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Timothy Spall
Timothy Leonard Spall is an English actor. He gained recognition for his character actor roles on stage and screen. In 2000, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.
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entertainment · English actor (born 1957) · actor · television presenter · character actor · stage actor · film actor · television actor · also Timothy Spall, Spall
Born 27 February 1957 · Q287824
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2026· 2 entries
The Guardian: Death Valley review – Timothy Spall is having a total blast, and so will you!
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2025· 6 entries
AOL: Timothy Spall, Who Played “Harry Potter”’s ‘Evil’ Peter Pettigrew, Recalls His ‘Favorite’ Scene from Films Ahead of New Series (Exclusive)
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The Guardian: Death Valley review – Timothy Spall’s quality new detective drama is a cosy, witty joy
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The Guardian: ‘I had the audacity not to peg it!’ Timothy Spall on cancer, cosy crime and being heckled on the red carpet
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The Guardian: ‘This is your victory’: Churchill’s VE Day radio address to be broadcast by Timothy Spall
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Spall played Polonius in a modern-day adaptation of Hamlet, scripted by Michael Lesslie and directed by Aneil Karia, before going on to create the role of John Chapel in Death Valley
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Appeared in Goodbye June directed by Kate Winslet
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2024· 4 entries
The Guardian: Next UK government must not treat arts as ‘bloodsucker’, says Timothy Spall
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Yahoo: Timothy Spall praised for ‘real’ speech after shock Bafta TV Awards 2024 win over Brian Cox
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Deadline.com: Timothy Spall Beats Brian Cox, Dominic West & Steve Coogan To Win Leading Actor For ‘The Sixth Commandment’ — BAFTA TV Awards
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Spall played the Duke of Norfolk in the BBC dramatisation of the Hilary Mantel novel Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, taking on the role played in the first series by the late Bernard Hill
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2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: Bolan’s Shoes review – Timothy Spall and Leanne Best add class to trauma drama
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2022· 1 entry
collider: The Last Bus Trailer Features Timothy Spall on His Final Journey
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2018· 1 entry
Played Terry Perkins, one of the robbers, in the ITV miniseries Hatton Garden
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2017· 2 entries
collider: The Journey Trailer Starring Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney
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IndieWire: How ‘Denial’ Star Timothy Spall Almost Went Mad to Play ‘Mr. Turner’ For Mike Leigh
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2016· 1 entry
Spall portrayed Holocaust denier David Irving in the film Denial, directed by Mick Jackson
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2015· 1 entry
San Diego Union-Tribune: Timothy Spall: el personaje en Harry Potter me ha dado la fama internacional
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2014· 3 entries
Awarded European Film Award for Best Actor for Mr. Turner (2014).
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Received the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for his portrayal of J
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Won the Best Actor Award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for Mr
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2013· 1 entry
And 2014, Spall starred in the BBC television series Blandings, a comedy series adapted by Guy Andrews from the Blandings Castle stories of P
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2012· 2 entries
Spall filmed Wasteland (known as The Rise in Britain), with actors Matthew Lewis and Vanessa Kirby
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Spall played Charlie Morgan in the film Comes a Bright Day
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2010· 1 entry
Portrayed Winston Churchill in the film The King's Speech, for which, as a member of the ensemble, he was jointly awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
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2007· 1 entry
Starred as Nathaniel in Disney's Enchanted and Beadle Bamford in Tim Burton's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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2000· 1 entry
Was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II
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1996· 2 entries
In 1996, Spall was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, but has since been in remission.
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Spall was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, but has since been in remission
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1993· 1 entry
Spall was a guest on the Scottish comedy series Rab C
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1991· 1 entry
Guest starred in the series 5 Red Dwarf episode "Back to Reality"
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1978· 2 entries
After being awarded the Bancroft Gold Medal as the most promising actor in his year
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Studied at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1978).
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1957· 1 entry
Born 1957-02-27.
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