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Timothy Spall

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Actor

The Resume

    (February 27, 1957- )
    Appeared in several Mike Leigh films, including 'Life is Sweet (1990),' 'Secrets & Lies (1996)' and 'Topsy-Turvy (1999)'
    Acted in 'Quadrophenia (1979),' 'Oliver Twist (1982),' 'The Bride (1985),' 'Gothic (1986),' 'To Kill a Priest (1988),' 'The Sheltering Sky (1990),' 'Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996),' 'Love's Labours Lost (2000),' 'Chicken Run (2000),' 'Vanilla Sky (2001),' 'Nicholas Nickleby (2002),' 'The Last Samurai (2003)' and 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)'

Why he might be annoying:

    He is typecast as fat, vulgar oafs.
    He signed up for the army, but was rejected because of his obesity.
    He 'blathers on' in interviews.
    He uses a lot of profanity.
    He is known for wearing loud patterned vests.
    He describes himself as looking like 'a swamp creature.'
    The Internet Movie Database has a discussion board with the heading: 'Timothy Spall - Good Actor, But Ugly.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He grew up in a London housing project.
    He is frank and un-self-conscious.
    He is known as a great conversationalist.
    When he showed up at acting school, his teacher assumed he was there to wash the windows.
    He says: 'I'm not always fat, but when I'm thin, people don't seem to notice - I'm seen as a fat person no matter what shape I'm in.'
    He was diagnosed with leukemia, and had a painful bone-marrow transplant (1996).
    He has had no recurrence of cancer since then.
    He used to be a hypochondriac, but that changed when he actually got cancer.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 2792 Votes: 23.50% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 53 Votes: 47.17% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 60 Votes: 38.33% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 83 Votes: 50.60% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 123 Votes: 50.41% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 246 Votes: 51.63% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 103 Votes: 35.92% Annoying