Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

Born: February 27, 1957
in Battersea, London, England, UK
Timothy Leonard Spall (born February 27, 1957) is an English actor and presenter. He became a household name in the UK after appearing as Barry Spencer Taylor in the 1983 ITV comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

Spall performed in Secrets & Lies (1996), and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Subsequently, he starred in many films, including Hamlet (1996), Still Crazy (1998), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Enchanted (2007), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), The Damned United (2009), The King's Speech (2010), Ginger and Rosa (2012), Denial (2016), and The Party (2017). He voiced Nick, a cynical, portly rat in Chicken Run (2000). He played Peter Pettigrew in five Harry Potter films, from Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010).

Spall has collaborated with director Mike Leigh, making six films together: Home Sweet Home (1982), Life is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), and Mr. Turner (2014). Spall won great acclaim for his performance in the last of these for his portrayal as J. M. W. Turner winning him the Best Actor Award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

He starred in the television documentary Timothy Spall: ...at Sea (2010–2012) and in 2019 he appeared as Lord Arthur Wallington in the 6-part BBC Cold War drama Summer of Rockets.

Movies for Timothy Spall...

Wicked Little Letters
Title: Wicked Little Letters
Character: Edward Swan
Released: February 23, 2024
Type: Movie
When deeply conservative English local Edith Swan and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, her rowdy, foul-mouthed, Irish migrant neighbor Rose Gooding is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women—led by Police Officer Gladys Moss—begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect something is amiss and Rose may not be the culprit after all.
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The Heist Before Christmas
Title: The Heist Before Christmas
Character: Santa
Released: December 24, 2023
Type: Movie
After a bank robber dressed as Santa Claus holds up a bank, a child disillusioned with Christmas encounters a man in the woods who, also dressed as Santa, claims to have fallen out of his sleigh. The pair strike up a friendship and go on an adventure.
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Bolan's Shoes
Title: Bolan's Shoes
Character: Jimmy
Released: September 15, 2023
Type: Movie
A love letter to 70s glam rock told through the eyes of Jimmy and Penny, two children who grew up in a children’s home and were involved in an accident after attending a T. Rex concert.
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Northern Comfort
Title: Northern Comfort
Character: Edward
Released: August 9, 2023
Type: Movie
A special forces veteran, an uptight property developer, an influencer with half a million followers and an incompetent instructor are thrown together on a high-end fear of flying course. The course's final challenge is an experience flight from London to Iceland, which ends up being a horrendous ordeal. Lost in Iceland, freezing and terrified, they must find a way of facing their fears and working together to spread their wings... and fly.
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Title: The Sixth Commandment
Character: Peter Farquhar
Released: July 17, 2023
Type: TV
A series that dramatises the shocking story of the true-life murder of former Stowe schoolmaster and deeply closeted evangelical Christian, 69-year-old Peter Farquhar by his 28-year-old student and young churchwarden Ben Field in October 2015.
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The Pale Blue Eye
Title: The Pale Blue Eye
Character: Superintendent Thayer
Released: December 22, 2022
Type: Movie
West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly mystery, the reluctant detective engages the help of one of the cadets: a strange but brilliant young fellow by the name of Edgar Allan Poe.
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This Is Christmas
Title: This Is Christmas
Character: Ray
Released: December 4, 2022
Type: Movie
Follow Adam and Emma on their daily commute from the village of Langton to London, where they meet the same passengers every day. One morning, Adam breaks the unspoken taboo of talking to strangers on a train and invites the entire carriage to hold their own Christmas party together.
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Title: Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Character: Self – Actor
Released: September 4, 2022
Type: TV
The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics.
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Spencer
Title: Spencer
Character: Major Alistair Gregorys
Released: November 4, 2021
Type: Movie
During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.
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The Grand Duke Of Corsica
Title: The Grand Duke Of Corsica
Character: Alfred Rott
Released: October 15, 2021
Type: Movie
A cantankerous and brilliant architect, Alfred, embarks on a highly unusual commission in Malta for a man who calls himself 'The Grand Duke of Corsica'. An epidemic hits the Island and all must flee, but Alfred remains to finish the job.
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The Last Bus
Title: The Last Bus
Character: Tom
Released: June 18, 2021
Type: Movie
Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Caithness to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses. It's an incident-fuelled nostalgia trip and his encounters with local people make him a media phenomenon. Tom is totally unaware and to his surprise on arrival at Land’s End he’s greeted as a celebrity.
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It Snows in Benidorm
Title: It Snows in Benidorm
Character: Peter Riordan
Released: December 11, 2020
Type: Movie
Peter has worked all his life at a Manchester bank. When he is awarded an early retirement, he decides to visit his brother in Benidorm, only to discover that he's disappeared.
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Grizzly II: Revenge
Title: Grizzly II: Revenge
Character: Rob (uncredited)
Released: February 17, 2020
Type: Movie
All hell breaks loose when a giant grizzly, reacting to the slaughter of her cubs by poachers, attacks a massive rock concert in the National Park. [This sequel to "Grizzly" (1976) was left unfinished after production wrapped prematurely in 1983, and was not officially released until 2020, though a bootleg workprint version had been in circulation for some years prior to this.]
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Mrs Lowry & Son
Title: Mrs Lowry & Son
Character: L.S. Lowry
Released: August 30, 2019
Type: Movie
An intimate portrayal of the relationship between one of greatest artists of the 20th century, L.S. Lowry and his unhappy and controlling mother, Elizabeth, whom he lived with all his life.
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Title: Perpetual Grace LTD
Character: Donald DeLoash
Released: June 2, 2019
Type: TV
James, a disgraced firefighter turned grifter, seizes a chance, illicit opportunity to reverse his life’s worsening course as he attempts to prey upon Pastor Byron Brown, who turns out to be far more dangerous than he appears.
