Line #4 Creator/TimothySpall


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2	->''"It doesn't bother me one iota that most of my career has been playing people who are not that - well, let's say that people wouldn't aspire to be like them."''
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4	Timothy Leonard Spall [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born 27 February 1957 in Battersea, London) is an English actor.
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6	He first came to prominence playing boring electrician Barry in the successful 1980s comedy-drama series ''Series/AufWiedersehenPet'' and champion spin-bowler Kevin in ''Series/OutsideEdge''. 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.
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8	He won Best Actor at Cannes for his portrayal of [=JMW=] Turner in the biopic ''Film/MrTurner''.
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10	As for his personal life, Spall has been married since 1981 and has three children, the youngest of whom, Creator/{{Rafe\|Spall}}, is also an actor; they appeared together [[RealLifeRelative as father and son]] in the 2007 television adaptation of ''Literature/ARoomWithAView''.
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12	!!Timothy Spall on TV Tropes:
13	* ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}'' (1979)
14	* ''Film/TheBride'' (1985)
15	* ''Film/WhiteHunterBlackHeart'' (1990)
16	* ''Film/SecretsAndLies'' (1996)
17	* ''Film/TopsyTurvy'' (1999)
18	* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' (2000)
19	* ''Film/VanillaSky'' (2001)
20	* ''Film/HarryPotter'':
21	** ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'' (2004)
22	** ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' (2005)
23	** ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' (2009)
24	** ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' (full appearance in Part 1, archive footage in Part 2) (2010 and 2011 respectively)
25	* ''Film/TheLastSamurai'' (2003)
26	* ''Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' (2004)
27	* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' (2007)
28	* ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' (2007)
29	* ''Literature/OliverTwist'' (2007)
30	* ''Series/TheStreetBBC'' (2007-09)
31	* ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' (2012)
32	* ''Film/MrTurner'' (2014)
33	* ''Film/{{Denial}}'' (2016)
34	* ''WesternAnimation/EarlyMan'' (2018)
35	* ''Film/TheLastBus'' (2021)
36	* ''Film/{{Spencer}}'' (2021)
37	* ''Film/ThePaleBlueEye'' (2022)
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39	!!Tropes & Trivia in his works:
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41	* {{Jerkass}}: Not in real life but he plays a ''lot'' of characters like this and is really good at it too.
42	* 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 could copy [=JMW=] Turner's {{paintings}} and have his version be all but indistinguishable from the original.

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