Rafe Spall

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Biography

Rafe Joseph Spall is an English actor on both stage and screen. He is perhaps best known for his roles in BBC's The Shadow Line, Channel 4's Pete versus Life, One Day, Anonymous, and the Ridley Scott film Prometheus. He played writer Yann Martel in the 2012 film Life of Pi.

Known For

Life of Pi

Writer

Prometheus

Millburn

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Eli Mills

The Big Short

Danny Moses

Shaun of the Dead

Noel

Hot Fuzz

DC Andy Cartwright

Black Mirror

Potter

The World's End

Young Man

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Bait TV	Nigel
2026	Under Salt Marsh TV	Eric Bull
2025	Smoke TV	Steven Burk
2025	William Tell MOVIE	Stauffacher
2024	Rich Flu MOVIE	Toni
2022	The English TV	David Melmont
2021	Long Story Short MOVIE	Teddy
2020	The Salisbury Poisonings TV	DS Nick Bailey
2020	Trying TV	Jason
2020	National Theatre Archive: Death of England MOVIE	Michael
2019	Just Mercy MOVIE	Tommy Champan
2019	Denmark MOVIE	Herb
2019	The War of the Worlds TV	George
2019	Men in Black: International MOVIE	Agent C
2018	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom MOVIE	Eli Mills
2018	Grandpa's Great Escape MOVIE	Adult Jack (voice)
2017	The Ritual MOVIE	Luke
2017	My Online Nightmare TV	Narrator (voice)
2017	National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler MOVIE	Brack
2016	Mum's List MOVIE	Singe
2016	Swallows and Amazons MOVIE	Jim 'Captain Flint' Turner / Polski the Parrot
2016	Roadies TV	Reg Whitehead
2016	The BFG MOVIE	Mr. Tibbs
2015	Harry Price: Ghost Hunter MOVIE	Harry Price
2015	The Big Short MOVIE	Danny Moses
2015	Sons of Liberty TV	John Hancock
2014	Get Santa MOVIE	Steve
2014	X+Y MOVIE	Martin Humphreys
2013	What If MOVIE	Ben
2013	The World's End MOVIE	Young Man
2013	I Give It a Year MOVIE	Josh
2013	The Last Leg TV	Self
2012	Life of Pi MOVIE	Writer
2012	The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus MOVIE	Self
2012	Prometheus MOVIE	Millburn
2012	Earthbound MOVIE	Joe
2011	Black Mirror TV	Potter
2011	Anonymous MOVIE	William Shakespeare
2011	The Shadow Line TV	Jay Wratten
2011	One Day MOVIE	Ian Whitehead
2010	Pete versus Life TV	Pete Griffiths
2010	SUS MOVIE	Wilby
2010	The Scouting Book for Boys MOVIE	Steve
2009	Modern Life Is Rubbish MOVIE	Liam
2009	Desperate Romantics TV	William Holman Hunt
2008	Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me MOVIE	Dennis Heymer
2008	A Room with a View TV	George Emerson
2008	He Kills Coppers TV	Frank Taylor
2007	A Room with a View MOVIE	George Emerson
2007	Get Off My Land MOVIE	Man
2007	Grindhouse MOVIE	Featured Ghost (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
2007	Hot Fuzz MOVIE	DC Andy Cartwright
2006	Dracula MOVIE	Jonathan Harker
2006	Cracker: Nine Eleven MOVIE	DS McAllister
2006	Wide Sargasso Sea MOVIE	Edward Rochester
2006	A Good Year MOVIE	Kenny
2006	The Last Drop MOVIE	David Wellings
2006	The Chatterley Affair MOVIE	Keith
2006	Kidulthood MOVIE	Lenny
2005	Green Street Hooligans MOVIE	Swill
2005	The Rotters' Club TV	Sean Harding
2005	Twisted Tales TV	Dominic
2004	Agatha Christie's Marple TV	Roger Bassington
2004	The Calcium Kid MOVIE	Stan Parlour
2004	The Legend of the Tamworth Two MOVIE	Crustie
2004	Shaun of the Dead MOVIE	Noel
2003	The Lion in Winter MOVIE	Prince John
2003	Spine Chillers TV	Self
2002	Out of Control MOVIE	Ray
1995	Soccer AM TV	Self
	The Romantics TV	John Clare
	Secret Service TV	Stuart Henderson
	Number 10 TV	Self

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