Acting

Rafe Spall

Born 1983-03-10 · 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.

Credits

Newest first

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