
Timothy Spall
- Birth name:
- Timothy Leonard Spall
- Date of Birth:
- 27 February 1957 Battersea, London, England, UK
- Height:
- 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Best known for his grimy, boorish, highly dysfunctional, often repugnant blue-collars particularly in Mike Leigh films, actor Timothy Spall was the son of a postal worker and a hairdresser. Raised in London, he auditioned and earned a spot with the National Youth Theatre and later showed great promise at RADA where he portrayed the title roles in "Macbeth" and "Othello." In 1979 he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and stayed for approximately two years performing in "The Merry Wives of Windsor," "Cymbeline," "The Three Sisters" and "Nicholas Nickleby." In the early 80s he moved into TV roles with Leigh's "Home Sweet Home" and later had his own drama series "Frank Stubbs Promotes" in 1993. With Leigh, Timothy's appeared in a number of award-winning features, particularly Life Is Sweet (1990) and Secrets & Lies (1996), for which he earned a BAFTA Award nomination, and the Gilbert & Sullivan biopic Topsy-Turvy (1999). He also worked for noted directors Ken Russell in Gothic (1986), Clint Eastwood in White Hunter Black Heart (1990), Bernardo Bertolucci in The Sheltering Sky (1990), and Kenneth Branagh in Hamlet (1996) as Rosenkrantz. A chronic illness curtailed his momentum in the mid-90s, coming back resourcefully on stage and TV. On a roll recently with more of his odd characterizations he lent his voice to the popular animated feature Chicken Run (2000) and appeared in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) as Peter Pettigrew, and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) as Mr. Poe. Show more »
Best known for his grimy, boorish, highly dysfunctional, often repugnant blue-collars particularly in Mike Leigh films, actor Timothy Spall was the son of a postal worker and a hairdresser. Raised in London, he auditioned and earned a spot with the National Youth Theatre and later showed great promise at RADA where he portrayed the title roles in "Macbeth" and "Othello." In 1979 he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and stayed for approximately two years performing in "The Merry Wives of Windsor," "Cymbeline," "The Three Sisters" and "Nicholas Nickleby." In the early 80s he moved into TV roles with Leigh's "Home Sweet Home" and later had his own drama series "Frank Stubbs Promotes" in 1993. With Leigh, Timothy's appeared in a number of award-winning features, particularly Life Is Sweet (1990) and Secrets & Lies (1996), for which he earned a BAFTA Award nomination, and the Gilbert & Sullivan biopic Topsy-Turvy (1999). He also worked for noted directors Ken Russell in Gothic (1986), Clint Eastwood in White Hunter Black Heart (1990), Bernardo Bertolucci in The Sheltering Sky (1990), and Kenneth Branagh in Hamlet (1996) as Rosenkrantz. A chronic illness curtailed his momentum in the mid-90s, coming back resourcefully on stage and TV. On a roll recently with more of his odd characterizations he lent his voice to the popular animated feature Chicken Run (2000) and appeared in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) as Peter Pettigrew, and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) as Mr. Poe.
« Hide
« Hide

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1986, UK
Download
Watch online
Episode: The Return of the Seven: Part 2
as Barry Taylor

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983, UK
Download
Watch online
Episode: Home Thoughts from Abroad
as Barry Taylor

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1986, UK
Download
Watch online
Episode: Marjorie Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Barry Taylor

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1986, UK
Download
Watch online
Episode: No Sex Please, We're Brickies
as Barry Taylor

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1984, UK
Download
Watch online
Episode: Love and Other Four-Letter Words
as Barry Taylor

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1986, UK
Download
Watch online
Episode: The Return of the Seven: Part 1
as Barry Taylor

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
2004, UK
Download
Watch online
Episode: Britannia Waives the Rules
as Barry Taylor

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
2002, UK
Download
Watch online
Episode: Bridge Over Troubled Water
as Barry Taylor

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1993, USA
Download
Watch online
Episode: Prague, August 1917
as Cunningham - Masseur

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardmanas Himself - 'Chicken Run' - Voice of Nick
2015, UK
Download
Watch online


Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983, UK
Download
Watch online
Episode: The Girls They Left Behind
as Barry Taylor

Play for Todayas Detective Sergeant Baxter / ... (3 episodes, 1980-1982)
1970, UK
Download
Watch online


Blandings
1970, UK
Download
Watch online
Episode: The Crime Wave at Blandings
as Lord Clarence Emsworth

Blandings
1970, UK
Download
Watch online
Episode: Lord Emsworth and the Girlfriend
as Clarence, Lord Emsworth

The Graham Norton Show
2014, UK
Download
Watch online
Episode: Benedict Cumberbatch/Miranda Hart/Timothy Spall/Maroon 5
as Himself