History Creator / TimothySpall

He first came to prominence playing boring electrician Barry in the successful 1980s comedy-drama series ''Series/AufWiedersehenPet''. He has since appeared in numerous films, and is perhaps best known for playing [[TheGrotesque what most consider repulsive characters]], or otherwise, a {{Gonk}}. These include Peter Pettigrew from the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films, Beadle Bamford in ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'', Mr. Poe in ''Film/{{A Series of Unfortunate Events|2004}}'' and Nathaniel from Disney's ''{{Film/Enchanted}}''. In ''Film/ShootingThePast'', he played Oswald Bates, a bizarre genius who is more like BunnyEarsLawyer. He played UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill in ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'', and Simon Graham in ''Film/TheLastSamurai''. In the film adaptation of ''Theatre/JourneysEnd'', he played Lt. Trotter.

* MethodActing: He studied painting for two full years before shooting even began on ''Film/MrTurner'' so that he could knowledgeably portray one of Britain's greatest painters actually practicing his craft on screen. He developed his skills to a point where he can copy [=JMW=] Turner's paintings and have his version be all but indistinguishable from the original.

* ''Film/TheLastSamurai'' (2004)

* DoingItForTheArt: He studied painting for two full years before shooting even began on ''Film/MrTurner'' so that he could knowledgeably portray one of Britain's greatest painters actually practicing his craft on screen. He developed his skills to a point where he can copy [=JMW=] Turner's paintings and have his version be all but indistinguishable from the original.

* ''Film/SecretsAndLies'' (1986)

* DoingItForTheArt: He studied painting for two full years before shooting even began on ''Mr. Turner'' so that he could knowledgeably portray one of Britain's greatest painters actually practicing his craft on screen. He developed his skills to a point where he can copy [=JMW=] Turner's paintings and have his version be all but indistinguishable from the original.

* DoingItForTheArt: He studied painting for two full years before shooting even began on ''Mr. Turner'' so that he could knowledgeably portray one of Britain's greatest painters actually practicing his craft on screen. He developed his skills to a point where he can copy [=JMW=] Turner's paintings and have his version be all but indistinguishable from the original.

Timothy Leonard Spall [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born 27 February 1957 in Battersea, London) is an English actor. He first came to prominence playing boring electrician Barry in the successful 1980s comedy-drama series ''Series/AufWiedersehenPet''. He has since appeared in numerous films, and is perhaps best known for playing [[TheGrotesque what most consider repulsive characters]], or otherwise, a {{Gonk}}. These include Peter Pettigrew from the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films, Beadle Bamford in ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'', Mr. Poe in ''Film/{{A Series of Unfortunate Events|2004}}'' and Nathaniel from Disney's ''{{Film/Enchanted}}''. In ''Film/ShootingThePast'', he played Oswald Bates, a bizarre genius who is more like BunnyEarsLawyer. He played UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill in ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'', and Simon Graham in ''Film/TheLastSamurai''. In the film adaptation of ''Theatre/JourneysEnd'', he played Lt. Trotter.

* ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'' (2004)

* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' (2005)

* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' (cameo)
* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' (full appearance in Part 1, archive footage in Part 2) (2010 and 2011 respectively)