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Title: Summer of Rockets
Character: Lord Arthur Wallington
Released: May 22, 2019
Type: TV
Samuel, a Russian-born Jewish inventor who specialises in the development of hearing aids, is tasked with a secret mission by MI5 to use his technological expertise to contribute to western Cold War efforts. Following the tensions of the space race and the first hydrogen bomb test, Samuel's efforts factor in to the emergence of the modern world.
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Title: Hatton Garden
Character: Terry Perkins
Released: May 20, 2019
Type: TV
The story of the audacious jewellery, gold and cash burglary at the heart of London's diamond district executed by an elderly gang of career criminals across the Easter Bank Holiday weekend in April 2015.
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The Corrupted
Title: The Corrupted
Character: Clifford Cullen
Released: May 10, 2019
Type: Movie
Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam, an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen, who has high-level connections in politics, finance and the police force. Liam's drive for redemption sees him caught up in a web of conspiracy, crime, and corruption.
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This Time Away
Title: This Time Away
Character: Nigel
Released: March 30, 2019
Type: Movie
The elderly Nigel is haunted by his past and the memories of his long-lost family. Then a visitor arrives and turns his world upside down..
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Early Man
Title: Early Man
Character: Chief Bobnar (voice)
Released: January 26, 2018
Type: Movie
Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all together as a team, to face the menace of a mysterious and mighty enemy, on the turf of an ancient and sacred sport.
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Finding Your Feet
Title: Finding Your Feet
Character: Charlie Glover
Released: December 26, 2017
Type: Movie
A lady has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband's affair.
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The Changeover
Title: The Changeover
Character: Carmody Braque
Released: September 28, 2017
Type: Movie
Laura Chant, 16, lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of a partially demolished Christchurch, New Zealand. Laura is drawn into a supernatural battle with an ancient spirit who attacks Jacko and slowly drains the life out of him as the spirit becomes ever younger. Laura discovers her true identity and the supernatural ability within her, and must harness it to save her brother's life.
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Title: Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Character: Ed Jacobson
Released: September 17, 2017
Type: TV
A diverse anthology of ambitious, moving tales inspired by Philip K Dick's short stories.
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The Party
Title: The Party
Character: Bill
Released: July 27, 2017
Type: Movie
Various individuals think they’re coming together for a party in a private home, but a series of revelations results in a huge crisis that throws their belief systems – and their values – into total disarray.
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The Journey
Title: The Journey
Character: Ian Paisley
Released: March 30, 2017
Type: Movie
Firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness, two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland, are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change the course of history.
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Stanley, a Man of Variety
Title: Stanley, a Man of Variety
Character: Stanley/Stanley's Father/Stanley's Mother/Tony Hancock/Peter Sellers aka Dr Boob/George Formby/James Finlayson/Max Wall/Alistair Sim/Margaret Rutherford/Frank Randle/Max Miller/Noel Coward/Igor
Released: October 7, 2016
Type: Movie
A man who has been stuck in prison for far too long starts to see hallucinations.
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Denial
Title: Denial
Character: David Irving
Released: September 30, 2016
Type: Movie
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
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Away
Title: Away
Character: Joseph
Released: June 22, 2016
Type: Movie
A story set in the north English seaside town of Blackpool and centered on two kindred spirits who form an unlikely friendship.
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
Title: Alice Through the Looking Glass
Character: Bayard (voice)
Released: May 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
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Title: Fungus the Bogeyman
Character: Fungus
Released: December 27, 2015
Type: TV
An adaptation of Raymond Briggs' children's classic that mixes live action and CGI animation to follow the adventures of a family of green monsters who live in the slimy underground world of Bogeydom. Fungus and his wife Mildew suspect their son Mould is illicitly dabbling in human culture, sparking a family argument that sees the boy flee to the surface. Above ground in Daventry, Daryl Hedge's go-getting wife Wendy won't let him forget it that he is unemployed, while his daughter Lucy has fallen for a disagreeable older boy called Dean.
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Fungus The Bogeyman
Title: Fungus The Bogeyman
Character: Fungus
Released: December 27, 2015
Type: Movie
Raymond Briggs' classic family story about smelly monsters, dangerous humans and what happens when the things that go bump in the night move in next door comes to life on Sky 1. Timothy Spall, Victoria Wood and Keeley Hawes star
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A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Title: A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Character: Self / Nick
Released: December 26, 2015
Type: Movie
Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.
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Cider with Rosie
Title: Cider with Rosie
Character: Laurie Lee (voice)
Released: September 27, 2015
Type: Movie
A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in the Cotswolds during and immediately after the First World War.
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Sucker
Title: Sucker
Character: The Professor
Released: August 15, 2015
Type: Movie
When Chinese-Australian teenager Lawrence cheats at and fails his high-school exams, destroying his dreams of a medical degree, he's banished to the country for the summer. There, he meets wily old conman the Professor and his cynical daughter Sarah, and learns that even the sneakiest scam can't conjure up love. Is it a true story? That might be another of Leung's tricks.
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Title: The Enfield Haunting
Character: Maurice Grosse
Released: May 3, 2015
Type: TV
A three part dramatization of the terrifying and bizarre real events that took place at an ordinary house in Enfield during the autumn of 1977. Adapted from Guy Lyon Playfair's book This House is Haunted.
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Title: Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character: Self
Released: December 21, 2014
Type: TV
PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. Hosted by Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis and Variety Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, each episode brings together pairs of actors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their craft and work.
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9 Kisses
Title: 9 Kisses
Character: Arm Wrestling Man #2
Released: December 11, 2014
Type: Movie
2014's best actors pair up in a series of intimate encounters.
