Photo: Sean Reynolds from Liverpool, United Kingdom / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Rafe Spall is the kind of actor I trust on sight. He moves between a survival horror like The Ritual, a bittersweet comedy like I Give It a Year, and a spectacle like Life of Pi without ever seeming out of place, which tells me his foundation is technique rather than persona. His best actor win at Sitges confirmed what genre fans already knew: he can carry dread and vulnerability in the same frame. His British stage training shows in how attentively he plays off scene partners. I would happily watch him in anything, and I rarely say that about anyone.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rafe Spall
- Name (Japanese)
- レイフ・スポール
- Reading
- れいふ・すぽーる
- Born
- March 10, 1983 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Boar
- Origin
- East Dulwich, United Kingdom
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- University
- Haberdashers' Hatcham College
Awards & achievements
- 2017 Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Rafe Spall born?
Born March 10, 1983 (age 43).
Where is Rafe Spall from?
Rafe Spall is from East Dulwich, United Kingdom.
What does Rafe Spall do?
Rafe Spall works as actor, stage actor, film actor, television actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.