Timothy Spall
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| Timothy Spall | |
|---|---|
| Image:TimSpall.jpg Timothy Spall filming Enchanted in New York City. | |
| Birth name | Timothy Leonard Spall |
| Born | 27 February 1957 Battersea, London, England |
| Spouse(s) | Shane Spall (married 1981) |
Timothy Leonard Spall OBE (born February 27, 1957) in Battersea, is an English BAFTA award-nominated film, stage and television actor.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] 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.
[edit] Career
Initially notable in the U.K. for playing the gormless Barry Taylor in all five series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, (1983-2004) 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, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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, starred as Beadle Bamford in Tim Burton's production of Sweeney Todd.
On December 31, 1999, he was named an Officer of the British Empire.[4]
[edit] 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]
In 1996 Spall was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, but has since been in remission.[7] He has said of his illness:I didn't know what made me ill but stress had something to do with it and the point is now to head off stress at the pass. It made me aware of things and become more selective. I am less worried about employment. I really do my homework so I am not getting stressed on the set because I don't know what I'm doing.
[edit] 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
- My House in Umbria (2003) as Quinty
- 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
- The Street (2006 - Present) as Eddie McEvoy
- 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
- Oliver Twist for BBC (2007) as Fagin
- Jackboots on Whitehall (2008) as Winston Churchill
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2010) as Peter Pettigrew (still tentative)
[edit] References
- ^ http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article210989.ece Julian Llewellyn Smith, Timothy Spall: A bloke for all seasons, The Independent, 20 August 2001
- ^ http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article354600.ece Nick Duerden, Timothy Spall victim of his own success, The Independent, 30 March 2006
- ^ http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/16/1073878022968.html?from=storyrhs You'll Know the Face, 17 January 2004
- ^ BBC - Drama - Auf Wiedersehen, Pet - Barry (Timothy Spall)
- ^ http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,800979,00.html Lynn Barber, Spall mercies, The Guardian, 29 September 2002
- ^ http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,2205425,00.html Stuart Jeffries, I don't always play losers, The Guardian, 5 November 2007
- ^ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/30793f8a-c612-11da-99fa-0000779e2340.html Amy Raphael, Nothing to lose, everything to enjoy, Financial Times, 8 April 2006
[edit] 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
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | |
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| Writers | Ian Le Frenais · Dick Clement |
| Other Key People | Franc Roddam · Joe Fagin |
| Actors | Tim Healy · Kevin Whately · Jimmy Nail · Gary Holton · Christopher Fairbank · Pat Roach · Timothy Spall |
| Supporting Cast | Julia Tobin · Michael Sheard · Bill Paterson · Bryan Pringle · James Booth · Melanie Hill · Bill Nighy · Noel Clarke · Branka Katic |
| Characters | Dennis · Neville · Oz · Wayne · Moxey · Bomber · Barry |
| Other Pages | Episodes · Programme History |
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