Timothy Leonard Spall (/ ˈspɔːl / SPAWL; born 27 February 1957) [1] is a British actor. He gained recognition for his character actor roles on stage and screen. In 2000, he was appointed Officer of …

The curtains are made up of overlapping, three-quarter inch plates of AR500 steel encased in a layer of ballistic nylon that captures spall, the shards of metal that break off from a colliding bullet.

Timothy Spall. Actor: Mr. Turner. Timothy Leonard Spall is an award-winning classical character actor who was born on February 27, 1957, and raised in London.

spall in American English (spɔl ) noun Origin: ME spalle, prob. < or akin to spalden, to chip, split, akin to Ger spalten, to split: see spool

SPALL definition: a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore. See examples of spall used in a sentence.

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 …

4 days ago · Timothy Spall, who played Peter Pettigrew in 'Harry Potter', spoke to PEOPLE at the 'Goodbye June' N.Y.C. Special Screening on Monday, Dec. 8, and recalled his 'favorite' scene from …

3 days ago · Actor Timothy Spall revealed that he initially turned down his Harry Potter role of villain Peter Pettigrew, AKA Wormtail. In an October 2025 interview with Making A Scene, Spall said he …

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spall (spɔːl) n (Geological Science) a splinter or chip of ore, rock, or stone vb