Timothy Spall

ActorProducerWriter Feb 27 (age 69) Battersea, London, England, UK 1970–2026 (56 year career)

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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: …

Known For

Film

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Peter Pettigrew

Film

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Peter Pettigrew

Film

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Wormtail

Film

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Peter Pettigrew

Film

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Peter Pettigrew

Film

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)

Film

The King's Speech

Winston Churchill

Film

The Last Samurai

Simon Graham

Filmography

Acting (184)

Movies (134)

Hamlet

2026

as Polonius

5.0

Night & Day

2026 Upcoming

as Mr Hilbery

Jun 19

Goodbye June

2025

as Bernie

6.6

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks

2025

9.0

Rich Flu

2024

as Sebastian Snail Sr.

5.3

Wicked Little Letters

as Edward Swan

Northern Comfort

as Edward

Bolan's Shoes

as Jimmy

The Heist Before Christmas

2023

as Santa

5.4

The Pale Blue Eye

2022

as Superintendent Thayer

6.8

This Is Christmas

2022

as Ray

7.0

The Grand Duke Of Corsica

as Alfred Rott

The Last Bus

as Tom

Spencer

as Major Alistair Gregorys

It Snows in Benidorm

as Peter Riordan

Grizzly II: Revenge

as Rob (uncredited)

Mrs Lowry & Son

as L.S. Lowry

The Corrupted

as Clifford Cullen

This Time Away

as Nigel

Early Man

as Chief Bobnar (voice)

The Party

as Bill

Finding Your Feet

as Charlie Glover

The Changeover

as Carmody Braque

The Journey

as Ian Paisley

Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016

as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)

6.6

Stanley, a Man of Variety

2016

as 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

Denial

as David Irving

Away

as Joseph

Sucker

as The Professor

Cider with Rosie

as Laurie Lee (voice)

5.3

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

as Self / Nick

Fungus The Bogeyman

as Fungus

The One and Only Mike Leigh

as Self

The Love Punch

as Jerry

Mr. Turner

as JMW Turner

9 Kisses

as Bartender

Back with the Boys Again

2013

as Himself

Upside Down

as Bob Boruchowitz

Room on the Broom

as Dragon (voice)

The Rise

as D I West

Ginger & Rosa

as Mark

Boy

Assassin's Bullet

as Dr. Kahn

Love Bite

as Sid

Comes a Bright Day

as Charlie

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

as Peter Pettigrew

Wake Wood

as Arthur

My Angel

as Mr. Lambert

Reuniting the Rubins

as Lennie Rubin

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

as Peter Pettigrew

7.7

Alice in Wonderland

2010

as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)

The King's Speech

as Winston Churchill

Heartless

as George Morgan

Jackboots on Whitehall

2010

as Churchill (voice)

4.9

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

as Peter Pettigrew

Desert Flower

as Terry Donaldson

The Damned United

as Peter Taylor

Gunrush

as Doug Becket

From Time to Time

as Boggis

The Fattest Man in Britain

as Georgie Godwin

Appaloosa

as Phil Olson

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007

as Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)

7.7

Enchanted

2007

as Nathaniel

6.8

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

as Beadle

Death Defying Acts

as Sugarman

A Room with a View

as Mr Emerson

Mysterious Creatures

as Bill Ainscow

Teenage Tourettes Camp

2006

as Narrator

7.5

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

as Wormtail

Cherished

as Terry Cannings

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

2005

as Albert Pierrepoint

7.0

Mr Harvey Lights a Candle

2005

as Malcolm Harvey

7.5

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004

as Peter Pettigrew

8.0

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

as Mr. Poe

The Last Samurai

as Simon Graham

My House in Umbria

as Quinty

Gettin' Square

as Darren Barrington

Nicholas Nickleby

as Charles Cheeryble

All or Nothing

as Phil

Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages

as Self

Vanilla Sky

as Thomas Tipp

Rock Star

as Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager

6.7

Intimacy

2001

as Andy, Claire's husband

6.2

Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

as Tommy Rag

Lucky Break

as Cliff

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

as Luis Agalla

Ivor the Invisible

as Dad (voice)

Rough for Theatre II

as B

Chicken Run

as Nick (voice)

