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  Timothy SpallAKA:
Timothy Leonard Spall
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Tim Spall
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English Birthdate:
02/27/1957 Birthplace:
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biography
A slightly paunched British actor of stage, television, and films, Timothy Spall has played a wide array of character parts, but his career has been most enhanced through his work with writer-director Mike Leigh. He first teamed with Leigh on the television drama "Home Sweet Home" (BBC, 1981), playing one of a trio of postmen, then on-stage in "Smelling a Rat" (1988). Feature collaborations between the two include "Life Is Sweet" (1991), in which Spall played an inept restaurateur, and the acclaimed "Secrets & Lies" (1996), where he played Maurice, a gentle photographer who possesses secret
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milestones
Year
Milestone
1978
Made early film appearance in "The Life of Baal"
Spent part of the the late 1970s and early 1980s with the Royal Shakespeare Company
1981
First collaboration with director Mike Leigh, the BBC film "Home Sweet Home"
Was part of the ensemble cast of the hit British sitcom "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"; reprised role in 1986
1988
Had featured role in stage play "Smelling a Rat," directed by Leigh
1990
Appeared in Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Sheltering Sky"
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