Timothy Spall filmography

English actor Timothy Spall OBE (born 27 February 1957) has made over 100 appearances in film and television. Having made his cinematic debut in the 1979 film Quadrophenia, Spall first rose to fame for playing boorish Barry Spencer Taylor in the sitcom Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004), a role that won him popularity and critical praise. He has gone on to become a highly paid Hollywood actor featuring in a vast number of cinematic roles, among them the starring role of Maurice Purley in Secrets & Lies (1996), for which he received nominations for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and a London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year.