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Rafe Spall
Born
Rafe Joseph Spall

(1983-03-10) 10 March 1983 (age 41)
East Dulwich, London, England
Years active2001–present
SpouseElize du Toit (2010–present)
ChildrenLena Spall, Rex Spall
Parent(s)Timothy and Shane Spall

Rafe Joseph Spall (born 10 March 1983)[1] is an English actor on both stage and screen. He is perhaps best known for his titular role in Channel 4's Pete Versus Life and his roles in One Day, Anonymous, and the Ridley Scott film Prometheus. He played writer Yann Martel in the 2012 film Life of Pi.

Background

Spall was born in King's College Hospital, Camberwell, London, and is the son of actor Timothy Spall and his wife Shane Spall, the second of three children. Unlike his two sisters, who are 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 he would later play himself, Rafe always had ambitions to act. Having done badly at his school Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College, he left to become an actor having joined the National Youth Theatre but after failing to get into his chosen drama schools he began his career at the bottom.

Spall is a patron of the Actors' Centre.

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 adaption of A Room with a View playing father and son.[2]

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.[3]

Personal life

Spall claims to have always struggled with his weight, going up to 18 stone (114 kilograms), but he claimed to have been given so many character parts that he attempted to slim down, losing over five stone (32 kilograms).[4] He is 6' 1" (1.85 m) tall.[5]

While resident in London Fields, from 2004 to 2006 he was in a relationship with his The Rotter's Club co-star Alice Eve. In 2007 he dated Alexandra Mann, a designer and stylist.

Like his father Rafe is a very keen supporter of his local football team Crystal Palace Football Club.

On 1 February 2008, he met actress Elize du Toit through friends in a bar in London.[6] The couple married on 14 August[7] 2010,[8] and live in West Kensington, London.[9] Their first child, a daughter called Lena was born in 2011, and in November 2012 their second child, a son called Rex, was born.[8]

Stage

Filmography

Film

Year Title Character Notes
2014 Kill Your Friends[18] Pre-production
2014 Son of the South[18] Bob Zellner Pre-production
2013 The World's End[18] House Buyer
2013 The F Word Ben
2013 I Give It a Year[19] Josh
2012 Earthbound[20] Joe Norman
2012 Life of Pi Yann Martel Replaced Tobey Maguire in post-production
2012 Prometheus[21] Millburn
2011 One Day[22] Ian
2011 Anonymous[23] William Shakespeare
2010 Sus[24] D.C. Wilby
2009 The Scouting Book For Boys[25] Steve
2007 Grindhouse[26] Ghost Featured in the segment "Don't"
2007 Hot Fuzz[27] DC Cartwright
2006 A Good Year[28] Kenny
2006 Kidulthood[29] Lenny
2005 The Last Drop[30] Pvt Wellings
2005 Green Street [31] Swill
2004 The Calcium Kid[32] Stan Parlour
2004 Shaun of the Dead[33] Noel
2001 Beginner's Luck[34]

Short films

Year Title Character Notes
2010 Behind The Door[35] Bobby
2009 Modern Life Is Rubbish[36] Liam
2008 Close[37] Eric
2007 Get Off My Land[38] Man

Television

Year Title Character Notes
2010-11 Pete Versus Life[39] Pete Griffiths
2011 The Shadow Line[40] Jay Wratten
2009 Desperate Romantics[41] William 'Maniac' Hunt
2009 Agatha Christie's Marple[42] Roger Bassington Series 4
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2008 Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me[43] Dennis Heymer
2008 He Kills Coppers[44] Frank Taylor
2007 A Room with a View[45] George Emerson
2006 Dracula[46] Jonathan Harker
2006 Wide Sargasso Sea[47] Edward Rochester
2006 Cracker[48] DS McAllister
2006 The Chatterley Affair[49] Keith
2006 The Romantics[50] John Clare
2005 Twisted Tales[51] Dominic Series 1, Episode 5
Death Metal Chronicles
2005 The Rotters' Club[52] Sean Harding
2004 The Legend of the Tamworth Two[53] Crustie
2003 The Lion in Winter[54] Prince John
2002 Out of Control[55] Ray