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The One and Only Mike Leigh
Title: The One and Only Mike Leigh
Character: Himself
Released: November 24, 2014
Type: Movie
In a revealing documentary, Mike Leigh, director of Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and Abigail's Party among many others, talks to Alan Yentob about a unique body of work and a lifelong struggle to make films on his own terms. On day one of a Mike Leigh film, there is no script, no story and the actors do not know if they will even be in the final film. It is a process that has yielded some of cinema's most celebrated performances, and Leigh's new film Mr Turner is already winning critical acclaim. Actors including Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan, Sally Hawkins, Lesley Manville and James Corden give fascinating insights into the director and his distinctive method of working.
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Mr. Turner
Title: Mr. Turner
Character: JMW Turner
Released: October 31, 2014
Type: Movie
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
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The Love Punch
Title: The Love Punch
Character: Jerry
Released: January 13, 2014
Type: Movie
Retirement at last! Middle-aged and divorced, company owner Richard Jones is looking forward to a worry-free existence as he arrives at his office on his last day of work. Much to his dismay, he discovers that the management buyout of his company was fraudulent. The company is now bankrupt and the employee pension fund — including his own — has been embezzled. Enlisting the help of his ex-wife Kate, Richard sets out to track down the shady businessman behind the fraud.
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Back With The Boys Again
Title: Back With The Boys Again
Character: Himself
Released: December 1, 2013
Type: Movie
In September 2013, members of the cast, writers and crew gathered on Tyneside to reminisce and celebrate the show that captured the imagination of a generation and made it trendy to be a Geordie. Back With The Boys Again – The Story of Auf Wiedersehen Pet. Also on this DVD – Previously unseen footage from Sunday for Sammy 2000 featuring Tim Healy, Kevin Whately, Jimmy Nail and Brendan Healy. This sketch was the inspiration for Auf Wiedersehen Pet's return and has never been commercially released.
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Title: Blandings
Character: Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth
Released: January 13, 2013
Type: TV
Blandings is a British comedy television series adapted by Guy Andrews from the Blandings Castle stories of P.G. Wodehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One from 13 January 2013, and stars Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders and Mark Williams. The series was produced with the partial financial assistance of the European Regional Development Fund.
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Room on the Broom
Title: Room on the Broom
Character: Dragon (voice)
Released: December 25, 2012
Type: Movie
Animated film based on the wonderful children's picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The story of a kind witch who invites a surprising collection of animals to join her on her broom, much to the frustration of her cat. The gang ultimately saves the witch from a fearsome dragon, and in gratitude she rewards them with a magnificent new broom which has room for everyone. A magical tale about friendship and family from Magic Light Pictures, the producers of the hugely successful The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child.
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Love Bite
Title: Love Bite
Character: Sid
Released: November 9, 2012
Type: Movie
Four teenaged lads set off to get laid in order to stay alive. However, the boys have to attract the girls first in order to complete their mission. Otherwise, they will be hunted and killed by a vicious Werewolf which only seems interested in Virgins.
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Ginger & Rosa
Title: Ginger & Rosa
Character: Mark
Released: October 18, 2012
Type: Movie
A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.
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Upside Down
Title: Upside Down
Character: Bob Boruchowitz
Released: September 27, 2012
Type: Movie
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?
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The Rise
Title: The Rise
Character: D I West
Released: September 9, 2012
Type: Movie
A young man recently released from prison recruits his three best friends to rob the local drug kingpin who is responsible for his incarceration.
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Assassin's Bullet
Title: Assassin's Bullet
Character: Dr. Kahn
Released: August 1, 2012
Type: Movie
In Assassin's Bullet, Slater plays Robert Diggs, a black ops agent who comes to work for Ambassador Ashdown (Hunger Games star Donald Sutherland), tracking down a vigilante assassin in Eastern Europe. The maverick hit(wo)man has been taking out high-profile targets on the U.S. hit list, and Diggs must uncover the killer's identity before there's an international incident. The usual game of cat and mouse ensues.
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Title: The Syndicate
Released: March 27, 2012
Type: TV
A drama exploring how winning the lottery transforms the lives of ordinary people.
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Boy
Title: Boy
Released: March 23, 2012
Type: Movie
The winner of British Airways ”Great Britons” competition, the film tells the story of a carpenter at the Olympic Velodrome track and his cyclist son.
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Title: Timothy Spall: All at Sea
Character: Himself
Released: February 21, 2012
Type: TV
Timothy Spall and his wife Shane are back on board their beloved barge the Princess Matilda as they conclude their trip around the British coast.
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Comes a Bright Day
Title: Comes a Bright Day
Character: Charlie
Released: February 12, 2012
Type: Movie
A romantic thriller set during the armed robbery of one of London’s most exclusive jewellers. Sometimes funny, often dark, always captivating and never what you expect.
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My Angel
Title: My Angel
Character: Mr. Lambert
Released: December 9, 2011
Type: Movie
Fifteen year old Eddie's mother falls very ill after a serious car accident. Eddie and his brother Stewart end up having to take care of themselves and one night when they have ran out of food and electricity, Eddie dreams that his mother asks him to find an angel's halo so that she can be saved. Will Eddie be able to save his mother in time for Christmas?
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Reuniting the Rubins
Title: Reuniting the Rubins
Character: Lennie Rubin
Released: October 21, 2011
Type: Movie
An up-tight lawyer, Lenny Rubins, (Timothy Spall), has to put his dream retirement on hold when his ailing mother (Honor Blackman) emotionally blackmails him into reuniting his estranged children for a Jewish holiday. They may be peas from the same pod, but in Lenny's eyes, his grown-up children are certainly not even from the same planet: a ruthless control-freak and hard-nosed capitalist, an outspoken, argumentative eco-warrior committed to the cause, an outer-worldly Buddhist Monk; and to cap it all, a bible bashing born-again Rabbi. While they might quarrel, fight, and perhaps even be starting a war in Africa, they are still family. It is going to take a whole lot of soul-searching and sacrifice for everyone to come together in this comic drama. Written by monterey media inc.
