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My Take
I have a deep soft spot for Timothy Spall, the kind of character actor who makes everything around him better. For decades he was the face you recognized before the name—Wormtail to a generation of Harry Potter kids, a Mike Leigh regular to cinephiles—and then Mr. Turner arrived and the world finally handed him a leading man's laurels, including the 2014 European Film Award. That late recognition feels almost poetic to me: proof that craft compounds over time. He never traded on glamour, only on truth, and the OBE confirms what audiences already sensed. To me, Spall is the gold standard of British acting's unglamorous, indispensable middle.
Overview
Timothy Leonard Spall ( SPAWL; born 27 February 1957) is an English actor. He gained recognition for his character actor roles on stage and screen. In 2000, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Timothy Spall
- Name (Japanese)
- ティモシー・スポール
- Reading
- てぃもしー・すぽーる
- Born
- February 27, 1957 (age 69)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rooster
- Origin
- London, Roman Empire
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television presenter / character actor / stage actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Westminster Kingsway College
Awards & achievements
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- 2014 European Film Award for Best Actor
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Television presenter — see all → · More people from Roman Empire →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.