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.
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Complete Filmography

William Tell
2025
as Stauffacher
The narrative unfolds in the 14th Century, when the European nations vie for supremacy within the Holy Roman Empire. The ambitious Austrian Empire, de...

Rich Flu
2024
as Toni
A strange disease kills off some of the richest and most influential people on the planet. First it was the billionaires, then the multi-millionaires ...

Long Story Short
2021
as Teddy
Teddy wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that he's jumped forward a year in his life to his first anniversary. Trapped in an endless c...

National Theatre Archive: Death of England
2020
as Michael
After the death of his dad, Michael is powerless and angry. In a state of heartbreak, he confronts the difficult truths about his father’s legacy and ...

Just Mercy
2019
as Tommy Champan
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — includin...

Denmark
2019
as Herb
Herb’s life is a mess. He’s lost his welfare, can’t hold a job, can’t talk to his son, has a neighbour who won’t shut up and a diet that consists main...

Men in Black: International
2019
as Agent C
The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat t...

Stan & Ollie
2018
Thanks
With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pres...

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
as Eli Mills
Three years after Jurassic World was destroyed, Isla Nublar now sits abandoned. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Cla...

Grandpa's Great Escape
2018
as Adult Jack (voice)
Many years ago, Grandpa was a World War II flying ace, but sadly he is now suffering from Alzheimer's disease. When his family can no longer look afte...

The Ritual
2017
as Luke
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler
2017
as Brack
Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control th...

Mum's List
2016
as Singe
The story of Singe and Kate, a couple from North Somerset, whose lives were turned upside down when Kate was diagnosed with an incurable breast cancer...

Swallows and Amazons
2016
as Jim 'Captain Flint' Turner / Polski the Parrot
Four children dream of escaping the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother. When finally given permission to camp on their own on an island in t...

The BFG
2016
as Mr. Tibbs
An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading ...

Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
2015
as Harry Price
When MP's wife Grace Goodwin is found naked on a London street, Harry Price is summoned to investigate claims that her house is haunted.

The Big Short
2015
as Danny Moses
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

Get Santa
2014
as Steve
A father and son must team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage, having crashed his sleigh and found himself o...

X+Y
2014
as Martin Humphreys
A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathem...

What If
2013
as Ben
Medical-school dropout Wallace has been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So while everyone around him, including his roommate Allan, seems to b...

The World's End
2013
as Young Man
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.

I Give It a Year
2013
as Josh
After a quick courtship, two lovers hastily decide to tie the knot. As their first year of marriage unfolds, temptation and incompatibility put their ...

Life of Pi
2012
as Writer
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipw...

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
as Self
An in-depth documentary on the making of Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," featuring cast and crew interviews, outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage. Rele...

Prometheus
2012
as Millburn
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they ...

Earthbound
2012
as Joe
At eleven years old Joe Norman is told by his dying father that he is an alien hiding on earth. Joe believes him. He grows up to be a die-hard fan-boy...

Anonymous
2011
as William Shakespeare
Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fac...

One Day
2011
as Ian Whitehead
A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows...

SUS
2010
as Wilby
Election Night 1979: Margaret Thatcher is about to come into power. A young black man is held on suspicion of murdering his pregnant wife. Officers Ka...

The Scouting Book for Boys
2010
as Steve
Thomas Turgoose (This Is England) stars as David, a young boy who lives a carefree life on a coastal caravan park with his best friend Emily (Holliday...
Modern Life Is Rubbish
2009
as Liam
The classic scenario of a couple separating their CDs at the end of a relationship is given a new spin for the iPod generation.

Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me
2008
as Dennis Heymer
Candid and poignant drama about the comedian Frankie Howerd and the relationship with his long-term, long-suffering manager, and gay partner, Dennis H...

A Room with a View
2007
as George Emerson
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George st...

Get Off My Land
2007
as Man
Written and directed by Douglas Ray, starring Ruth Wilson and Rafe Spall, Get Off My Land tells the story of a couple on a walk in the countryside who...

Grindhouse
2007
as Featured Ghost (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Taranti...

Hot Fuzz
2007
as DC Andy Cartwright
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he m...

Dracula
2006
as Jonathan Harker
The Romanian count known as Dracula is summoned to London by Arthur Holmwood, a young Lord who is one the verge of being wed. Unknown to Arthur's futu...

Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006
as DS McAllister
After living in Australia for the past decade, Fitz and Judith return to Manchester in 2004 for their daughter Katie's wedding. Drinking too much at t...

Wide Sargasso Sea
2006
as Edward Rochester
Dramatisation of Jean Rhys's novel set in 19th-century Jamaica. The tragic story of the first Mrs Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre centres ...

A Good Year
2006
as Kenny
Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman...

The Last Drop
2006
as David Wellings
Different factions in WWII-era Holland race to find a stash of Nazi gold.

The Chatterley Affair
2006
as Keith
The trial, under The Obscene Publications Act, of the publishers of D.H. Lawrence's 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'in 1960 was a sensation that consumed the...

Kidulthood
2006
as Lenny
A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.

Green Street Hooligans
2005
as Swill
After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister's home in England. Once there, he is befriended by ...

The Calcium Kid
2004
as Stan Parlour
When milkman Jimmy Connelly accidentally puts Britain's contender for the World title out of action, he is propelled from amateur boxer to the world s...

The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
as Crustie
Based on a true story, the movie tells the story of two pigs, named Butch and Sundance, who staged a dramatic escape from an abattoir in January 1998 ...

Shaun of the Dead
2004
as Noel
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threa...

The Lion in Winter
2003
as Prince John
King Henry II keeps his wife Eleanor locked away in the towers because of her frequent attempts to overthrow him. With Eleanor out of the way he can h...

Out of Control
2002
as Ray
Drama following the lives of three teenage boys sent to a young offenders' institution.