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