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Title: Timothy Spall: Back At Sea
Character: Himself
Released: August 10, 2011
Type: TV
Untrained mariner Timothy Spall has spent a fortune on technology for his new challenge - the unpredictable Irish Sea - as he and his wife continue their mini-odyssey around Britain
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Character: Peter Pettigrew
Released: July 12, 2011
Type: Movie
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.
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Wake Wood
Title: Wake Wood
Character: Arthur
Released: March 25, 2011
Type: Movie
The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter.
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The King's Speech
Title: The King's Speech
Character: Winston Churchill
Released: November 26, 2010
Type: Movie
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Character: Peter Pettigrew
Released: November 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.
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Jackboots on Whitehall
Title: Jackboots on Whitehall
Character: Churchill (voice)
Released: October 8, 2010
Type: Movie
A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full on invasion.
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From Time to Time
Title: From Time to Time
Character: Boggis
Released: September 24, 2010
Type: Movie
A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations.
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Title: Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea
Character: Himself
Released: May 5, 2010
Type: TV
A mini-odyssey along the coast from Cornwall to Wales in the company of the actor Timothy Spall and his wife Shane on their Dutch barge.
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Alice in Wonderland
Title: Alice in Wonderland
Character: The Bloodhound (voice)
Released: March 3, 2010
Type: Movie
Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.
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Title: 10 Minute Tales
Released: December 21, 2009
Type: TV
The biggest names in writing, acting and directing come together in a series of shorts on Sky1 HD this festive period. Experience a novel Noel with these original, uplifting and highly creative slices of silent cinema that prove actions do speak louder than words. Starring Mackenzie Crook, Bill Nighy, Peter Capaldi, Ross Kemp, and a host of major stars, each of the 10 Minute Tales promises to be a unique and engaging look at life, loss, and love.
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The Fattest Man in Britain
Title: The Fattest Man in Britain
Character: Georgie Godwin
Released: December 20, 2009
Type: Movie
Georgie Godwin is the fattest man in Britain. A tourist attraction, thanks to greedy 'agent, cabbie Morris. Devoted neighbour Janice is Georgie's only other regular outside contact until he meets Amy, a pregnant teenager fleeing a violent boyfriend ,whom he takes in as a lodger. Amy tries to help Georgie change his lifestyle, but Morris is more than keen to stop her ruining his tourist attraction.
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Heartless
Title: Heartless
Character: George Morgan
Released: November 21, 2009
Type: Movie
The story follows Jamie, a troubled young man with a birthmark on his face, which has left him feeling isolated and fearful, hiding from the world outside. He lives in the East End of London, an area notorious for its violent hooded gangs. According to news reports, the gangs are now wearing demon masks. But, one night, Jamie discovers the terrifying truth.
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Desert Flower
Title: Desert Flower
Character: Terry Donaldson
Released: September 24, 2009
Type: Movie
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
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Gunrush
Title: Gunrush
Character: Doug Becket
Released: August 22, 2009
Type: Movie
Set against the rising wave of gun crime in Britain, Gunrush sees a father driven to take the law into his own hands after his daughter is shot dead.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Title: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Character: Peter Pettigrew
Released: July 15, 2009
Type: Movie
As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven. Harry suspects perils may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemorts defenses and to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Even as the decisive showdown looms, romance blossoms for Harry, Ron, Hermione and their classmates. Love is in the air, but danger lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.
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The Damned United
Title: The Damned United
Character: Peter Taylor
Released: March 27, 2009
Type: Movie
Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor.
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Appaloosa
Title: Appaloosa
Character: Phil Olson
Released: September 19, 2008
Type: Movie
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Title: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Character: Beadle
Released: December 20, 2007
Type: Movie
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
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Title: Oliver Twist
Character: Fagin
Released: December 18, 2007
Type: TV
Oliver is born into poverty and misfortune - the son of an unmarried mother, who dies shortly after his birth. He is soon delivered to the workhouse, where the cruel Mr. Bumble oversees children tormented by starvation and suffering. When Oliver dares to ask for more gruel, he finds himself cast out and forced to make his own way in the world...
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Enchanted
Title: Enchanted
Character: Nathaniel
Released: November 20, 2007
Type: Movie
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?
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A Room with a View
Title: A Room with a View
Character: Mr Emerson
Released: November 4, 2007
Type: Movie
Lucy Honeychurch and her nervous chaperone embark on a grand tour of Italy. Alongside sweeping landscapes, Lucy encounters a suspect group of characters — socialist Mr. Emerson and his working-class son George, in particular — who both surprise and intrigue her. When piqued interest turns to potential romance, Lucy is whisked home to England, where her attention turns to Cecil Vyse. But now, with a well-developed appetite for adventure, will Lucy make the daring choice when it comes to love?
