
Timothy Spall
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 received nominations for the BAFTA Award for his roles in Secrets and Lies and Topsy-Turvy as well as received the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for his portrayal of J. M. W. Turner in Mr. Turner.
Spall has acted in films such as Hamlet (1996), Still Crazy (1998), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Enchanted (2007), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), The Damned United (2009), The King's Speech (2010), Ginger and Rosa (2012), Denial (2016), The Party (2017), and Spencer (2021). He voiced Nick the rat in Chicken Run (2000), and portrayed Peter Pettigrew in five Harry Potter films, from Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010).
On television, Spall played Barry Spencer Taylor in the ITV comedy drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004) and Lord Arthur Wallington in the BBC Cold War drama Summer of Rockets (2019). He won the 2024 International Emmy Awards and BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for his performance as Peter Farquhar in The Sixth Commandment.
From 2010 to 2012 the BBC broadcast three documentary series Timothy Spall: ...at Sea about Spall's voyage around Britain in his barge.
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Under Salt Marsh

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Blandings

Frank Stubbs Promotes

Fungus the Bogeyman

Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun

Hatton Garden

Our Mutual Friend

Outside Edge

Perfect Strangers

Shooting the Past

Summer of Rockets

The Enfield Haunting

The Planners Are Coming

The Sixth Commandment

The Street

The Syndicate

Timothy Spall: All at Sea

Timothy Spall: Back at Sea

Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea

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