Timothy Leonard Spall (born February 27, 1957) is an English actor and presenter. He became a household name in the UK after appearing as Barry Spencer Taylor in the 1983 ITV comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

Spall performed in Secrets & Lies (1996), and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Subsequently, he starred in many films, including 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), and The Party (2017). He voiced Nick, a cynical, portly rat in Chicken Run (2000). He played Peter Pettigrew in five Harry Potter films, from Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010).

Spall has collaborated with director Mike Leigh, making six films together: Home Sweet Home (1982), Life is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), and Mr. Turner (2014). Spall won great acclaim for his performance in the last of these for his portrayal as J. M. W. Turner winning him the Best Actor Award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

He starred in the television documentary Timothy Spall: ...at Sea (2010–2012) and in 2019 he appeared as Lord Arthur Wallington in the 6-part BBC Cold War drama Summer of Rockets.

Timothy Leonard Spall, OBE (* 27. Februar 1957 in London, England) ist ein britischer Schauspieler mit Charakterrollen in Film, Fernsehen und Theater. Er spielte zahlreiche markante Rollen in internationalen Kinoproduktionen unter anderem in Mr. Turner – Meister des Lichts, Himmel über der Wüste, Sweeney Todd, Still Crazy, Rock Star, Last Samurai sowie der Harry-Potter-Filmreihe.

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Timothy Leonard Spall, OBE (Londres, 27 de fevereiro de 1957) é um ator britânico, indicado ao BAFTA Awards. A partir daí, começou a participar de diversos filmes, como Crusoe, Segredos e Mentiras, Rock Star, O Último Samurai e Desventuras em Série. Ficou mais conhecido após interpretar Pedro Pettigrew (Rabicho) no filme Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban. Em 2007, Timothy foi Nathaniel no filme Encantada, da Disney, e interpretou Beadle Bamford no filme Sweeney Todd: O Barbeiro Demoníaco da Rua Fleet, de Tim Burton, ao lado de Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter.