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Rafe Joseph Spall[1] (born 10 March 1983)[2] is an English actor.

Rafe Spall
Spall in 2013
Born	Rafe Joseph Spall (1983-03-10) 10 March 1983 (age 39) Camberwell, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Spouse(s)	Elize du Toit ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	3
Parent(s)	Timothy Spall (father)

Spall has appeared in films including Kidulthood (2006), A Good Year (2006), One Day (2011), Anonymous (2011), Prometheus (2012), Life of Pi (2012), The Big Short (2015), The BFG (2016), The Ritual (2017), and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). Spall played the title role of Pete Griffiths in Pete versus Life from 2010–2011, and has portrayed characters on the TV series The Shadow Line and Black Mirror. Spall also appeared in the Men in Black spin-off film Men in Black: International (2019).

Since May 2020, Spall has starred in the Apple TV+ comedy series Trying.

Early life

Spall was born at King's College Hospital in Camberwell, London, the second of three children of Shane (née Baker) and actor Timothy Spall. Named after the protagonist in The Knight of the Burning Pestle, a role his father played in the Royal Shakespeare Company and one he would later play himself, he always had ambitions to act. When he was 14,[3] his father was diagnosed with myeloid leukaemia and spent the next 18 months in treatment.

Rafe was overweight as a teen, which he calls a "painful" experience.[4] Having achieved poor grades at his school, Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College,[5] he left to become an actor and joined the National Youth Theatre at 15. He failed to get into his chosen drama schools, such as RADA, at 17, but worked anyway. After being perennially cast in "fat" roles, he lost 77 lbs (35kg) at age 19, which brought more acting opportunities.[4]

Career

Spall has frequently collaborated with Edgar Wright, appearing in his films Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World's End alongside Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Spall was also featured in Wright's segment in the 2007 Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez film Grindhouse.

In 2007, Spall performed for the first time with his father in the ITV adaptation of A Room with a View playing father and son.[6]

In 2011, Spall starred in the romantic tragedy film One Day opposite Anne Hathaway.

In 2012, Spall portrayed Canadian author Yann Martel in the Academy Award-winning drama film Life of Pi, directed by Ang Lee and starring Suraj Sharma and Irrfan Khan. The film was a critical and financial success, winning four Academy Awards and making over $600 million at the box office. In 2013, he played the newlywed husband in I Give It a Year, a comedy about the trials and tribulations of a couple during their first year of marriage.[7]

In 2014, Spall appeared in the coming-of-age drama X+Y, alongside Asa Butterfield and Sally Hawkins, and the seasonal family comedy Get Santa. In 2015, he played John Hancock in the History Channel three-part series, Sons of Liberty, alongside Jim Broadbent, and appeared in the Academy Award-winning biographical comedy-drama The Big Short, alongside Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell. Also that year, Spall played Harry Price in Harry Price: Ghost Hunter, ITV's adaptation of Neil Spring's debut novel, The Ghost Hunters. The film aired on ITV1 on 27 December.[8]

Spall portrayed Eli Mills in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), the fifth instalment of Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park series, and directed by The Impossible helmer J. A. Bayona.[9]

Since 2020, Spall has a leading role in the Apple TV+ comedy series Trying, opposite Esther Smith and Imelda Staunton. The first season premiered on 1 May 2020. The second season premiered on 12 May 2021.

He also played DS Bailey in the 2020 BBC drama The Salisbury Poisonings.[10]

Personal life

Spall says he has always struggled with his weight, going up to 114 kg (251 lb), but said that he was given so many character parts that he attempted to slim down, losing over 32 kg (71 lb).[11] Like his father, he is a keen supporter of Crystal Palace. He is a patron of the Actors' Centre.[12]