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Death Defying Acts
Title: Death Defying Acts
Character: Sugarman
Released: September 13, 2007
Type: Movie
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
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Title: British Film Forever
Character: Himself
Released: July 28, 2007
Type: TV
Running for 7 weeks from July 2007, each week focused on a different genre, examining British film by genre. Presented by Jessica Stevenson (Shaun Of The Dead) the series featured over 200 exclusive interviews with leading actors and directors including Sir Michael Caine, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Kate Winslet.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Title: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Character: Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
Released: July 8, 2007
Type: Movie
Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students to defend themselves against the dark arts.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Himself
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Mysterious Creatures
Title: Mysterious Creatures
Character: Bill Ainscow
Released: October 29, 2006
Type: Movie
Feature-length ITV drama based on real events. Bill and Wendy Ainscow (Timothy Spall and Brenda Blethyn) are a middle class, middle-aged Birmingham couple locked in a deeply dysfunctional relationship with their 32-year-old daughter Lisa (Rebekah Staton). In a culmination of years spent unsuccessfully trying to obtain a diagnosis and get state help to deal with with Lisa's condition - which eventually turns out to be Asperger's syndrome - Bill and Wendy are ultimately driven to desperate measures with tragic consequences.
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Title: The One Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD. The programme is currently hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker from Monday-Thursday, with Chris Evans appearing instead of Baker on Fridays and relief presenters appearing when required.
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Title: The Street
Character: Eddie McEvoy
Released: April 13, 2006
Type: TV
Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.
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Teenage Tourettes Camp
Title: Teenage Tourettes Camp
Character: Narrator
Released: January 2, 2006
Type: Movie
Follows five British teenagers with Tourette's Syndrome as they spend a week in an American summer camp.
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Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Title: Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Character: Albert Pierrepoint
Released: December 7, 2005
Type: Movie
Following in his father's footsteps, Albert Pierrepoint becomes one of Britain's most prolific executioners, hiding his identity as a grocery deliveryman. But when his ambition to be the best inadvertently exposes his gruesome secret, he becomes a minor celebrity & faces a public outcry against the practice of hanging. Based on true events.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Title: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Character: Peter Pettigrew
Released: November 16, 2005
Type: Movie
When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named.
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Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
Title: Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
Released: March 26, 2005
Type: Movie
A teacher comes to terms with his past during a school trip to Salisbury Cathedral.
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Cherished
Title: Cherished
Character: Terry Cannings
Released: February 22, 2005
Type: Movie
A drama based on the true story of Angela Cannings, who was wrongly convicted of killing two of her children, on the basis of "expert witness" evidence about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Cot Death Syndrome) which has since been discredited.
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Title: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Character: Mr. Poe
Released: December 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Title: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Character: Peter Pettigrew
Released: May 31, 2004
Type: Movie
Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will confront them all.
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The Last Samurai
Title: The Last Samurai
Character: Simon Graham
Released: December 5, 2003
Type: Movie
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
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Gettin' Square
Title: Gettin' Square
Character: Darren Barrington
Released: October 9, 2003
Type: Movie
Gettin' Square is about starting over, keeping clean and going straight. Barry Wirth is fresh out of prison and determined to stay on the straight and narrow. But like his mate Johnny 'Spit' Spiteri and reformed gangster turned restaurateur Dabba, he finds out the hard way that there are old scores and a few new ones that'll make getting square a lot harder than he thought.
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Title: One Life
Released: September 24, 2003
Type: TV
One life is a BBC ONE's documentary programme. Each episode is a high quality and compelling film which reflects life in contemporary Britain.
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My House in Umbria
Title: My House in Umbria
Character: Quinty
Released: May 25, 2003
Type: Movie
Emily Delahunty is an eccentric British romance novelist who lives in Umbria in central Italy. One day while travelling, the train she is on is bombed by terrorists. After she wakes up in a hospital, she invites three of the other survivors of the disaster to stay at her Italian villa for recuperation. Of these are The General, a retired British Army veteran, Werner, a young German man, and Aimee, a young American girl who has now become mute after her parents were both killed in the explosion.
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Nicholas Nickleby
Title: Nicholas Nickleby
Character: Charles Cheeryble
Released: December 27, 2002
Type: Movie
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
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Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Title: Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Character: Self
Released: November 7, 2002
Type: Movie
Veteran radio, theatre, television and film actor Christopher Plummer has played a thousand parts, but beneath that elegant stage presence lies the restless heart of a risk-taker. Don't miss this engaging biography.
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Title: Top Gear
Character: Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Released: October 20, 2002
Type: TV
This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy Mcguinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.
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Title: Bodily Harm
Character: Mitchel Greenfield
Released: October 14, 2002
Type: TV
Mitchel, a mild-mannered suburban stockbroker spirals out of control after losing his job, finding his wife in flagrante with a sleazy neighbour, and discovering his dad is dying of cancer, all on the eve of his 44th birthday.
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All or Nothing
Title: All or Nothing
Character: Phil
Released: May 17, 2002
Type: Movie
Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.
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Bodily Harm
Title: Bodily Harm
Character: Mitchel Greenfield
Released: March 11, 2002
Type: Movie
Mitchel, a mild-mannered suburban stockbroker spirals out of control after losing his job, finding his wife in flagrante with a sleazy neighbour, and discovering his dad is dying of cancer, all on the eve of his 44th birthday.
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Ivor the Invisible
Title: Ivor the Invisible
Character: Dad (voice)
Released: December 24, 2001
Type: Movie
Written by Raymond Briggs, this beautifully animated film tells the story of ten-year-old John. After being woken up early one morning. John finds a big invisible something sitting on his bed.
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Vanilla Sky
Title: Vanilla Sky
Character: Thomas Tipp
Released: December 14, 2001
Type: Movie
David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.
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Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
Title: Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
Character: Tommy Rag
Released: September 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Tommy is a vacuum cleaner salesman gripped by the fever of closing the deal. He lives on puffa rice stored in his glove compartment, listens to motivation tapes of his own voice shouting 'Sell, sell, fucking sell' and his punters are up to their eyes in debt. Even Tommy admits his 'soul's in holes'. He's sure the Golden Vac (the holy grail of vacuum salesmanship) can be his - if only he hadn't been saddled with Pete, a meek sales trainee trying to help his girlfriend quit stripping.
