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| '''Timothy Spall OBE''' (born February 27, 1957) is an English actor from Battersea, London who trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA. | | '''Timothy Spall''', [[:wp:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born February 27, [[1957]] in Battersea, [[London]]) is an [[United Kingdom|British]] actor who has appeared in movies such as ''Lucky Break'', ''Harry Potter'', ''Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'' and ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''. He also provided the voice of [[Phil Collins]]' manager, [[Barry Mickelthwaite]], in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]. |
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| ==Biography== | | ==External link== |
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| | * [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001758/ IMDb entry] |
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| Initially famous in the U.K. for playing the gormless Barry in the first two series of ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'', he has starred in films such as ''Secrets & Lies'', ''Shooting the Past'', ''Rock Star'',''The Last Samurai'', ''Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (in which he played Mr. Poe) most often playing good guys. He recently appeared as the slimy Peter Pettigrew ("Wormtail") in ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire''.
| | [[Category:Voice Actors for GTA Vice City Stories|Spall, Timothy]] |
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| More recently he has been in the return of ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' and the moving BBC drama ''Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle''.
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| In 1996 Spall was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, but has been in remission for 10 years as of 2006. Spall also had a memorable performance as Nick in the claymation film ''Chicken Run''. He appeared in an episode of ''Red Dwarf'' entitled "Back to Reality". He is married and has three children: Mercedes, Pascale and Rafe, who is also an actor.
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| ==Filmography==
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| *''Quadrophenia'' (1979) as Harry the Projectionist
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| *''Gothic'' (1986) as Dr. John William Polidori
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| *''Life Is Sweet'' (1990) as Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner
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| *''The Sheltering Sky'' (1990) as Eric Lyle
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| *''Secrets & Lies'' (1996) as Maurice Purley
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| *''Hamlet'' (1996) as Rosencrantz
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| *''Still Crazy'' (1998) as David 'Beano' Baggot
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| *''Topsy-Turvy'' (1999) as Richard Temple
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| *''Chicken Run'' (2000) as Nick
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| *''Vanilla Sky'' (2001) as Thomas Tipp
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| *''Rock Star'' (2001) as band manager
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| *''Vacuuming Completely Nude In Paradise'' (2001, TV) as Tommy Rag
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| *''All or Nothing'' (2002) as Phil
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| *''The Last Samurai'' (2003) as Simon Graham
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| *''Pierrepoint'' (2004) as Albert Pierrepoint
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| *''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' (2004) as Peter Pettigrew
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| *''Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (2004) as Mr. Poe
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| *''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005) as Peter Pettigrew
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| *''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]'' as [[Barry Mickelthwaite]]
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| *''Enchanted'' (2007) as Nathaniel
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| *''Sweeney Todd'' (2007) as Beadle Bamford
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| *''Jackboots on Whitehall'' as Churchill
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001758/ Timothy Spall IMDB Entry]
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| [[Category: Grand Theft Auto Voice Actors|Spall, Timothy]]
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