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)

References

  1. ^ Yahoo! Movies profile
  2. ^ "Rafe and Timothy Spall joint interview". Guardian. 27 October 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "I give it a year next year". www.stephenmerchant.com. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Rafe Spall One Day Interview". Guardian. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Rafe_Spall&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro
  6. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2271458/How-Rafe-Spall-went-unhappy-18-5-stone-romantic-lead-role-set-make-new-Hugh-Grant.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#axzz2KNiwLw9V
  7. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1245863/bio#trivia
  8. ^ a b "Rafe Spall Profile", Independent, 2011
  9. ^ "Rafe Spall My London", Evening Standard, 2009
  10. ^ "Constellations at The Royal Court Theatre". royalcourttheatre.com. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  11. ^ "Bush Theatre". Bush Theatre. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  12. ^ "Hello and Goodbye - Athol Fugard - 2008 - Productions - English Touring Theatre". Ett.org.uk. 17 May 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  13. ^ "Alaska at The Royal Court Theatre". royalcourttheatre.com. 23 June 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  14. ^ "John Gabriel Borkman". Donmar Warehouse. 14 April 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  15. ^ "The Knight of the Burning Pestle". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  16. ^ "Just a Bloke at The Royal Court Theatre". royalcourttheatre.com. 17 November 2002. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  17. ^ "A Prayer for Owen Meany - Productions". National Theatre. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  18. ^ a b c Rafe Spall at IMDb
  19. ^ "I Give It A Year", IMDb, 2013
  20. ^ "Earthbound", IMDb, 2012
  21. ^ "Prometheus", IMDb, 2012
  22. ^ "One Day", IMDb, 2011
  23. ^ "Anonymous", IMDb, 2011
  24. ^ "Sus", IMDb, 2010
  25. ^ "The Scouting Book For Boys", IMDb, 2009
  26. ^ "Grindhouse", IMDb, 2007
  27. ^ "Hot Fuzz", IMDb, 2007
  28. ^ "A Good Year", IMDb, 2006
  29. ^ "Kidulthood", IMDb, 2006
  30. ^ "The Last Drop", IMDb, 2005
  31. ^ "Green Street", IMDb, 2005
  32. ^ "The Calcium Kid", IMDb, 2004
  33. ^ "Shaun of the Dead", IMDb, 2004
  34. ^ "Beginner's Luck", IMDb, 2001
  35. ^ "Behind The Door", IMDb, 2010
  36. ^ "Modern Life Is Rubbish", BBC, 2009
  37. ^ "Close", Pollibee Pictures, 2008
  38. ^ "Get Off My Land", BBC, 2007
  39. ^ "Pete Versus Life", IMDb, 2011
  40. ^ "The Shadow Line", IMDb, 2011
  41. ^ "Desperate Romantics", IMDb, 2009
  42. ^ "Marple", IMDb, 2009
  43. ^ "Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me", IMDb, 2008
  44. ^ "He Kills Coppers", IMDb, 2008
  45. ^ "A Room With A View", IMDb, 2007
  46. ^ "Dracula", IMDb, 2006
  47. ^ "Wide Sargasso Sea", IMDb, 2006
  48. ^ "Cracker", IMDb, 2006
  49. ^ "The Chatterley Affair", IMDb, 2006
  50. ^ "The Romantics", IMDb, 2006
  51. ^ "Twisted Tales", IMDb, 2005
  52. ^ "the Rotters' Club", IMDb, 2005
  53. ^ "The Legend of the Tamworth Two", IMDb, 2004
  54. ^ "The Lion in Winter", IMDb, 2003
  55. ^ "Out of Control", IMDb, 2002

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