Timothy Spall
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
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…