Rafe Spall

Known for: Acting

Born: 1983-03-10 (age 43)

From: East Dulwich, London, England, UK

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.

Filmography (75)

TV★ 6.5
Secret Service
2026
as Stuart Henderson
TV★ 6.7
Bait
2026
as Nigel
TV★ 6.6
Under Salt Marsh
2026
as Eric Bull
TV★ 6.0
Smoke
2025
as Steven Burk
MOVIE★ 6.2
William Tell
2025
as Stauffacher
MOVIE★ 5.4
Rich Flu
2024
as Toni
TV★ 7.3
The English
2022
as David Melmont
MOVIE★ 6.7
Long Story Short
2021
as Teddy
TV★ 6.9
The Salisbury Poisonings
2020
as DS Nick Bailey
TV★ 7.6
Trying
2020
as Jason
MOVIE
National Theatre Live: Death of England: Michael
2020
as Michael
MOVIE★ 7.8
Just Mercy
2019
as Tommy Champan
MOVIE★ 6.2
Denmark
2019
as Herb
TV★ 6.6
The War of the Worlds
2019
as George
MOVIE★ 5.9
Men in Black: International
2019
as Agent C
MOVIE★ 6.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
as Eli Mills
MOVIE★ 6.1
Grandpa's Great Escape
2018
as Adult Jack (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Ritual
2017
as Luke
TV★ 7.0
My Online Nightmare
2017
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.5
National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler
2017
as Brack
MOVIE★ 6.8
Mum's List
2016
as Singe
MOVIE★ 6.3
Swallows and Amazons
2016
as Jim 'Captain Flint' Turner / Polski the Parrot
TV★ 6.2
Roadies
2016
as Reg Whitehead
MOVIE★ 6.3
The BFG
2016
as Mr. Tibbs
MOVIE★ 6.1
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
2015
as Harry Price
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Big Short
2015
as Danny Moses
TV★ 6.9
Sons of Liberty
2015
as John Hancock
MOVIE
Black Mirror: White Christmas
2014
as 主演
MOVIE★ 6.1
Get Santa
2014
as Steve
MOVIE
Off the Page: Death of England
2014
as Son
MOVIE★ 6.7
X+Y
2014
as Martin Humphreys
MOVIE★ 6.7
What If
2013
as Ben
MOVIE★ 6.8
The World's End
2013
as Young Man
MOVIE★ 5.5
I Give It a Year
2013
as Josh
TV★ 5.7
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
Life of Pi
2012
as Writer
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
Prometheus
2012
as Millburn
MOVIE★ 4.4
Earthbound
2012
as Joe
TV★ 8.3
Black Mirror
2011
as Potter
MOVIE★ 6.4
Anonymous
2011
as William Shakespeare
TV★ 7.6
The Shadow Line
2011
as Jay Wratten
MOVIE★ 7.4
One Day
2011
as Ian Whitehead
TV★ 6.5
Pete versus Life
2010
as Pete Griffiths
MOVIE★ 5.5
SUS
2010
as Wilby
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Scouting Book for Boys
2010
as Steve
MOVIE
Modern Life Is Rubbish
2009
as Liam
TV★ 7.4
Desperate Romantics
2009
as William Holman Hunt
MOVIE★ 2.3
Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me
2008
as Dennis Heymer
TV
A Room with a View
2008
as George Emerson
TV★ 5.0
He Kills Coppers
2008
as Frank Taylor
MOVIE★ 5.4
A Room with a View
2007
as George Emerson
MOVIE
Get Off My Land
2007
as Man
MOVIE★ 7.0
Grindhouse
2007
as Featured Ghost (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.6
Hot Fuzz
2007
as DC Andy Cartwright
MOVIE★ 5.6
Dracula
2006
as Jonathan Harker
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006
as DS McAllister
MOVIE★ 5.6
Wide Sargasso Sea
2006
as Edward Rochester
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Good Year
2006
as Kenny
MOVIE★ 4.2
The Last Drop
2006
as David Wellings
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Chatterley Affair
2006
as Keith
MOVIE★ 6.3
Kidulthood
2006
as Lenny
MOVIE★ 7.3
Green Street Hooligans
2005
as Swill
TV★ 8.0
The Rotters' Club
2005
as Sean Harding
TV★ 7.7
Twisted Tales
2005
as Dominic
TV★ 7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Roger Bassington
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Calcium Kid
2004
as Stan Parlour
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
as Crustie
MOVIE★ 7.5
Shaun of the Dead
2004
as Noel
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Lion in Winter
2003
as Prince John
TV★ 7.0
Spine Chillers
2003
MOVIE★ 4.5
Out of Control
2002
as Ray
TV★ 6.3
Soccer AM
1995
as Self
TV
Number 10
—
as Harry Douglas
TV★ 4.0
The Romantics
—
as John Clare