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Timothy Leonard Spall (born February 27, 1957) is an English actor and presenter. 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 nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Subsequently, he starred in many films, including Hamlet (1996), Still Crazy (1998), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Enchanted (2007), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), The Damned United (2009), The King's Speech (2010), Ginger and Rosa (2012), Denial (2016), and The Party (2017). He voiced Nick, a cynical, portly rat in Chicken Run (2000). He played Peter Pettigrew in five Harry Potter films, from Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010). Spall has collaborated with director Mike Leigh, making six films together: Home Sweet Home (1982), Life is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), and Mr. Turner (2014). Spall won great acclaim for his performance in the last of these for his portrayal as J. M. W. Turner winning him the Best Actor Award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. He starred in the television documentary Timothy Spall: ...at Sea (2010–2012) and in 2019 he appeared as Lord Arthur Wallington in the 6-part BBC Cold War drama Summer of Rockets.
Tommy lives with his mum, dad, baby brother Sam and his best friend, Daniel The Hound. In each episode, Tommy is faced with a dilemma. These dilemmas are usually flavored in green or broad environmental themes - such as turning off the lights, washing yourself and not eating junk. As Tommy tries to work out the best thing to do he thinks… “What would Tommy Zoom do?” At this point, he, his dog Daniel and his imaginary friends Suzie and Harley are whisked off into the fantasy animated world of Tommy Zoom - where Tommy, Suzie and Harley have magical powers such as their ‘zoom, whizz and flare’, which allows them to fly into space at high speeds and the abilities to zap from their fingers as well as create whirlpools and blow storms with their breathes!
