Timothy Spall filmography

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.

Timothy Spall filming Enchanted in New York City, March 2007

Film

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
2024	Rich Flu	Sebastian Snail Sr.
TBA	Hamlet	Polonius	Post-production[6]
	Goodbye June	TBA	Filming

Television

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]
2024	Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light	Duke of Norfolk	Miniseries
2025	Death Valley	John Chapel	Lead role[8]

Video games

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