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Rafe Spall

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Rafe Joseph Spall (born 10 March 1983) is an English actor.

He landed an agent after he was spotted in a National Youth Theatre production of Nicholas Nickleby and has since appeared on TV and the stage, as well as in films such as The Calcium Kid (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007), as well as appearing in the Grindhouse (film) (2007) segment Don't. He has also worked with the band Arkane.

He stars in the forthcoming BBC dramas He Kills Coppers (an adaptation of the novel by Jake Arnott) and Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me in which he will play Dennis Heymer In 2008 he will play Matt in a revival of Athol Fugard's Hello and Goodbye at the Trafalgar Studios.

Credits

  • Beginner's Luck (2001, feature film)
  • A Prayer For Owen Meany: On Faith (2002, National Theatre) as various characters
  • Out of Control (2002, TV) as Ray
  • Just A Bloke (2002, Royal Court Theatre) as Nathan
  • The Lion in Winter (2003, mini series) as Prince John
  • Shaun of the Dead (2004, feature film) as Noel
  • ''The Legend of the Tamworth Two (2004, TV) as Crustie
  • The Calcium Kid (2004, feature film) as Stan
  • The Rotter's Club (2005, miniseries) as Sean
  • Twisted Tales (2005, TV series) guest starring as Dominic in episode "Death Metal Chronicles"
  • Green Street (2005, feature film) as Swill
  • The Last Drop (2005, feature film) as Pvt Wellings
  • The Knight of the Burning Pestle (2005, Young Vic Theatre) as Rafe
  • The Romantics (2006, miniseries) as John Clare
  • Kidulthood (2006, feature film) as Lenny
  • The Chatterley Affair (2006, TV) as Keith
  • Cracker (2006, TV) as DS McAllister
  • A Good Year (2006, feature film) as Kenny
  • Wide Sargasso Sea (2006, TV) as Edward Rochester
  • Dracula (2006, TV) as Jonathan Harker
  • The Real Thing (2006, BBC Radio 4) as Billy
  • Hide (2007, BBC Radio 3) as the convict
  • Hot Fuzz (2007, feature film) as DC Cartwright
  • John Gabriel Borkman (2007, Donmar Warehouse) as Erhart Borkman
  • Alaska (2007, Royal Court Theatre) as Frank
  • Get Off My Land (2007, short film) as man
  • A Room with a View (2007, ITV) as George Emerson

Background

The son of actor Timothy Spall, Rafe was born in East Dulwich, London, England. He was named after the title character in The Knight of the Burning Pestle which his father played in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1981 production of the play, and which Rafe himself played in 2005..

He attended the school Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College in New Cross Gate. From 2004–2006 he was in a relationship with his The Rotter's Club co-star Alice Eve. He is currently dating Alexandra Mann, a designer and stylist.

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