Timothy Spall Biography (1957-)

Full name, Timothy Leonard Spall; born February 27, 1957, in Battersea, London, England; father, a postal worker; mother, a hairdresser; married Shane (some sources cite Mary-Jane), 1981; children: Pascale, Rafe (an actor), Mercedes. Addresses: Agent: Pippa Markham, Markham and Froggatt Agency, 4 Windmill St., London W1T 2H2, England (some sources cite 4 Windmill St., LondonW1P 1HF).; Manager: Hofflund/Polone, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 890, BeverlyHills, CA 90212.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: February 27, 1957; London, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Lupu, The Life Story of Baal, 1978
Harry, Quadrophenia (also known as Quadrophenia: A Way of Life), World Northal, 1979
Douglas, Remembrance, Mainline Releasing, 1982
Parswell, The Missionary, Columbia, 1982
Paulus (Tim), The Bride, Columbia, 1985
Dr. John Polidori, Gothic, Vestron Pictures, 1986
Igor, To Kill a Priest (also known as Le complot, Popieluszko, and Zabic ksiedza), Columbia, 1988
Peck, Dream Demon, Spectrafilm, 1988
(As Tim Spall) Reverend Milne, Crusoe, Island Films, 1988
Aubrey, Life Is Sweet, October Films, 1990
Eric Lyle, The Sheltering Sky (also known as Il te nel deserto), Warner Bros., 1990
Hodkins, White Hunter, Black Heart, Warner Bros., 1990
Ramborde, 1871, 1990
Maurice Purley, Secrets & Lies (also known as Secrets et mensonges), October Films, 1996
Rosencrantz, Hamlet (also known as William Shakespeare's "Hamlet"), Columbia, 1996
(In archive footage) Whatever Happened to ... Clement and La Frenais?, 1997
David "Beano" Baggot, Still Crazy, Columbia, 1998
Inspector Healey, The Wisdom of Crocodiles (also known as Immortality), Miramax, 1998
Richard "Dickie" Temple (The Mikado), Topsy-Turvy, OctoberFilms/USA Films, 1999
Sterling, The Clandestine Marriage, United International Pictures,1999
Don Armado, Love's Labour's Lost (also known as Peines d'amourperdues), Miramax, 2000
Gourville, Vatel, Miramax, 2000
Voice of Nick, Chicken Run (animated; also known as C:R-1),DreamWorks, 2000
Andy, Intimacy (also known as Intimidad and Intimite), Empire Pictures, 2001
Luis Agalla, The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (also known as El viejo que leia novelas de amor and Le vieux qui lisait des romans d'amour), Pandora Films, 2001
Mats, Rock Star (also known as Metal God), Warner Bros., 2001
Thomas Tipp, Vanilla Sky, Paramount, 2001
Cliff Gumbell, Lucky Break (also known as Rein oder raus),Paramount, c. 2001
Charles Cheeryble, Nicholas Nickleby, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002
Phil Bassett, All or Nothing, United Artists, 2002
Victor Monroe, In the Eyes of Kyana, 2002
Darren "Dabba" Barrington, Gettin' Square, Universal, 2003
Frederico Formaggio, Last Rumble in Rochdale (short film), 2003
Simon Graham, The Last Samurai (also known as The Last Samurai:Bushido), Warner Bros., 2003
Mr. Poe, Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" (also known as Lemony Snicket and Lemony Snicket--Raetselhafte Ereignisse), Paramount, 2004
Peter Pettigrew, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, WarnerBros., 2004, also released as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The IMAX Experience.
Peter Pettigrew, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (also known as Wormtail), Warner Bros., 2005
Television Appearances
Series

Barry Taylor, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Central Television, 1983-84 and 1986
Robert Cunningham, Spender, BBC, 1991-93
Frank Stubbs, Frank Stubbs Promotes, Carlton Television, 1993
Title role, Frank Stubbs, Carlton Television, 1994
Phil Bachelor, Nice Day at the Office, BBC, beginning 1994
Kevin Costello, Outside Edge, Central Independent Television, 1994, Central Independent Television and Carlton Television, 1995
Miniseries
Mr. Venus, Our Mutual Friend (also known as Our Mutual Friend--by Charles Dickens), BBC, 1998, broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre,PBS, 1999
Oswald Bates, Shooting the Past, BBC, 1999, broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1999
Vince Skinner, The Thing about Vince, Carlton Television, 2000
Irving, Perfect Strangers (also known as Almost Strangers),BBC, 2001
Mitchel Greenfield, Bodily Harm, [Great Britain], 2002
Voice, Bosom Pals (animated), BBC, 2004
Narrator, Jamie's School Dinners, Channel 4 (England) and Food Network Canada, 2005
Movies
Jim, SOS Titanic, ABC, 1979
First constable, Oliver Twist, CBS, 1982
Lyndon, Dutch Girls, London Weekend Television, 1985
Paul, Body Contact, BBC, 1987
Francis Meakes, Broke, BBC, 1990
Nona, BBC, 1991
B, Rough for Theatre II, RTE (Ireland), then PBS, 2000
Tommy Rag, Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise, BBC, 2001, BBC America, 2002
Quinty, My House in Umbria, HBO, 2003
Albert Pierrepont, The Last Hangman (also known as Pierrepont), Granada Television, 2005
Mr. Harvey, Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle, BBC, 2005
Terry Cannings, Cherished, BBC, 2005
Specials
Wainwright, "The Vanishing Army," Play for Today (also known as Play for Today: The Vanishing Army), BBC, 1980
Gordon Leach, "Home Sweet Home," Play for Today (also known as Play for Today: Home Sweet Home), BBC, 1982
Sergeant Baxter, "A Cotswold Death," Play for Today (also known asPlay for Today: A Cotswold Death), BBC, 1982
Lieutenant Hibbert, Journey's End, 1988
Donald Caudell, Stolen, London Weekend Television, 1990
Gordon, Neville's Island, Yorkshire Television, 1998
Appeared as Yepikhodov, The Cherry Orchard, BBC; as Hawkins, Guest of the Nation, BBC; and as Andrei, Three Sisters.
Awards Presentations
The Evening Standard British Film Awards, ITV-3 (England), 2005
Episodic
Title role, "John Burnett," The South Bank Show, London Weekend Television, 1989
Pathologist, "The Case of the Missing," Murder Most Horrid, BBC-2,1991
Andy, "Back to Reality," Red Dwarf, BBC-2, 1992
Bill Webster, "Pillow Talk," Boon, Central Television, 1992
Cunningham, "Barcelona, May 1917," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC, 1992
Pilot, Tracey Ullman: A Class Act, [Great Britain], c. 1992, HBO,1993
Cell mate, "Cell," Rab C. Nesbitt, BBC, 1993
Guest, The Danny Baker Show, BBC, 1994
Salesperson, "The Swords," The Hunger, Showtime, 1997
Himself, "A Man for All Stages: The Life and Times of Christopher Plummer," Life and Times, CBC, 2002
Guest, Parkinson, BBC, 2002
Himself, Top Gear (also known as Top Gear Xtra), BBC, 2005
Appeared as Clevor Trevor, "Night Moves," Arena (also known as Arena--Night Moves), BBC-2.
Other
Appeared as Shorty, The Brylcreem Boys, BBC; as Porfiry, GreatWriters--Dostoevsky; as Chico, La Nona, BBC; as Nick Watt, TheNihilist's Double Vision; as Jimmy Beales, Roots, BBC; and as Little Pig Robinson, The Tale of Little Pig Robinson. Also appeared in Dread Poets Society, BBC; and African Footsteps.
Stage Appearances
Vic Maggot, Smelling a Rat, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1988
Appeared as Andrei, Three Sisters, as Mech, Baal, as Rafe,Knight of the Burning Pestle, as Simple, The Merry Wives of Windsor, as Wackford Spears and Mr. Folair, Nicholas Nickleby, and in Cymbeline, all Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England; as Bottom, A Midsummer Night's Dream, as the dauphin, Saint Joan, as Ligurio, Mandragola, and in Le bourgeois gentilhomme, allRoyal National Theatre, London; as Boucicault, Heavenly Bodies, as Gratiano, The Merchant of Venice, and as Harry Trevor and Baptista, Kiss Me Kate, all Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, England; as Lawrence, Mary Barns, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Royal Court Theatre, London; as Martin, Aunt Mary, Warehouse Theatre, London; as Khelstakov, The Government Inspector, Greenwich Theatre, London; as Derek, Screamers, Playhouse Studio Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland; and as Ivan, Suicide.
RECORDINGS
Videos
Robin, Coaching Skills (corporate video), late 1990s

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Daily Telegraph, January 5, 2004, p. 13
Radio Times, July 6, 1991, p. 5; March 11, 1995, p. 8; January 6,1996, pp. 14-17; October 12, 2002, pp. 30-32

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