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Timothy Spall filmography

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Timothy Spall in 2007
Timothy Spall filming Enchanted in New York City, March 2007

English actor Timothy Spall OBE (born 27 February 1957) has made over 100 appearances in film and television.[1] Having made his cinematic debut in the 1979 film Quadrophenia, Spall first rose to fame for playing boring Barry Spencer Taylor in the comedy-drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004), a role that won him popularity and critical praise. He has gone on to become an acclaimed Hollywood actor featuring in numerous cinematic roles, among them the starring role of Maurice Purley in Secrets & Lies (1996), for which he received nominations for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and a London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year.

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1978 The Life Story of Baal Lupu
1979 Quadrophenia Harry the Projectionist
1982 The Missionary Parswell
Remembrance Douglas
1985 The Bride Paulus
Dutch Girls Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
1986 Gothic Dr. John William Polidori
1987 Body Contact Paul
Dream Demon Peck
1988 To Kill a Priest Igor
1989 Crusoe Reverend Milne
1990 White Hunter Black Heart Hodkins, Bush Pilot
The Sheltering Sky Eric Lyle
1871 Ramborde
Life Is Sweet Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner
1996 Secrets & Lies Maurice Purley
Hamlet Rosencrantz
1998 Still Crazy David 'Beano' Baggot
The Wisdom of Crocodiles Inspector Healey
Neville's Island Angus TV film
1999 Topsy-Turvy Richard Temple
The Clandestine Marriage Sterling
2000 Love's Labour's Lost Don Armado
Vatel Gourville
Chicken Run Nick Voice
2001 The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Mayor Luis Agalla
Lucky Break Cliff Gumbell
Vanilla Sky Thomas Tipp
Intimacy Andy
Rock Star Mats
2002 All or Nothing Phil
Nicholas Nickleby Charles Cheeryble
2003 The Last Samurai Simon Graham
2004 Gettin' Square Darren 'Dabba' Barrington
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Mr. Poe
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail)
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Pierrepoint Albert Pierrepoint
2007 Death Defying Acts Sugarman
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) Uncredited
Enchanted Nathaniel
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Beadle Bamford
2008 Appaloosa Phil Olson
2009 The Damned United Peter Taylor
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) Cameo
Heartless George Morgan
Desert Flower Terry Donaldson
From Time to Time Boggis
2010 Alice in Wonderland Bayard the Bloodhound Voice
Wake Wood Arthur
Jackboots on Whitehall Winston Churchill Voice
Reuniting the Rubins Lenny Rubins
The King's Speech Winston Churchill
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail)
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Archive footage
My Angel Mr. Lambert
2012 Assassin's Bullet Dr. Aaron Kahn
Boy Father Short film
Comes a Bright Day Charlie
Upside Down Bob Boruchowitz
The Rise D.I. West
Ginger & Rosa Mark
Love Bite Sid
2014 The Love Punch Jerry
Mr. Turner J. M. W. Turner
2015 Sucker The Professor
2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass Bayard the Bloodhound Voice
Away Joseph
The Journey Ian Paisley
Denial David Irving
Stanley a Man of Variety 16 characters
2017 The Party Bill
The Changeover Carmody Braque
Finding Your Feet Charlie
2018 Early Man Chief Bognar Voice[2]
2019 The Corrupted Clifford Cullen
This Time Away Nigel Short film
Mrs Lowry & Son L S Lowry [3]
2020 It Snows in Benidorm Peter Riordan
2021 The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica[4] Alfred Roth
The Last Bus Tom [5]
Spencer Major Alistar Gregory
2022 This Is Christmas Ray
The Pale Blue Eye Superintendent Sylvanus Thayer
2023 Bolan's Shoes Jimmy
Northern Comfort Edward
Wicked Little Letters Edward Swan
The Heist Before Christmas Father Christmas
TBA Rich Flu Post-production
Hamlet Polonius Post-production[6]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1981 The Cherry Orchard Epikhodov Television film
The Three Sisters Andrei
1982 Home Sweet Home Gordon Leach
Oliver Twist 1st Constable
1983–2004 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Barry Spencer Taylor 40 episodes