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Rock Star
Title: Rock Star
Character: Mats, Steel Dragon Road Manager
Released: September 4, 2001
Type: Movie
A wannabe rock star who fronts a Pennsylvania-based tribute band is devastated when his kick him out of the group he founded. Things begin to look up for Izzy when he is asked to join Steel Dragon, the heavy metal rockers he had been imitating for so long. This film is loosely based on the true story of the band Judas Priest.
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Lucky Break
Title: Lucky Break
Character: Cliff
Released: August 24, 2001
Type: Movie
Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?
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Title: Perfect Strangers
Released: May 10, 2001
Type: TV
A darkly comic tale of a young man who comes face to face with his huge family - a variety of eccentrics, all of whom are hiding secrets from their pasts. At a family reunion Raymond is presented with a copy of the family tree and is absolutely amazed by the complexity of his family ties.
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The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Title: The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Released: March 7, 2001
Type: Movie
A man is forced to confront a dangerous female jaguar and his own past through the sacrificial killing of the beast he has grown to love.
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Intimacy
Title: Intimacy
Character: Andy, Claire's husband
Released: January 20, 2001
Type: Movie
Jay, a failed musician, walked out of his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day Jay follows her and finds out about the rest of her life. This eventually disrupts their relationship.
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Title: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Character: Cunningham
Released: July 12, 2000
Type: Movie
In the fourteenth film in the series, sixteen-year-old Indiana Jones joins an international trio of spies plotting against their German counterparts in the neutral city of Barcelona. Then later the same year, Indiana is reassigned to Prague where he is to receive an important phone call.
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Chicken Run
Title: Chicken Run
Character: Nick (voice)
Released: June 23, 2000
Type: Movie
The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly! It’s hardly poultry in motion when Rocky attempts to teach Ginger and her feathered friends to fly…but, with teamwork, determination and a little bit o’ cluck, the fearless flock plots one last attempt in a spectacular bid for freedom.
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Vatel
Title: Vatel
Character: Gourville
Released: May 1, 2000
Type: Movie
In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances are to impress the king. In charge of all is the steward, Vatel, a man of honor, talent, and low birth. The prince is craven in his longing for stature: no task is too menial or dishonorable for him to give Vatel. While Vatel tries to sustain dignity, he finds himself attracted to Anne de Montausier, the king's newest mistress. In Vatel, she finds someone who's authentic, living out his principles within the casual cruelties of court politics. Can the two of them escape unscathed?
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Love's Labour's Lost
Title: Love's Labour's Lost
Character: Armado
Released: March 31, 2000
Type: Movie
The King of Navarre and his three companions swear a very public oath to study together and to renounce women for three years. Their honour is immediately put to the test by the arrival of the Princess of France and her three lovely companions. It's love at first sight for all concerned followed by the men's hopeless efforts to disguise their feelings.
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Rough for Theatre II
Title: Rough for Theatre II
Character: B
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Two bureaucrats discuss the potential suicide of a man standing perfectly still in front of a door that opens into the night sky and a fatal drop.
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Topsy-Turvy
Title: Topsy-Turvy
Character: Richard Temple (The Mikado)
Released: December 15, 1999
Type: Movie
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
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The Clandestine Marriage
Title: The Clandestine Marriage
Character: Sterling
Released: November 12, 1999
Type: Movie
A period film, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience between their elder daughter and an aristocratic heir of a hard-up noble family.
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Title: Shooting the Past
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: TV
A US property developer realises that he has a battle on his hands when he tries to renovate a London building containing a vast photographic collection and discovers that the library employees will resort to anything to thwart him.
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The Wisdom of Crocodiles
Title: The Wisdom of Crocodiles
Character: Inspector Healey
Released: November 27, 1998
Type: Movie
A vampire in London is searching for the ideal woman to 'redeem' him.
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Still Crazy
Title: Still Crazy
Character: David "Beano" Baggot
Released: October 30, 1998
Type: Movie
In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. 20 years on and these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former keyboard player of the Fruits. Tony sets out to find his former bandmates with the help of former manager Karen to see if they can recapture the magic and give themselves a second chance.
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Title: Our Mutual Friend
Released: March 9, 1998
Type: TV
Epic Charles Dickens tale of passion, greed and betrayal. Lizzie and her father scrape a living on the banks of the Thames until one day they recover a body that links them with another world.
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Neville's Island
Title: Neville's Island
Character: Gordon
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Comedy about 4 middle aged businessmen on a team building exercise in the lake district
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Title: The Hunger
Character: Salesman
Released: July 20, 1997
Type: TV
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title with the feature film The Hunger the series has no direct plot or character connection to the film, and was created by Jeff Fazio. Originally shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the UK, The Movie Network in Canada and Showtime in the US, the series was broadcast from 1997 to 2000, and is internally organized into two seasons. Each episode was based around an independent story introduced by the host; Terence Stamp hosted each episode for the first season, and was replaced in the second season by David Bowie. Stories tended to focus on themes of self-destructive desire and obsession, with a strong component of soft-core erotica; popular tropes for the stories included cannibalism, vampires, sex, and poison.
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Hamlet
Title: Hamlet
Character: Rosencrantz
Released: December 25, 1996
Type: Movie
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
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Secrets & Lies
Title: Secrets & Lies
Character: Maurice Purley
Released: May 24, 1996
Type: Movie
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to a working class white woman, Cynthia.
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Title: Nice Day at the Office
Released: September 26, 1994
Type: TV
Nice Day at the Office is a British sitcom starring Timothy Spall, John Sessions and David Haig as put-upon and frustrated employees of a large company.
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Title: The Danny Baker Show
Released: September 17, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: Outside Edge
Released: March 24, 1994
Type: TV
Comedy-drama series starring Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Robert Daws, and Josie Lawrence about two couples united only by the fact that they play for a Sunday League cricket team.
