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Acting

Timothy Spall

Career: Active from 1979 to 2026, busiest in 2001 and 2012 with 8 main titles each.

Leading roles: 79
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Secrets & Lies
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 115 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Timothy Spall Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Pop Culture
1.1, average 2.2
Contemporary Realism
4.5, average 5.4
Adrenaline
4.0, average 4.8
Tech & Humanity
1.0, average 1.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 13
Social Commentary 7
Historical Drama 6
Character Study 6
Psychological Drama 5
Character-Driven Narrative 5
Ensemble Cast 5
Witty Dialogue 5
Psychological Thriller 5
Psychological Tension 4
Class Conflict 4
Gritty Realism 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

171

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

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2 titles

Murdering Michael Malloy

as Michael Malloy

Executive Producer

2020s

17 titles · average score 57

Hamlet

64

as Polonius

Death Valley

66

TV show · as John Chapel

Goodbye June

63

as Bernie

Wicked Little Letters

70

as Edward Swan

The Sixth Commandment

81

TV show · as Peter Farquhar

Northern Comfort

29

as Edward

This Is Christmas

74

as Ray

The Pale Blue Eye

62

as Superintendent Thayer

Spencer

72

as Major Alistair Gregorys

The Last Bus

53

as Tom

The Grand Duke of Corsica

63

as Alfred Rott

It Snows in Benidorm

41

as Peter Riordan

2010s

44 titles · average score 61

The Corrupted

32

as Clifford Cullen

Hatton Garden

76

TV show · as Terry Perkins

Finding Your Feet

63

as Charlie Glover

Denial

70

as David Irving

The Enfield Haunting

75

TV show · as Maurice Grosse

Mr. Turner

80

as JMW Turner

Blandings

72

TV show · as Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth

Upside Down

47

as Bob Boruchowitz

Room on the Broom

73

as Dragon (voice)

The Rise

54

as D I West

Wake Wood

66

as Arthur

The King's Speech

86

as Winston Churchill

2000s

46 titles · average score 65

The Damned United

82

as Peter Taylor

From Time to Time

53

as Boggis

A Room with a View

63

TV show · as Mr Emerson

Oliver Twist

59

TV show · as Fagin

Death Defying Acts

48

as Sugarman

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

79

as Beadle

Enchanted

78

as Nathaniel

The Street

52

TV show · as Eddie McEvoy

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

67

as Mr. Poe

The Last Samurai

69

as Simon Graham

All or Nothing

76

as Phil

Vanilla Sky

56

as Thomas Tipp

1990s

30 titles · average score 72

Topsy-Turvy

81

as Richard Temple (The Mikado)

Shooting the Past

79

TV show · as Oswald Bates

The Clandestine Marriage

59

as Sterling

Immortality

55

as Inspector Healey

Neville's Island

as Gordon

Secrets & Lies

88

as Maurice Purley

Outside Edge

76

TV show · as Kevin Costello

Frank Stubbs Promotes

TV show · as Frank Stubbs

Life Is Sweet

83

as Aubrey

as Chico

White Hunter, Black Heart

70

as Hodkins

The Sheltering Sky

57

as Eric Lyle

1980s

25 titles · average score 59

Crusoe

58

as Reverend Milne

Dream Demon

49

as Peck

To Kill a Priest

64

as Igor

Red Dwarf

83

TV show · as Andy

Gothic

57

as Dr. Polidori

Boon

61

TV show · as Bill Webster

Dutch Girls

44

as Lyndon Baines Jellicoe

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

82

TV show · as Barry Taylor

A Cotswold Death

as Detective Sergeant Baxter

Home Sweet Home

67

as Gordon

Say No to Strangers

as Stranger

The Cherry Orchard

as Epikhodov

1970s

7 titles · average score 77

Quadrophenia

82

as Projectionist

The Brylcreem Boys

as Shorty

The Life Story of Baal

as Lupu

The Vanishing Army

as Wainwright

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV show · as Wainwright

Playhouse

TV show · as Shorty

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Gordon / Detective Sergeant Baxter