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Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall’s screen credits include Peter Pettigrew in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Winston Churchill in The King's Speech, and Simon Graham in The Last Samurai.
Born February 27, 1957 Battersea, London, England, UK9 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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.
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- 2026Virginia Woolf's Night & Day1h 35m · Comedy · DramaTerence Hilbery
- 2016Alice Through the Looking Glass1h 53m · Adventure · FamilyBayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
- 2010The King's Speech1h 58m · Drama · HistoryWinston Churchill
- 2010Alice in Wonderland1h 48m · Adventure · FamilyBayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
- 2007Enchanted1h 47m · Comedy · FamilyNathaniel
- 2004Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events1h 48m · Adventure · ComedyMr. Poe
- 2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2h 21m · Adventure · FantasyPeter Pettigrew
- 2003The Last Samurai2h 34m · Action · DramaSimon Graham
- 2000Chicken Run1h 24m · Animation · ComedyNick (voice)
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- 2026HamletPolonius
- 2025Goodbye JuneBernie
- 2025Turner: The Secret SketchbooksActor
- 2024Rich FluSebastian Snail Sr.
- 2024Wicked Little LettersEdward Swan
- 2023The Heist Before ChristmasSanta
- 2023Bolan's ShoesJimmy
- 2023Northern ComfortEdward
- 2022The Pale Blue EyeSuperintendent Thayer
- 2022This Is ChristmasRay
- 2021SpencerMajor Alistair Gregorys
- 2021The Grand Duke of CorsicaAlfred Rott
- 2021The Last BusProducer · Tom
- 2020It Snows in BenidormPeter Riordan
- 2020Grizzly II: RevengeRob (uncredited)
- 2019Mrs Lowry & SonL.S. Lowry
- 2019The CorruptedClifford Cullen
- 2019This Time AwayNigel
- 2018Early ManChief Bobnar (voice)
- 2017Finding Your FeetCharlie Glover
- 2017The ChangeoverCarmody Braque
- 2017The PartyBill
- 2017The JourneyIan Paisley
- 2016Stanley, a Man of VarietyWriter · 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
- 2016DenialDavid Irving
- 2016AwayJoseph
- 2015Fungus The BogeymanFungus
- 2015A Grand Night In: The Story of AardmanSelf / Nick
- 2015Cider with RosieLaurie Lee (voice)
- 2015SuckerThe Professor
- 2014The One and Only Mike LeighSelf
- 2014Mr. TurnerJMW Turner
- 20149 KissesBartender
- 2014The Love PunchJerry
- 2013Back with the Boys AgainHimself
- 2012Room on the BroomDragon (voice)
- 2012Love BiteSid
- 2012Ginger & RosaMark
- 2012Upside DownBob Boruchowitz
- 2012The RiseD I West
- 2012London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British MusicWinston Churchill
- 2012Assassin's BulletDr. Kahn
- 2012BoyActor
- 2012Comes a Bright DayCharlie
- 2011My AngelMr. Lambert
- 2011Reuniting the RubinsLennie Rubin
- 2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Peter Pettigrew
- 2011Wake WoodArthur
- 2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1Peter Pettigrew
- 2010Jackboots on WhitehallChurchill (voice)
- 2010HeartlessGeorge Morgan
- 2009The Fattest Man in BritainGeorgie Godwin
- 2009From Time to TimeBoggis
- 2009Desert FlowerTerry Donaldson
- 2009GunrushDoug Becket
- 2009Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrincePeter Pettigrew
- 2009The Damned UnitedPeter Taylor
- 2008AppaloosaPhil Olson
- 2007Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetBeadle
- 2007A Room with a ViewMr Emerson
- 2007Death Defying ActsSugarman
- 2007Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixPeter Pettigrew (uncredited)
- 2006Mysterious CreaturesBill Ainscow
- 2006Teenage Tourettes CampNarrator
- 2005Pierrepoint: The Last HangmanAlbert Pierrepoint
- 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireWormtail
- 2005Mr Harvey Lights a CandleMalcolm Harvey
- 2005CherishedTerry Cannings
- 2003Gettin' SquareDarren Barrington
- 2003My House in UmbriaQuinty
- 2002Nicholas NicklebyCharles Cheeryble
- 2002Christopher Plummer: A Man For All StagesSelf
- 2002All or NothingPhil
- 2001Ivor the InvisibleDad (voice)
- 2001Vanilla SkyThomas Tipp
- 2001Rock StarMats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
- 2001Lucky BreakCliff
- 2001Vacuuming Completely Nude in ParadiseTommy Rag
- 2001The Old Man Who Read Love StoriesLuis Agalla
- 2001IntimacyAndy, Claire's husband
- 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage EscapadesCunningham
- 2000VatelGourville
- 2000Love's Labour's LostArmado
- 2000Rough for Theatre IIB
- 1999Topsy-TurvyRichard Temple (The Mikado)
- 1999The Clandestine MarriageSterling
- 1998ImmortalityInspector Healey
- 1998Still CrazyDavid "Beano" Baggot
- 1998Neville's IslandGordon
- 1997The SwordsSalesman
- 1996HamletRosencrantz
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