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Timothy Leonard Spall is a British actor, television presenter, and stage actor born on 27 February 1957 in Battersea, London. He is a citizen of the United Kingdom and resides in Forest Hill. Spall began his professional work in 1978 and was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He performs in genres including Shakespearean comedy and speaks English.
His career includes recognition with the European Film Award for Best Actor and the Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He has also received nominations for the European Film Award for Best Actor. Spall is the father of Rafe Spall.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1957
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Film & TV
Acting · Battersea, London, England, UK
Timothy Leonard Spall (born February 27, 1957) is an English actor and presenter. He became a household name in the UK after appearing as Barry Spencer Taylor in the 1983 ITV comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Spall performed in Secrets & Lies (1996), and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Subsequently, he starred in many films, including Hamlet (1996),…
Known for
- Virginia Woolf's Night & Day — Mr Hilbery2026
- Hamlet — Polonius2026
- Goodbye June — Bernie2025
- Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks2025
- Death Valley — John Chapel2025
- Rich Flu — Sebastian Snail Sr.2024
- Wicked Little Letters — Edward Swan2024
- Bolan's Shoes — Jimmy2023
- Northern Comfort — Edward2023
- The Heist Before Christmas — Santa2023
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Timothy Leonard Spall, OBE (born 27 February 1957) is an English actor and occasional presenter. Initially notable in the UK for playing the gormless Barry Taylor in all five series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Kevin in Outside Edge and as Aubrey the appalling chef in Mike Leigh's Life is Sweet, Spall has since appeared in films such as Crusoe, Secrets & Lies, Shooting the Past, "Vanilla Sky Rock Star, The Last Samurai, and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. <a href="https://www.last.
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Pittsburgh sleep quality index: A new instrument for psychiatric practice and research
· 1989 · cited 29,186x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,776x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,961x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,873x
- Advances in functional and structural MR image analysis and implementation as FSL
· 2004 · cited 12,482x
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Key facts
- Born
- Timothy Leonard Spall , ( 1957-02-27 ) 27 February 1957 (age 69) , London , England
- Education
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( BA )
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1978–present
- Spouse
- Shane Spall ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1981 )
- Children
- 3, including Rafe Spall
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Encyclopedic overview
Timothy Leonard Spall (/ˈspɔːl/ SPAWL; born 27 February 1957) is an English actor. He gained recognition for his character actor roles on stage and screen. In 2000, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.
Spall is known for his collaborations with director Mike Leigh, acting in six of his films: Home Sweet Home (1982), Life is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), and Mr. Turner (2014). He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for his roles in Secrets and Lies and Topsy-Turvy, and in 2014 he received the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for his portrayal of J. M. W. Turner in Mr. Turner.
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