Timothy Spall

Actor

Filmography (All Films)

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Cherry Orchard, The (1981): Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Judi Dench, Bill Paterson, Timothy Spall…; BBC television drama based on the classic 1904 play by Anton Chekhov about the decline of the Russian aristocracy in general and one high–born…
Home Sweet Home (1982): Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Timothy Spall, Frances Barber; Postmen, social workers, and desperate housewives converge in this biting Mike Leigh feature, one of the director’s early achievements. Originally…
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series) (1983-2004): Feat. Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, Tim Healy…; Much loved and admired British drama series about a gang of construction labourers who take slightly dodgy, yet lucrative jobs in Europe and…
Bride, The (1985): Dir. Franc Roddam
Feat. Sting, Jennifer Beals, Anthony Higgins…; Infamous 'career moment' for all involved, this ambitious remake of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN has plenty of staggering gothic visuals, but fails to…
Life Is Sweet (1990): Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Alison Steadman, Timothy Spall, Jane Horrocks…; Life is always bittersweet in a Mike Leigh film, but never so funny. Naturalism and caricature harmonise is this domestic black comedy thanks to his…
Sheltering Sky, The (1990): Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. John Malkovich, Debra Winger, Campbell Scott…; John Malkovich and Debra Winger play a troubled, upper–class American couple who discover 'themselves' while on trek through the North African…
Secrets and Lies (1996): Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Claire Rushbrook…; Winner of the Palm D'or at Cannes '96, and surprise box–office smash thanks to good old word of mouth. A dramatic tour–de–force…
Oliver Twist (1996): Dir. Coky Giedroyc
Feat. Timothy Spall, William Miller, Adam Arnold; Faithful BBC adaptation of the Charles Dicken's classic, most notable for Timothy Spall's sympathetic take on Fagin.
Wisdom of Crocodiles, The (1998): Dir. Po-Chi Leong
Feat. Jude Law, Elina Lowensohn, Kerry Fox…; Suave vampire Jude Law cruises London looking for a cure to his soul–sickness in this slick–looking thriller with literary…
Still Crazy (1999): Dir. Brian Gibson
Feat. Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, Bruce Robinson…; Victims of 70s music–biz burnout, the assorted members of rockers Strange Fruit reform (before they go completely soft) for this ripe satire on…
Topsy-Turvy (1999): Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Allan Corduner…; Rewarding biopic of Gilbert & Sullivan's ('HMS Pinafore', 'Pirates of Penzance') creative partnership that yields not so much drama as fascinating,…
Love's Labour's Lost (1999): Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Alicia Silverstone, Timothy Spall…; Untiring Shakespearean–enthusiast Kenneth Branagh, labours his latest adaptation: the Bard’s sparkling early comedy made over as a 30s Irving…
Intimacy (2000): Dir. Patrice Chereau
Feat. Mark Rylance, Kerry Fox, Timothy Spall…; Mark Rylance and Kerry Fox bare their flesh as well as their souls as a separated father–of–two and a married mother who meet weekly for…
Rock Star (2001): Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Timothy Spall…; Set in the heavy rock scene of the mid 80s, this music ‘comedy’ invites hysterics by (maybe?) taking itself too seriously in the face of some…
Vanilla Sky (2001): Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jason Lee, Cameron Diaz…; A straight Hollywood remake of the Spanish sci–fi thriller OPEN YOUR EYES by the director of ALMOST FAMOUS – the result of which plays like…
Lucky Break (2001): Dir. Peter Cattaneo
Feat. Timothy Spall, Christopher Plummer, James Nesbitt; Jailed bank robber Timothy Spall plans a breakout undcer the guise of staging an appalling stage musical about Admiral Nelson written by the prison…
Old Man Who Read Love Stories, The (2001): Dir. Rolf De Heer
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Timothy Spall, Hugo Weaving…; Acclaimed Australian dir. De Heer seeks to transport his touch for creating dramatic fables into deepest Amazonia, with Dreyfuss playing a cranky…
Ivor The Invisible (2001): Feat. Timothy Spall, Jane Horrocks, Alison Steadman; Another one of Raymond Briggs' (WHEN THE WIND BLOWS) evocative children's animations has young John waking up one morning to discover and invisible…
Beckett on Film (Waiting for Godot, et al.) (2001): Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Neil Jordan, Kieron J Walsh
Feat. Julianne Moore, David Kelly, Jeremy Irons…; An ambitious anthology of Samuel Beckett's nineteen stageplays, filmed here creatively by a roster of prestige actors and directors. Disc…
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise (2001): Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Timothy Spall, Michael Begley, Katy Cavanagh…; Timothy Spall gives a maniacal performance in this satirical comedy about door–to–door salesmen, playing a vacuum cleaner salesman who…
Vatel (2002): Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth…; Talent–studded drama set in the cuisine–conscious French nobility of Louis XIV’s reign, where master chef Gerard Depardieu must prepare…
All or Nothing (2002): Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Alison Garland; Director Mike Leigh returns to (overly) familiar turf for this ensemble drama about dysfunctional, poverty–stricken lives of three families…
