Timothy Spall

Timothy Leonard Spall, OBE (born 27 February 1957) is an English character actor and occasional presenter. Spall, third of four sons, was born in Battersea, London. His mother, Sylvia R. (Leonard), was a hairdresser, and his father, Joseph L. Spall, was a postal worker. He trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA, where he was awarded the Bancroft Gold Medal as the most promising actor in his year. His brother, Matthew, is studio director of the computer games company Morpheme. Another brother, Richard, is the landlord tenant of the Astolat public house in Guildford.