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Title: Frank Stubbs Promotes
Character: Frank Stubbs
Released: July 12, 1993
Type: TV
Frank Stubbs (Timothy Spall) is a down-at-heel ticket tout with grand ideas. He has an ambition to become a 'high class' promoter of famous and talented performers. In reality, his ambitions tend to outstrip his capabilities.
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Roots
Title: Roots
Character: Jimmy Beales
Released: November 28, 1992
Type: Movie
Presentation of Arnold Wesker's play of the 1950s. A young girl returns to her family home in Norfolk, having been educated in cultural and political matters by her boyfriend Ronnie. Through trying to pass on what she has learned, she discovers her own voice and views.
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Dread Poets' Society
Title: Dread Poets' Society
Character: Derek
Released: September 23, 1992
Type: Movie
Benjamin Zephaniah, renowned Rastafarian poet/rapper is traveling by train from Birmingham to Cambridge to receive his Creative Arts Fellowship sharing a carriage with a racist and philistine car spares salesman played by Timothy Spall; by chance the poets Keats, Byron, Shelley and writer Mary Shelley are transported from a séance they are conducting in The Villa Como by a freak electrical storm. A battle of wits, drug taking and poetry performance ensues!
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Title: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Character: Cunningham - Masseur
Released: March 4, 1992
Type: TV
At the dawn of the 20th century, Indiana Jones discovered the world. From globetrotting family expeditions as a 9-year-old to the battlefields of World War I as a teenager, Indy’s experiences shaped the heroic, whip-cracking archaeologist he would become. At every turn, Indy encounters history in the making, meeting true-life activists, soldiers, writers, artists, and thinkers who helped influence the world we live in today.
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Title: Murder Most Horrid
Character: Pathologist
Released: November 14, 1991
Type: TV
A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or even getting bumped off herself!
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Not Mozart: WAM! Limited
Title: Not Mozart: WAM! Limited
Character: Wolfgang and Amadeus Mozart
Released: November 3, 1991
Type: Movie
Composer Misha Mengelberg collaborates with director Anthony Garner on a commissioned short film to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of Mozart.
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Nona
Title: Nona
Character: Chico
Released: October 19, 1991
Type: Movie
British production of Argentinan Roberto Cossa's play, set in Argentina in 1982. Nona is an elderly woman who is causing a drain on the resources of her entire family, with her constant craving for food and demands, which everybody indulges, in spite of falling into prostitution and bankruptcy. Her two grandsons hit on the idea of marrying her off to an elderly man who runs a tobacconists and sweet kiosk, however, the latter believes that Chico is trying to hitch him up with the beautiful young Marta.
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Title: Pebble Mill
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 1991
Type: TV
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on October 14, 1991. The show was a mixture of celebrity guests and music. Alan Titchmarsh was a presenter on the show throughout it's complete run. Other presenters included Judi Spiers, Gloria Hunniford and Ross King.
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Broke
Title: Broke
Character: Francis Meeks
Released: July 10, 1991
Type: Movie
A man and his wife, who are proprietors of a struggling window-covering business, agree to install curtains in an exclusive club patronized by a wealthy friend of theirs. After completing the job, the shop owner has great difficulty collecting payment for the job. His "friend" becomes scarce and Spall finds he has no legal foot to stand on since there is no written record of the informal transaction. With the couple's business floundering due to mounting debts, and their former friend's crass attitude towards their predicament, anger and frustration reach the boiling point.
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Title: Performance
Character: Chico
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: TV
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Title: Performance
Character: Jimmy Beales
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: TV
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Title: Spender
Character: Robert Cunningham
Released: January 8, 1991
Type: TV
Jimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed undercover operation in London. He uses tough and unconventional methods to tackle the criminal underworld, but he must also deal with the friends, enemies and family he left behind, and never expected to return to. Sammy Johnson played Spender's sidekick Stick, while Denise Welch played Spender's wife.
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The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Title: The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Character: Pig Robinson
Released: December 26, 1990
Type: Movie
Adapted from the Beatrix Potter story tells the story of the pignap of Little Pig Robinson by Captain Barnabus Butcher who fools Robinson into believing he is being taken on a trip to visit the land of the Bong tree; the truth of the matter is more sinister.
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Life Is Sweet
Title: Life Is Sweet
Character: Aubrey
Released: November 15, 1990
Type: Movie
Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.
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The Sheltering Sky
Title: The Sheltering Sky
Character: Eric Lyle
Released: October 25, 1990
Type: Movie
An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
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1871
Title: 1871
Character: Ramborde
Released: September 9, 1990
Type: Movie
A young actress becomes politically aware within the Paris Commune of 1871.
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White Hunter, Black Heart
Title: White Hunter, Black Heart
Character: Hodkins
Released: May 16, 1990
Type: Movie
Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually becomes obsessed with hunting down and killing one specific elephant.
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David Macaulay: Pyramid
Title: David Macaulay: Pyramid
Character: Kawab / Tomb Robber (voice)
Released: January 4, 1989
Type: Movie
How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who built these enormous structures, and what did these tombs signify? Host David Macaulay explores the history, mythology, and religions of Egypt's people, combining live footage and animation. Take a rare look at the mummy of Ramses II and buried treasure in the sacred Valley of the Kings.
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Dream Demon
Title: Dream Demon
Character: Peck
Released: October 6, 1988
Type: Movie
As her marriage to decorated war hero Oliver draws near, well-heeled Diana moves into an apartment within an otherwise unoccupied, sprawling London house where she starts to experience strange and terrifying nightmares. But are these troubling night terrors merely the symptom of an unsettled mind, or the sign of something far more sinister at work? Hounded by a pair of sleazy journalists, Diana soon crosses paths with American tourist Jenny, who appears to have a strange connection to the foreboding house and its dark past.