Last Samurai, The (2003): Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, William Atherton…; Swathed in the scenery of New Zealand, this enactment of the Japanese civil wars of the late 19th century is an ambitious, though…
Gettin' Square (2003): Dir. Jonathan Teplitzky
Feat. Sam Worthington, David Wenham, Gary Sweet…; A breezy crime black comedy, set around the good intentions and criminal bungling of several smalltimers in Surfers Paradise, Queensland. Various…
My House in Umbria (2003): Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Maggie Smith, Chris Cooper, Giancarlo Giannini…; Maggie Smith centres this superior telemovie, playing an ex–pat romance novelist whose life in Italy is disturbed when she is caught up in a…
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005): Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman…; The fourth chapter in the unfolding Harry Potter series marks a devastating plunge into raw suspense and truly epic adventure for the young wizard…
Pierrepoint (The Last Hangman) (2005): Dir. Adrian Shergold
Feat. Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson; Timothy Spall is typically excellent in this biopic of Albert Pierrepoint, who had an alarmingly prolific career as a state hangman in pre– and…
Street, The (TV Series) (2006-2009): Dir. Jimmy McGovern
Feat. Timothy Spall, Ger Ryan, Lee Ingleby; TV series with each episode a stand–alone story about a different house on the same Northern British backstreet. Creator Jimmy McGovern…
Enchanted (2007): Dir. Kevin Lima
Feat. Patrick Dempsey, Amy Adams, James Marsden…; Top–rating, truly charming family fantasy uses a clever mix of live action and animation to quite literally 'bring to life' a perfect, cartoon…
Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007): Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman…; Johnny Depp is centre stage once again for dir. Tim Burton in this fiendish screen rendition of Stephen Sondheim's twisted musical about a…
Room with a View, A (2007): Dir. Nicholas Renton
Feat. Elaine Cassidy, Rafe Spall, Timothy Spall…; Sumptuous remake of the 1985 film, based on the E.M. Forster novel, of a daring young woman made to choose between two desirable suitors after moving…
Death Defying Acts (2007): Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Saoirse Ronan…; Handsomely mounted period romp from Aussie director Gillian Armstrong in which the illustrious escape–artist Harry Houdini (Pearce) becomes…
Oliver Twist (TV Mini-series) (2007): Dir. Coky Giedroyc
Feat. Rob Brydon, Sophie Okonedo, Timothy Spall; BAFTA–winning Mini–series version of the world's most infamous orphan story brought to life by a selection of Britain's finest current…
Damned United, The (2009): Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Colm Meaney…; Michael Sheen gets under the skin of another (infamous) British personality in this charismatic portrait of superstar football manager Brian Clough,…
Heartless (2009): Dir. Philip Ridley
Feat. Jim Sturgess, Clemence Poesy, Noel Clarke…; An alienated young man (Strugess) begins to see demons roaming the squalid streets of London in the latest, eccentric offering from dir. Phillip…
Desert Flower (2009): Dir. Sherry Horman
Feat. Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkinson…; Inspiring biopic based on the story of Waris Dirie, a Somali victim of genital mutilation who, after escaping an arranged marriage, emigrated to…
From Time to Time (2009): Dir. Julian Fellowes
Feat. Alex Etel, Timothy Spall, Maggie Smith…; Charmingly old–fashioned family film set at the tail end of the second world war has a young boy discovering a portal back to 1805, where he…
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter…; Dir. Tim Burton goes down the rabbit hole in this feverish retelling of Lewis Carroll's classic tale told with his customary visual brio. Bonham…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane…; Seventh and penultimate film in the H.K. Rowling–penned franchise now finds Harry and pals Ron and Hermione on the lam as Lord Voldemort…
King's Speech, The (2010): Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter…; Justly acclaimed tale of King George VI, his nervy, impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become…
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010): Dir. Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant…; Batty puppet caper set in a Britain under Nazi rule, and only a rag–tag bunch of yokels and a Frenchman stand in the way. An anarchic…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011): Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane…; This eighth and final Harry Potter installment concludes the boy wizard's epic journey from Hogswart apprentice to world savior.
Wake Wood (2011): Dir. David Keating
Feat. Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle, Timothy Spall…; The grieving parents of a young girl savaged to death by a dog are given the chance to return her to life, but only for three days, in this pagan…
Comes a Bright Day (2012): Dir. Simon Aboud
Feat. Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots, Kevin McKidd…; The cherubic charm of Craig Roberts (SUBMARINE) and Imogen Poots carry this swish, luxuriously shot heist movie–cum–romantic comedy,…
Upside Down (2012): Dir. Juan Solanas
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess, Timothy Spall; Two star–crossed lovers separated by opposite worlds attempt to overcome interplanetary boundaries in this head–turning sci–fi…
