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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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