Timothy Spall

Timothy Leonard Spall, OBE (born 27 February 1957) is an <!--awards and nominations don't belong here-->English character actor and occasional presenter.

Early life

Spall, third of four sons,Smith, Julian Llewellyn. The Independent. 20 August 2001. was born in Battersea, London. His mother, Sylvia R. (Leonard), was a hairdresser, and his father, Joseph L. Spall, was a postal worker.Ross, Deborah. The Independent. 12 January 2008.Dureden, Nick. The Independent. 30 March 2006. Sydney Morning Herald. 17 January 2004. 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. His brother, Matthew, is studio director of the computer games company Morpheme.

Career

Initially notable in the United Kingdom 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, Topsy-Turvy, Vanilla Sky, Rock Star, The Last Samurai, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and The King's Speech. He gained international recognition as Peter Pettigrew ("Wormtail") in the Harry Potter film series. In 1991 he guest-starred in the...
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