Timothy Spall's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (UK) Barry Taylor The Street (UK) Eddie McEvoy Oliver Twist (UK) Fagin Drama Connections (UK) Barry Taylor Spender (UK) Robert Cunn… Frank Stubbs Promotes (UK) Frank Stubbs Nice Day at the Office (UK) Phil Bachelor Outside Edge (UK) Kevin Coste…

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Alice in Wonderland 2010 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I 2010 - The King's Speech 2009 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009 - The Damned United 2009 - Desert Flower 2008 - Appaloosa 2007 - Enchanted 2007 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 - Death Defying Acts 2007 - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2005 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2004 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events 2003 - The Last Samurai 2003 - Gettin' Square 2002 - Nicholas Nickleby 2001 - Rock Star 2001 - Vanilla Sky 2000 - Vatel 2000 - Chicken Run 1998 - The Wisdom of Crocodiles 1998 - Still Crazy 1996 - Hamlet 1996 - Secrets & Lies 1990 - The Sheltering Sky 1990 - White Hunter Black Heart 1988 - To Kill a Priest 1988 - Crusoe 1986 - Gothic 1985 - The Bride 1979 - Quadrophenia

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 (1991) 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 (I) 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.


TRIVIA:

• He and _Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)_ (qv) co-star 'Gary Oldman' (qv) have both played the character of Rosencrantz: Oldman in _Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)_ (qv) and Spall in 'Kenneth Branagh' (qv)'s _Hamlet (1996)_ (qv).
• Has played a rat in two movies. He provided the voice of Nick the rat in _Chicken Run (2000)_ (qv) and as Ron Weasley's rat Scabbers in _Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)_ (qv).
• He graduated from RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England).
• Three children: Pascale (born 1976), 'Rafe Spall' (qv) (born 1983) and Mercedes (born 1985).
• He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of British Empire) in the 2000 Queen's Millennium Honors List for his services to drama.
• He became an Associate Member of RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England).
• He was diagnosed with leukaemia in 1996 but is now recovered.