Vatel

as Gourville

Love's Labour's Lost

as Armado

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

2000

as Cunningham

5.5

The Clandestine Marriage

1999

as Sterling

6.0

Topsy-Turvy

1999

as Richard Temple (The Mikado)

6.6

Still Crazy

1998

as David "Beano" Baggot

Immortality

as Inspector Healey

Neville's Island

as Gordon

The Swords

as Salesman

Hamlet

as Rosencrantz

Secrets & Lies

as Maurice Purley

Dread Poets' Society

as Derek

Roots

1992

as Jimmy Beales

Nona

1991

as Chico

Not Mozart: WAM! Limited

1991

as Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart

Broke

1991

as Francis Meeks

The Sheltering Sky

as Eric Lyle

Life Is Sweet

as Aubrey

White Hunter, Black Heart

1990

as Hodkins

6.4

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

1990

as Pig Robinson

1871

1990

as Ramborde

4.5

David Macaulay: Pyramid

1989

as Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)

Journey's End

as Lt. Trotter

Crusoe

as Reverend Milne

Dream Demon

as Peck

To Kill a Priest

as Igor

Gothic

as Dr. Polidori

Body Contact

as Paul

A Crack in the Ice

as Pte. Postnikov

The Bride

1985

as Paulus

5.3

Dutch Girls

1985

as Lyndon Baines Jellicoe

3.6

A Cotswold Death

1982

as Detective Sergeant Baxter

Oliver Twist

as 1st Constable

The Missionary

as Parswell

Remembrance

as Douglas

Home Sweet Home

as Gordon

The Cherry Orchard

as Epikhodov

Say No to Strangers

1981

as Stranger

7.0

The Three Sisters

1981

as Andrei

S.O.S. Titanic

as Jim (uncredited)

Quadrophenia

as Projectionist

The Brylcreem Boys

as Shorty

The Vanishing Army

1978

as Wainwright

The Life Story of Baal

1978

as Lupu

Untitled 13

Television (50)

Death Valley

2025

as John Chapel

6.2

The Sixth Commandment

2023

as Peter Farquhar

6.6

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2022

as Self – Actor

2.8

Remembers…

2022

as Self

Perpetual Grace LTD

2019

as Donald DeLoash

7.4

Summer of Rockets

2019

as Lord Arthur Wallington

6.6

Hatton Garden

2019

as Terry Perkins

5.9

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

as Ed Jacobson

Wolf Hall

as Duke of Norfolk

Fungus the Bogeyman

as Fungus

The Enfield Haunting

as Maurice Grosse

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

as Self

4.5

Blandings

2013

as Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth

7.2

The Syndicate

2012

7.5

London 2012 Olympic Games

2012

as Self

Timothy Spall: All at Sea

2012

as Himself

Timothy Spall: Back At Sea

2011

as Himself

8.0

Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea

2010

as Himself

10 Minute Tales

2009

as Man

7.5

A Room with a View

2008

as Mr Emerson

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Oliver Twist

as Fagin

British Film Forever

as Himself

The One Show

as Self - Guest

The Street

as Eddie McEvoy

One Life

Top Gear

as Self

Bodily Harm

as Mitchel Greenfield

4.0

Perfect Strangers

2001

as Irving

6.3

The Thing about Vince

2000

as Vince skinner

Shooting the Past

1999

as Oswald Bates

7.0

Parkinson

1998

as Self

Our Mutual Friend

as Mr Venus

The Hunger

as Salesman

Outside Edge

The Danny Baker Show

Nice Day at the Office

1994

Frank Stubbs Promotes

1993

as Frank Stubbs

6.0

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

1992

as Cunningham - Masseur

Performance

as Chico

Pebble Mill

as Self

Murder Most Horrid

as Pathologist

Spender

as Robert Cunningham

Red Dwarf

as Andy

This Morning

as Self - Guest

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

1988

as Porfiry

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

1983

as Barry Taylor

7.8

BBC2 Play of the Week

as Wainwright

Playhouse

as Shorty

Play for Today

as Detective Sergeant Baxter

6.3

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

The Last Bus

2021

Executive Producer

6.5

Stanley, a Man of Variety

2016

Screenplay

5.5

Late in Summer

Executive Producer