1987 The Nihilist's Double Vision Nick Watts Television film
1988 Journey's End 2nd Lt Trotter
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers Porfiry Episode: "Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'"
1990 The Tale of Little Pig Robinson Pig Robinson Television film
Stolen Donald Caudell 2 episodes
1991 Boon Bill Webster Episode: "Pillow Talk"
Murder Most Horrid Pathologist Episode "The Case of the Missingdre"
1991–92 Screenplay Derek / Francis Meeks 2 episodes
Performance Jimmy Beales / Chico
1992 Red Dwarf Andy Episode "Back to Reality"
1992–93 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Cunningham, Masseur 2 episodes
1993–94 Frank Stubbs Promotes Frank Stubbs 13 episodes
1993 Tracey Ullman: A Class Act Television special
Without Walls Margaret Rutherford Episode: "For One Night Only: Margaret Rutherford"
Rab C. Nesbitt Cell Mate Episode: "Cell"
Spender Robert Cunningham Episode: "Retreat"
1994 Nice Day at the Office Phil Bachelor 6 episodes
1994–96 Outside Edge Kevin Costello 22 episodes
1997 The Hunger Salesman Episode: "The Swords"
1998 Neville's Island Gordon Television film
Our Mutual Friend Mr. Venus 4 episodes
1999 Shooting the Past Oswald Bates 3 episodes
2000 ChuckleVision Hot Dog Man
The Thing About Vince Vince Skinner Miniseries; 3 episodes
2001 Perfect Strangers Irving 3 episodes
Ivor the Invisible Dad Television film
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise Tommy Rag BBC Television movie
2002 Bodily Harm Mitchel Greenfield 2 episodes
2003 My House in Umbria Quinty Television film
2005 Cherished Terry Cannings
Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle Mr. Harvey
2006 Mysterious Creatures Bill Ainscow
2006–09 The Street Eddie McEvoy 9 episodes
2007 A Room with a View Mr. Emerson Television film
Oliver Twist Fagin Miniseries
2009 Gunrush Doug Beckett Television film
The Fattest Man in Britain Georgie Godwin
2010–12 Timothy Spall: ...at Sea Himself BBC Four miniseries
2012 The Syndicate Bob Davies 5-part drama series
Sinbad Anicetus / Death Episode: "Old Man of the Sea"
Room on the Broom Dragon Voice; TV short film
2013 Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun Narrator Voice; Channel 5 Docu-series
2013–14 Blandings Lord Clarence Emsworth 13 episodes
2015 The Enfield Haunting Maurice Grosse 3 episodes
Fungus the Bogeyman Fungus 3-part series
Me and My Guide Dog Narrator Voice; documentary film
Cider with Rosie Laurie Lee Voice; Television film
2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Ed Jacobson Episode: "The Commuter"
2019 Hatton Garden Terry Perkins 4 episodes
Summer of Rockets Lord Arthur Wallington Miniseries; 6 episodes
Perpetual Grace, LTD Donny Recurring role; 5 episodes
2023 The Sixth Commandment Peter Farquhar 4-part drama series[7]
TBA Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Duke of Norfolk Upcoming series
TBA Death Valley John Chapel Upcoming series[8]

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories Barry Mickelthwaite

References

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  1. ^ "Timothy Spall - Filmography". TalkTalk TV.
  2. ^ "Early Man cast and crew credits". British Comedy Guide.
  3. ^ "MRS Lowry & Son (2019)". IMDb.
  4. ^ Comiskey, Noeleen (2019-12-16). "Phenomenal director Daniel Graham (Opus Zero starring Willem Dafoe) sent me this beautiful still of the wonderful @ali_cook & I from #featurefilm The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica starring Timothy Spall & Peter Stormare. Cant wait for you to see it. #grateful #pic.twitter.com/15YcqLcIY8". @NoeleenComiskey. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  5. ^ "The Last Bus: Timothy Spall film gives teen busker big break". BBC News Scotland. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. ^ Lynskey, Dorian (2024-02-23). "Timothy Spall: 'There's nothing wrong with having sympathy for appalling people'". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  7. ^ "Timothy Spall, Anne Reid, Éanna Hardwicke, Annabel Scholey and Sheila Hancock lead cast of BBC One factual drama, The Sixth Commandment". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  8. ^ "BAFTA winner Timothy Spall leads cast for new murder mystery comedy drama Death Valley". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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