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Timothy Spall
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Biography

Best known for his grimy, boorish, highly dysfunctional, often repugnant blue-collars particularly in Mike Leigh films, actor Timothy Spall was the son of a postal worker and a hairdresser. Raised in London, he auditioned and earned a spot with the National Youth Theatre and later showed great promise at RADA where he portrayed the title roles in "Macbeth" and "Othello." In 1979 he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and stayed for approximately two years performing in "The Merry Wives of Windsor," "Cymbeline," "The Three Sisters" and "Nicholas Nickleby." In the early 80s he moved into TV roles with Leigh's "Home Sweet Home" and later had his own drama series "Frank Stubbs Promotes" in 1993. With Leigh, Timothy's appeared in a number of award-winning features, particularly Life Is Sweet (1990) and Secrets & Lies (1996), for which he earned a BAFTA Award nomination, and the Gilbert & Sullivan biopic Topsy-Turvy (1999). He also worked for noted directors Ken Russell in Gothic (1986), Clint Eastwood in White Hunter Black Heart (1990), Bernardo Bertolucci in The Sheltering Sky (1990), and Kenneth Branagh in Hamlet (1996) as Rosenkrantz. A chronic illness curtailed his momentum in the mid-90s, coming back resourcefully on stage and TV. On a roll recently with more of his odd characterizations he lent his voice to the popular animated feature Chicken Run (2000) and appeared in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) as Peter Pettigrew, and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) as Mr. Poe.

Timothy Spall stared in:

Title Year Saw with/at: Scene On Rating
Topsy Turvy 1999 With Neil and Lois at York Square 2000-04-21 **
Chicken Run 2000 Seymour w/ Neil and Lois 2000-07-07 ***
Love's Labour's Lost 2000 At York Square w/ Neil, Lois, Bob and Irene 2000-08-15 ***
Vanilla Sky 2001 2020-03-10 **
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events 2004 Kids on DVD 2005-05-14 ** 1/2
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 w/ Kendra at Destina Middletown 2004-07-09 ** 1/2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 Suzy at Showcase Orange 2008-01-29 *** 1/2
The Love Punch 2013 Suzy 2014-09-06 **
Mr. Turner 2014 Suzy 2015-01-06 **
Wicked Little Letters 2023 Suzy 2024-04-12 ***