 Outside Edge Kevin Costello 22 episodes 1997 The Hunger Salesman Episode: "The Swords" 1998 Neville's Island Gordon Television film Our Mutual Friend Mr. Venus 4 episodes 1999 Shooting the Past Oswald Bates 3 episodes 2000 ChuckleVision Hot Dog Man The Thing About Vince Vince Skinner Miniseries; 3 episodes 2001 Perfect Strangers Irving 3 episodes Ivor the Invisible Dad Television film Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise Tommy Rag BBC Television movie 2002 Bodily Harm Mitchel Greenfield 2 episodes 2003 My House in Umbria Quinty Television film 2005 Cherished Terry Cannings Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle Mr. Harvey 2006 Mysterious Creatures Bill Ainscow 2006–09 Eddie McEvoy 9 episodes 2007 Mr. Emerson Television film Oliver Twist Fagin Miniseries 2009 Gunrush Doug Beckett Television film Georgie Godwin 2010–12 Timothy Spall: ...at Sea Himself BBC Four miniseries 2012 Bob Davies 5-part drama series Sinbad Anicetus / Death Episode: "Old Man of the Sea" Room on the Broom Dragon Voice; TV short film 2013 Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun Narrator Voice; Channel 5 Docu-series 2013–14 Blandings Lord Clarence Emsworth 13 episodes 2015 The Enfield Haunting Maurice Grosse 3 episodes Fungus the Bogeyman Fungus 3-part series Me and My Guide Dog Narrator Voice; documentary film Cider with Rosie Laurie Lee Voice; Television film 2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Ed Jacobson Episode: "The Commuter" 2019 Hatton Garden Terry Perkins 4 episodes Summer of Rockets Lord Arthur Wallington Miniseries; 6 episodes Perpetual Grace, LTD Donny Recurring role; 5 episodes 2023 The Sixth Commandment Peter Farquhar 4-part drama series 2024 Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the LightDuke of NorfolkMiniseries 2025 Death ValleyJohn ChapelLead role
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2006 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories Barry Mickelthwaite
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