In February 2008, Spall met actress Elize du Toit; they were married on 14 August 2010[13] and live in West Kensington, London.[14] They have three children: a daughter Lena, born 2011, a son Rex, born November 2012 and another son born in 2015.[13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Beginner's Luck	Danny	Film debut
2004	Shaun of the Dead	Noel
	The Calcium Kid	Stan Parlour
2005	Green Street Hooligans	Swill
	The Last Drop	Pvt. David Wellings
2006	Kidulthood	Lenny
	A Good Year	Kenny
2007	Hot Fuzz	D.C. Andy Cartwright
	Grindhouse	Featured Ghost	Segment: "Don't"
2008	Close	Eric	[15]
2009	The Scouting Book For Boys	Steve
	Modern Life Is Rubbish	Liam	[16]
2010	Behind the Door	Bobby
	Sus	D.C. Wilby
2011	Anonymous	William Shakespeare
	One Day	Ian Whitehead
2012	Prometheus	Millburn
	Life of Pi	Writer
	Earthbound	Joe Norman
2013	I Give It a Year	Josh Moss
	The World's End	Young Man
	The F Word	Ben	Also released as What If
2014	X+Y	Martin Humphreys	Nominated — BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor[17]
	Get Santa	Steve
2015	The Big Short	Danny Moses	Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2016	The BFG	Mr. Tibbs
	Swallows and Amazons	Jim Turner / Captain Flint
	Mum's List	Singe
2017	The Ritual	Luke
2018	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	Eli Mills
2019	Men in Black: International[18][19]	Agent C
	Just Mercy	Tommy Chapman
	Denmark	Herb
2021	Long Story Short	Teddy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Out of Control	Ray	Television film
2003	The Lion in Winter	Prince John	Television film
2004	The Legend of the Tamworth Two	Crustie	Television film
2005	The Rotters' Club	Sean Harding	3 episodes
2005	Twisted Tales	Dominic	Episode: "Death Metal Chronicles"
2006	The Romantics	John Clare	Miniseries
2006	The Chatterley Affair	Keith	Television film
2006	Cracker	DS McAllister	Television film
2006	Wide Sargasso Sea	Edward Rochester	Television film
2006	Dracula	Jonathan Harker	Television film
2007	A Room with a View	George Emerson	Television film
2008	He Kills Coppers	Frank Taylor	Television film
2008	Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me	Dennis Heymer	Television film
2009	Agatha Christie's Marple	Roger Bassington	Episode: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?"
2009	Desperate Romantics	William Holman Hunt	6 episodes
2011	The Shadow Line	Jay Wratten	6 episodes
2010–2011	Pete Versus Life	Pete Griffiths	11 episodes
2014	Black Mirror	Joe Potter	Episode: "White Christmas"[20]
2015	Harry Price: Ghost Hunter	Harry Price	Television film
2015	Sons of Liberty	John Hancock	Miniseries
2016	Roadies	Reg Whitehead	10 episodes
2018	Grandpa's Great Escape	Adult Jack (voice)	Television special
2019	The War of the Worlds	George	3 episodes
2020–present	Trying	Jason	Main role
2020	The Salisbury Poisonings	DS Bailey	TV series
TBA	The English		Upcoming series[21]

Stage

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Aaron Sorkin at the Gielgud Theatre (2022)[22]
• Death of England by Roy Williams and Clint Dyer at the Royal National Theatre (2020)
• Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen at the Royal National Theatre as Brack (2016)
• Betrayal by Harold Pinter at the Ethel Barrymore Theater as Jerry (2013)
• Constellations by Nick Payne at the Royal Court Theatre as Roland (2012)[23]
• If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet by Nick Payne at the Bush Theatre as Terry (2009)[24]
• Hello and Goodbye by Athol Fugard with the English Touring Theatre as Johnny (2008)[25]
• Alaska by DC Moore at the Royal Court Theatre as Frank (2007)[26]
• John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen at the Donmar Warehouse as Erhart Borkman (2007)[27]
• The Knight of the Burning Pestle by Francis Beaumont at the Young Vic Theatre/Barbican Theatre as Rafe (2005)[28]
• Just a Bloke by David Watson at the Royal Court Theatre as Nathan (2002)[29]
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by Simon Bent at the National Theatre as Harold Crosby/Coach Chickering/Larry Lish (2002)[30]

Radio

• Amok Audible.co.uk as Oliver (2015)
• Capital narrator (2012)
• Words and Music: Crushed BBC Radio 3 as a guest reader (2008)
• Hide BBC Radio 3 as the convict (2007)
• The Real Thing BBC Radio 4 as Billy (2006)

References

External links

• Rafe Spall at IMDb
• Interview about the BBC's The Rotters' Club

На других языках

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[ru] Сполл, Рейф

Рейф Джо́зеф Сполл (англ. Rafe Joseph Spall; род. 10 марта 1983 (1983-03-10)) — британский актёр. Наиболее известен по ролям в трилогии фильмов «Три вкуса Корнетто», где он сыграл Ноэля в «Зомби по имени Шон» (2004), Энди Картрайта в «Типа крутых легавых» (2007), а также покупателя дома в «Армагеддеце» (2013).

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