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Timothy Spall

1957 - Today

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Timothy Leonard Spall (born 27 February 1957) is an English actor and presenter. Spall gained recognition for his character actor roles on stage and screen. He is known for his collaborations with director Mike Leigh, acting in six of his films: Home Sweet Home (1982), Life is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), and Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Timothy Spall has received more than 6,708,164 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Timothy Spall is the 1,342nd most popular actor (down from 1,240th in 2019), the 1,418th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,339th in 2019) and the 188th most popular British Actor.

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  • 6.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Timothy Spalls by language

Over the past year Timothy Spall has had the most page views in the with 1,212,937 views, followed by German (88,333), and Italian (63,723). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (358.03%), Irish (107.83%), and Simple English (86.06%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Timothy Spall ranks 1,342 out of 13,578. Before him are Shannen Doherty, Emma Stone, Nora Miao, Myrna Loy, Don Taylor, and Michael Redgrave. After him are Marisa Mell, Annette Stroyberg, Hibari Misora, Fabre d'Églantine, Julia Ormond, and Danny Kaye.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Timothy Spall ranks 68. Before him are Nick Cave, Ahmet Kaya, Adrian Smith, Bamir Topi, Carrie Lam, and Włodzimierz Smolarek. After him are Joaquim de Almeida, Wolfgang Ketterle, Janick Gers, Lucien Favre, Klaus Augenthaler, and Fred Vargas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Timothy Spall ranks 1,418 out of 8,785. Before him are Duncan Haldane (1951), William Murdoch (1754), Alice Bailey (1880), Wallace Hartley (1878), Michael Redgrave (1908), and Dan McCafferty (1946). After him are Richard Henderson (1945), John William Godward (1861), Julia Ormond (1965), Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721), Sophie Turner (1996), and Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Timothy Spall ranks 188. Before him are Steven Berkoff (1937), Hannah Chaplin (1865), Peter Mayhew (1944), Victor McLaglen (1886), Vinnie Jones (1965), and Michael Redgrave (1908). After him are Julia Ormond (1965), Sophie Turner (1996), Alison Steadman (1946), Rhys Ifans (1967), Claire Forlani (1971), and Jason Isaacs (1963).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Last Samurai
Simon Graham
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.
Dec 5o 20037.578 / 10
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Peter Pettigrew
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.
May 31o 20048.019 / 10
The King's Speech
Winston Churchill
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.
Nov 26o 20107.741 / 10