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Timothy Spall is the actor who plays Peter Pettigrew in HarryPotter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. This page contains information, links and Timothy Spall pictures.
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A slightly paunched British actor of stage, television, and films, Timothy Spall has played a wide array of character parts. Spall studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where he earned the school's prestigious Bancroft Gold Medal, then headed for the stage. Among Timothy Spall's many successes were his performances as Bottom in the controversial Royal National Theatre production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", directed by Robert Lepage, and as Wackford Squeers in Trevor Nunn's production of "Nicholas Nickleby" at the Royal Shakespeare Company. But British audiences know him best from his television work, which included the early-80s sitcom "Auf Wiedersehen Pet", and mid-90s sitcom "Outside Edge", opposite Brenda Blethyn, who played his sister in "Secrets & Lies".
Timothy Spall's feature film appearances have consisted of supporting roles, but he has worked with some of the most important directors of the past two decades. One of his earliest film appearances was in the little-seen "The Life Story of Baal" (1978). Another early role was as a projectionist in Franc Roddam's "Quadrophenia" (1979), the rock-n-roll opera written by The Whos Pete Townshend. Roles became larger in the mid-80s after Timothy Spall's exposure on television. Ken Russell cast him in "Gothic" (1986) as Dr John Polidori, while Agnieszka Holland put him in "To Kill a Priest" (1988). In 1990, Timothy Spall was among the cast-within-a-cast of Clint Eastwood's "White Hunter, Black Heart". Also that year, Spall had the meaty film role of Eric Lyle, the sinister chap who steals John Malkovich's passport in Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Sheltering Sky".
Timothy Spall was also seen as the foppish yet evil Rosencrantz in Kenneth Branagh's all-star "Hamlet" (1996). He reunited with Branagh in 2000, playing a comical Don Armado in "Love's Labour's Lost". Spall enjoyed a career as an character actor who would always bring something fresh and surprising to his roles, both in British productionsincluding the winning rock group reuniting comedy "Still Crazy" (1998) as David 'Beano' Baggot, in Leigh's much-heralded Gilbert & Sullivan biopic "Topsy-Turvy" (1999) as 'Dickie' Temple, as a voice in the UK-animated, DreamWorks-produced "Chicken Run" and in Peter Cattaneo's prisonbreak comedy "Lucky Break" (2001)as well as in American films such as "Rock Star" (2001) and "Vanilla Sky" (2001).
His highest-profile role in a major American release came with "The Last Samurai" (2003), in which Spall played the British diplomatic interpreter Simon Graham, who befriends an alcoholic Army captain (Tom Cruise) on his way to Japan to teach Western warfare. Children and booklovers embraced the actor when he took on the role of Peter Pettigrew for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (2003), the third film in the beloved film franchise, directed by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron. Continuing the trend, Timothy Spall appeared as Mr. Poe in Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), an adaptation of the popular childrens book series, starring Jim Carrey as the dastardly Count Olaf.
When he's not away filming, Tim lives in South London, where he grew up, with his wife Shane and their three children. Son Rafe is also an actor, starring in The Rotters' Club. Despite being accepted by RADA, Timothy nearly signed up with the Army instead. On his first day at RADA he was mistaken for a window cleaner! In 2000, he was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to drama by Queen Elizabeth II.
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- People Index:- Timothy Spall. Information about the actor, what he's been in and more. www.bbc.co.uk
Auf Wiedersehen Pet Homepage - A site dedicated to the early 80's drama in which Timothy Spall made his name. www.aufpet.com
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