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Title: This Morning
Character: Self - Guest
Released: October 3, 1988
Type: TV
This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.
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To Kill a Priest
Title: To Kill a Priest
Character: Igor
Released: September 7, 1988
Type: Movie
A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.
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Crusoe
Title: Crusoe
Character: Reverend Milne
Released: June 30, 1988
Type: Movie
Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools he manages to rescue from the wreck he has to learn to support himself until help arrives.
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Title: Red Dwarf
Character: Andy
Released: February 15, 1988
Type: TV
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
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Journey's End
Title: Journey's End
Character: Lt. Trotter
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A British Company in the WWI trenches await an inevitable German attack in this 1988 adaptation of R.C. Sherriff's play.
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Body Contact
Title: Body Contact
Character: Paul
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Rock musical set in the future, around Tottenham and Hackney. Taxi driver, Smiley, helps beautiful Dominique Renoir, who is on the run from her violent Mafia boyfriend.
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Gothic
Title: Gothic
Character: Dr. Polidori
Released: November 30, 1986
Type: Movie
Living on an estate on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron is visited by Percy and Mary Shelley. Together with Byron's lover Claire Clairmont, and aided by hallucinogenic substances, they devise an evening of ghoulish tales. However, when confronted by horrors, ostensibly of their own creation, it becomes difficult to tell apparition from reality.
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Dutch Girls
Title: Dutch Girls
Character: Lyndon Baines Jellicoe
Released: October 18, 1985
Type: Movie
In this sophomoric comedy, a lusty adolescent British hockey team heads for Holland where they find something far more interesting than tulips and windmills: gorgeous, lusty women. They are so busy pursuing romance that they forget all about their upcoming match.
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The Bride
Title: The Bride
Character: Paulus
Released: August 16, 1985
Type: Movie
Doctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the male creature. In turn, the doctor becomes obsessed with Eva, and tries to make her a perfect victorian woman.
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Title: Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Character: Barry Taylor
Released: November 11, 1983
Type: TV
Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Dusseldorf. We follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.
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The Missionary
Title: The Missionary
Character: Parswell
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: Movie
In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.
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Remembrance
Title: Remembrance
Character: Douglas
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A group of Devonport-based Royal Navy ratings, due to sail to America for a six-month NATO exercise, go out on the town on their last night in port, hitting Plymouth's notorious Union Street district, with violent results.
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Oliver Twist
Title: Oliver Twist
Character: 1st Constable
Released: March 23, 1982
Type: Movie
The classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets.
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Home Sweet Home
Title: Home Sweet Home
Character: Gordon
Released: March 16, 1982
Type: Movie
Three postal workers and their dysfunctional families interact over cups of tea and Sunday dinner.
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A Cotswold Death
Title: A Cotswold Death
Character: Detective Sergeant Baxter
Released: January 12, 1982
Type: Movie
A village cricket match on the lawn of a great country house - a traditional setting for the perfect English murder. A natural case for the Yard's best technicolor detective, except for the victim-the 20th-century lord of the manor, Sheik Ali Ben Hassim.
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The Three Sisters
Title: The Three Sisters
Character: Andrei
Released: December 29, 1981
Type: Movie
Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Olga attempts to find satisfaction in teaching but secretly longs for a home and family. Masha, unhappy with her marriage to a timid schoolmaster, falls hopelessly in love with a married colonel. Irina works in the local telegraph office but longs for gaiety. Their sense of futility is increased by their brother's marriage to Natasha, a coarse peasant girl. She gradually encroaches on the family home until even the private refuge of the sisters is destroyed. They dream of starting a new life in Moscow but are saddled with the practicalities of their quiet existence. Despite their past failures, they resolve to seek some purpose and hope when the army post is withdrawn from the town.
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The Cherry Orchard
Title: The Cherry Orchard
Character: Epikhodov
Released: October 13, 1981
Type: Movie
Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a walthy landowner, proposes razing the home and cherrt orchard and dividing the estate into plats that could be leased at great profit. The family, however, continues to hold out hope that their beloved home can somehow be saved from destruction.
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Say No to Strangers
Title: Say No to Strangers
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A short film to warn children of sexual predators.
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S.O.S. Titanic
Title: S.O.S. Titanic
Character: Jim (uncredited)
Released: February 29, 1980
Type: Movie
The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.
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The Brylcreem Boys
Title: The Brylcreem Boys
Released: November 21, 1979
Type: Movie
An RAF ground crew, having committed an offence, is punished to guard all night an who an East Anglian airfield in the depths of winter. Gaining frostbite as a result, he's sent to recuperate in the nearby cottage hospital which is used for aircrew who have mentally cracked under the strain of bombing Berlin.
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Quadrophenia
Title: Quadrophenia
Character: Projectionist
Released: September 14, 1979
Type: Movie
Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.
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The Vanishing Army
Title: The Vanishing Army
Character: Wainwright
Released: November 29, 1978
Type: Movie
Career army man Bill Paterson faces discharge in this examination of the harsh treatment of British NCOs.
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Title: Play for Today
Character: Gordon
Released: October 15, 1970
Type: TV
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
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Untitled 13
Title: Untitled 13
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making of Mike Leigh's Mr.Turner, unreleased due to unspecified 'legal reasons'
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Rich Flu
Title: Rich Flu
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A strange disease kills off some of the richest and most influential people on the planet. First it was the billionaires, then the multi-millionaires and so on progressively... Then it threatens to strike anyone with any sort of fortune. With the whole world panicking, people try to flood the market with assets the world no longer wants.