Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall filming Enchanted in New York City.
Birth name	Timothy Leonard Spall
Born	27 February 1957 (1957-02-27) (age 50) Battersea, London, England
Spouse(s)	Shane Spall (married 1981)

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Biography

Early life

Spall, the third of four sons,^[1] was born in Battersea, London to a postal worker father and a hairdresser mother.^[2][3] He trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA, where he was awarded the Bancroft Gold Medal as the most promising actor in his year. Battersea is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... A postal worker is one who works for a post office, such as a mail carrier. ... A hairdresser is someone whose occupation is to cut or style hair, in order to change or maintain a persons image as they desire. ... The London-based National Youth Theatre or NYT is the United Kingdoms leading organisation for young people in the field of theatre. ... Rada is the term for council or assembly borrowed by Polish from Middle High German Rat (council) and later passed into Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages. ...

Career

Initially notable in the U.K. for playing the gormless Barry Taylor in all five series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, (1983-2005) he has since starred in films such as Secrets & Lies, Shooting the Past, Rock Star, The Last Samurai, and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. He gained international recognition as Peter Pettigrew ("Wormtail") in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. “UK” redirects here. ... Information Occupation Electrician, Importer/Exporter Relationships Married to Hazel (Melanie Hill) and later to Tatiana (Branka Katic) Portrayed by Timothy Spall Barry Taylor (b. ... Auf Wiedersehen, Pet is a popular British comedy-drama series about a group of seven British migrant construction workers: Wayne, Dennis, Oz, Bomber, Barry, Neville and Moxey, who are living and working on a German building site. ... Secrets & Lies is a 1996 British film which tells the story of a successful black woman who, while tracing her family history, discovers that her mother is a lower-class white woman (whose brother is a photographer married to a petty house-proud suburban woman). ... Shooting The Past was a critically-lauded television drama by Stephen Poliakoff, first broadcast by the BBC in 1999, focused around a photographic library threatened by closure, and the lives of its eccentric staff. ... Rock Star is a 2001 movie starring Mark Wahlberg and directed by Stephen Herek. ... The Last Samurai is an action/drama film written by John Logan and Edward Zwick & Marshall Herskovitz based on a story by Logan. ... Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events is a 2004 movie, directed by Brad Silberling. ... Peter Pettigrew, often referred to by his nickname Wormtail, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 fantasy adventure film, based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. ... Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy adventure film, based on J.K. Rowlings novel of the same name, and is the fourth film in the popular Harry Potter film series. ...

Spall played the starring role of Albert Pierrepoint in the 2005 film Pierrepoint, which was released as The Last Hangman in the United States. In the 2006 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Spall voiced Phil Collins' manager, Barry Mickelthwaite. In 2007 he will star as Beadle Bamford in Tim Burton's production of Sweeney Todd. Albert Pierrepoint (30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) is the most famous member of a Yorkshire family who provided three of Britains Chief Executioners in the first half of the 20th century. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pierrepoint (2006), to be released in the US as The Last Hangman, is a British film directed by Adrian Shergold about the life of British executioner Albert Pierrepoint. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Phil Collins (disambiguation). ... Timothy Tim William Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated American film director, writer and designer notable for the quirky and gothic atmosphere of his films. ... For other uses, see Sweeney Todd (disambiguation). ...

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Personal life

He is married and has three children: Mercedes, (born 1985), Pascale (born 1976) and Rafe (born 1983), who is also an actor. He lives in a large house in Forest Hill ^[5]a suburb of south-east London.^[6] This article is about the year. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rafe Spall Rafe Joseph Spall (born 10 March 1983) is an English actor. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Forest Hill is the name of several neighbourhoods: Forest Hill, London in London, England Forest Hill, Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Forest Hill, San Francisco in San Francisco, California, United States Forest Hill, Newark, New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey, United States It is also the name of a number...

In 1996 Spall was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, but has since been in remission.^[7] He has said of his illness: Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), also known as acute myeloid leukemia, is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells. ...

Filmography

• Quadrophenia (1979) as Harry the Projectionist
• The Bride (1985) as Paulus
• Dutch Girls (1985) as Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
• Gothic (1986) as Dr. Polidori
• Life Is Sweet (1990) as Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner
• The Sheltering Sky (1990) as Eric Lyle
• 1871 (1990) as Ramborde
• Secrets & Lies (1996) as Maurice Purley
• Hamlet (1996) as Rosencrantz
• Still Crazy (1998) as David 'Beano' Baggot
• Topsy-Turvy (1999) as Richard Temple
• Shooting the Past (1999)
• Love's Labour's Lost as Don Armado
• Chicken Run (2000) as Nick
• Vanilla Sky (2001) as Thomas Tipp
• Rock Star (2001) as band manager
• Vacuuming Completely Nude In Paradise (2001, TV) as Tommy Rag
• All or Nothing (2002) as Phil
• The Last Samurai (2003) as Simon Graham
• Pierrepoint (2004) as Albert Pierrepoint
• Gettin' Square (2004) as Darren 'Dabba' Barrington
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) as Peter Pettigrew
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) as Mr. Poe
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) as Peter Pettigrew
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) as Peter Pettigrew (appeared in the group photo of the original order of the phoenix)
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006) as Barry Mickelthwaite
• Enchanted (2007) as Nathaniel
• Sweeney Todd (2007) as Beadle Bamford
• A Room with a View for ITV1 (2007) as Mr Beebe
• Jackboots on Whitehall (2008) as Winston Churchill

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy adventure film, based on J.K. Rowlings novel of the same name, and is the fourth film in the popular Harry Potter film series. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Peter Pettigrew, often referred to by his nickname Wormtail, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy adventure film, based on the novel of the same name, by J. K. Rowling. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Peter Pettigrew, often referred to by his nickname Wormtail, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Enchanted is a 2007 comedy-fantasy-musical released on November 21, 2007. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... For other uses, see Sweeney Todd (disambiguation). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... A Room with a View is televised adaptation of E. M. Forsters novel, A Room with a View, written by Andrew Davies. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... Jackboots on Whitehall is a 2008 spoof war movie about the Nazis invading England, featuring the voices of well-known British actors including Richard E. Grant. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Churchill redirects here. ...

References

External links

• Timothy Spall at the Internet Movie Database
• Amy Raphael, Spall in the Family, (Interview of Timothy Spall and actor son Rafe) The Observer, 28 October 2007
• Stuart Jeffries, I don't always play losers, The Guardian, 5 November 2007