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Timothy Spall

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.

Filmography

2026
Hamlet

as Polonius

Movie
2025
Goodbye June

as Bernie

Movie
2024
Rich Flu

as Sebastian Snail Sr.

Movie
2024
Wicked Little Letters

as Edward Swan

Movie
2010
The King's Speech

as Winston Churchill

Movie
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

as Peter Pettigrew

Movie
2010
Alice in Wonderland

as Bayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)

Movie
2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

as Peter Pettigrew

Movie
2007
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

as Beadle

Movie
2007
Enchanted

as Nathaniel

Movie
2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

as Wormtail

Movie
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

as Peter Pettigrew

Movie
2003
The Last Samurai

as Simon Graham

Movie
2001
Vanilla Sky

as Thomas Tipp

Movie
2000
Chicken Run

as Nick (voice)

Movie