Sinbad (TV Series) (2012): Feat. Elliot Knight, Naveen Andrews, Timothy Spall…; Spiffy swashbuckling version of the Sinbad legend harnesses the best of blockbuster–style action and above–average special effects to…
Room on the Broom (2012): Dir. Jan Lachauer, Max Lang
Feat. Simon Pegg, Gillian Anderson, Rob Brydon…; An exquisite animated version of Julia Donaldson's popular illustrated story, about a kind–hearted witch who offers a ride to various animals…
Rise, The (Wasteland) (2012): Dir. Rowan Athale
Feat. Matthew Lewis, Iwan Rheon, Timothy Spall…; A flashy heist movie emerges from a dreary Yorkshire setting in this sharp slice of a British deadbeat miserablism, set around the best laid plans of…
Ginger & Rosa (Ginger and Rosa) (2012): Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Christina Hendricks…; Two London teenagers explore rebellion, activism, and the limits of their friendship in this evocative coming–of–age drama from dir.…
Blandings (TV Series) (2013): Feat. Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders, Mark Williams; The Blandings comedy stories of PG Wodehouse are adapted for this enjoyable period sitcom set in a 1920s castle. A tongue–in–cheek…
Love Punch (2013): Dir. Joel Hopkins
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Emma Thompson, Timothy Spall…; A divorced couple scheme to recover the retirement money that was stolen from them.
Mr. Turner (2014): Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson…; Mike Leigh directs Timothy Spall in this acclaimed exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W.…
Sucker (2015): Dir. Ben Chessell
Feat. Lawrence Leung, Timothy Spall, Lily Sullivan; Comedian Lawrence Leung co–writes and stars in this colourful comedy about a teenager who after destroying his med school prospects falls in…
Syndicate, The (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Lorraine Bruce, Timothy Spall, Matthew Lewis…; A Yorkshire–set BBC drama series written by Kay Mellor sees five members of a betting syndicate win the lottery. Each series follows a…
Fungus the Bogeyman (TV Mini-Series) (2015): Dir. Stuart Orme
Feat. Timothy Spall, Paul Kaye, Victoria Wood…; Raymond Briggs' much loved classic gets a laudable live–action adaptation with Timothy Spall going green to play the titular Fungus, a…
Enfield Haunting, The (2015): Dir. Kristoffer Nyholm
Feat. Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Matthew MacFadyen…; Chilly British horror mini–series from the director of the Danish series THE KILLING, based on Guy Lyon Playfair’s book 'This House Is…
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016): Dir. James Bobin
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter…; Effects heavy sequel to Tim Burton's ALICE IN WONDERLAND has Alice returning to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travelling back in time to help…
Denial (2016): Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson…; Cracking courtroom drama with Rachel Weisz in fine form as fiercly determined writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt, who battles for the truth to…
Journey, The (2016): Dir. Nick Hamm
Feat. Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Toby Stephens…; A fictionalised account of the unlikely alliance that developed between Unionists and Republicans in Ireland in 2006, when the two principle…
Changeover, The (2017): Dir. Stuart McKenzie, Miranda Harcourt
Feat. Erana James, Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey…; Maragret Mahy's beloved fantasy romance novel is translated into a post–earthquake Christchurch setting, and marks an impressive debut from…
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (TV Series) (2017): Feat. Timothy Spall, Jack Reynor, Benedict Wong…; A cutting–edge sci–fi anthology series with stand–alone episodes based on the works of Philip K. Dick. Ten episodes: "Real Life",…
Finding Your Feet (2017): Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie…; A newly divorced woman finds a new lease on life and love when she is dragged along to a community dance class and meets the delightful array of…
Party, The (2017): Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones…; A bitingly sharp social satire from the usually more experimental director Sally Potter (ORLANDO) with an experienced ensemble cast lead by Patricia…
Summer of Rockets (TV Mini-series) (2019): Dir. Stephen Poliakoff
Feat. Keeley Hawes, Linus Roache, Timothy Spall…; CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Mrs Lowry & Son (2019): Dir. Adrian Noble
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Spall; The life of the renowned British artist L. S. Lowry is the subject of this entertaining biopic, with Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave superb as the…
Hatton Garden (TV Mini-series) (2019): Feat. Timothy Spall, Kenneth Cranham, Brian F O'Byrne…; Four elderly men carry out a large–scale robbery in this series based on the 2015 Hatton Garden Diamond Heist, one of the most audacious…
Spencer (2021): Dir. Pablo Larrain
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Sally Hawkins, Jack Farthing…; Maestro director Pablo Larrain (Jackie, Ema) brings his expressionistic style to this elegant psycho–drama in which Kristen Stewart's Princess…
Wicked Little Letters (2024): Dir. Thea Sharrock
Feat. Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Timothy Spall…; A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark and absurd scandal based on a stranger–than–fiction true events. When the…

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Timothy Spall

Filmography (All Films)