Rafe Spall

Rafe Spall

Birth name: Rafe Joseph Spall
Born: March 10, 1983
Age: 41
Birthplace: Camberwell, London, England
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Biography

Rafe Joseph Spall (born 10 March 1983) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in The Shadow Line, Pete versus Life, One Day, Anonymous, Prometheus, Life of Pi and The Big Short

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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. Unlike his two sisters, Mercedes and Pascale, a primary school teacher and a textile designer, respectively, Spall followed in his father's footsteps. 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. Having achieved poor grades at his school, Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College, he left to become an actor and joined the National Youth Theatre after failing to get into his chosen drama schools.

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 he performed for the first time with his father in the ITV adaptation of A Room with a View playing father and son.

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.

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.

Personal life

Spall claims to have always struggled with his weight, going up to 114 kg, but said that he was given so many character parts that he attempted to slim down, losing over 32 kg. Like his father, he is a very keen supporter of Crystal Palace. He is a patron of the Actors' Centre.

While living in London Fields, he was in a relationship with his The Rotter's Club co-star Alice Eve from 2004 to 2006. In 2007, he dated Alexandra Mann, a designer and stylist. In February 2008, he met actress Elize du Toit through friends at a bar in London. They were married on 14 August 2010 and live in West Kensington, London. They have two children: a daughter named Lena (born 2011) and a son named Rex (born November 2012).

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Beginner's Luck
2004 Shaun of the Dead Noel
2004 The Calcium Kid Stan Parlour
2005 Green Street Swill
2005 The Last Drop Pvt. Wellings
2006 Kidulthood Lenny
2006 A Good Year Kenny
2007 Get Off My Land Man
2007 Hot Fuzz DC Cartwright
2007 Grindhouse Ghost Featured in the segment "Don't"
2008 Close Eric
2009 The Scouting Book For Boys Steve
2009 Modern Life Is Rubbish Liam
2010 Behind the Door Bobby
2010 Sus D.C. Wilby
2011 Anonymous William Shakespeare
2011 One Day Ian
2012 Prometheus Millburn
2012 Life of Pi Yann Martel Replaced Tobey Maguire in post-production
2012 Earthbound Joe Norman
2013 I Give It a Year Josh
2013 The World's End House Buyer
2013 The F Word Ben
2014 X+Y Mr. Humphreys Nominated — BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
2014 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 Swallows and Amazons Jim Turner Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Out of Control Ray
2003 The Lion in Winter Prince John
2004 The Legend of the Tamworth Two Crustie
2005 The Rotters' Club Sean Harding
2005 Twisted Tales Dominic Episode: "Death Metal Chronicles"
2006 The Romantics John Clare
2006 The Chatterley Affair Keith
2006 Cracker DS McAllister
2006 Wide Sargasso Sea Edward Rochester
2006 Dracula Jonathan Harker
2007 A Room with a View George Emerson
2008 He Kills Coppers Frank Taylor
2008 Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me Dennis Heymer
2009 Agatha Christie's Marple Roger Bassington Episode: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?"
2009 Desperate Romantics William 'Maniac' Hunt
2011 The Shadow Line Jay Wratten
2010-2011 Pete Versus Life Pete Griffiths
2014 Black Mirror Joe Potter Episode: "White Christmas"
2015 Sons of Liberty John Hancock

Stage

  • Betrayal by Harold Pinter at the Ethel Barrymore Theater as Jerry (2013)
  • Constellations by Nick Payne at the Royal Court Theatre as Roland (2012)
  • If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet by Nick Payne at the Bush Theatre as Terry (2009)
  • Hello and Goodbye by Athol Fugard with the English Touring Theatre as Johnny (2008)
  • Alaska by DC Moore at the Royal Court Theatre as Frank (2007)
  • John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen at the Donmar Warehouse as Erhart Borkman (2007)
  • The Knight of the Burning Pestle by Francis Beaumont at the Young Vic Theatre/Barbican Theatre as Rafe (2005)
  • Just a Bloke by David Watson at the Royal Court Theatre as Nathan (2002)
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany by Simon Bent at the National Theatre as Harold Crosby/Coach Chickering/Larry Lish (2002)

Radio

  • The Daily Bacon BBC Radio 5 Live 3 (2010)
  • 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)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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