Rafe Spall

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.

Known For

Life of Pi Not in library

Life of Pi

2012

Prometheus Not in library

Prometheus

2012

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Not in library

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

2018

The Big Short Not in library

The Big Short

2015

Shaun of the Dead Not in library

Shaun of the Dead

2004

Hot Fuzz Not in library

Hot Fuzz

2007

Black Mirror Not in library

Black Mirror

2011

The World's End Not in library

The World's End

2013

Men in Black: International Not in library

Men in Black: International

2019

One Day Not in library

One Day

2011

Acting

2026 Under Salt Marsh as Eric Bull (6 episodes)
2025 William Tell as Stauffacher
2025 Smoke as Steven Burk (9 episodes)
2024 Rich Flu as Toni
2022 The English as David Melmont (2 episodes)
2021 Long Story Short as Teddy
2020 National Theatre Archive: Death of England as Michael
2020 Trying as Jason (32 episodes)
2020 The Salisbury Poisonings as DS Nick Bailey (3 episodes)
2019 Denmark as Herb
2019 Men in Black: International as Agent C
2019 Just Mercy as Tommy Champan
2019 The War of the Worlds as George (3 episodes)
2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as Eli Mills
2018 Grandpa's Great Escape as Adult Jack (voice)
2017 The Ritual as Luke In Library
2017 National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler as Brack
2017 My Online Nightmare as Narrator (voice) (5 episodes)
2016 Swallows and Amazons as Jim 'Captain Flint' Turner / Polski the Parrot
2016 The BFG as Mr. Tibbs
2016 Mum's List as Singe
2016 Roadies as Reg Whitehead (10 episodes)
2015 The Big Short as Danny Moses
2015 Harry Price: Ghost Hunter as Harry Price
2015 Sons of Liberty as John Hancock (3 episodes)
2014 Get Santa as Steve
2014 X+Y as Martin Humphreys
2013 The World's End as Young Man
2013 I Give It a Year as Josh
2013 What If as Ben
2013 The Last Leg as Self (1 episode)
2012 Prometheus as Millburn
2012 Life of Pi as Writer
2012 Earthbound as Joe
2012 The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus as Self
2011 Anonymous as William Shakespeare
2011 One Day as Ian Whitehead
2011 The Shadow Line as Jay Wratten (7 episodes)
2011 Black Mirror as Potter (1 episode)
2010 SUS as Wilby
2010 The Scouting Book for Boys as Steve
2010 Pete versus Life as Pete Griffiths (11 episodes)
2009 Modern Life Is Rubbish as Liam
2009 Desperate Romantics as William Holman Hunt (6 episodes)
2008 Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me as Dennis Heymer
2008 He Kills Coppers as Frank Taylor (3 episodes)
2008 A Room with a View as George Emerson (2 episodes)
2007 Hot Fuzz as DC Andy Cartwright
2007 A Room with a View as George Emerson
2007 Get Off My Land as Man
2007 Grindhouse as Featured Ghost (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
2006 The Last Drop as David Wellings
2006 A Good Year as Kenny
2006 Wide Sargasso Sea as Edward Rochester
2006 The Chatterley Affair as Keith
2006 Dracula as Jonathan Harker
2006 Cracker: Nine Eleven as DS McAllister
2006 Kidulthood as Lenny
2005 Green Street Hooligans as Swill
2005 The Rotters' Club as Sean Harding (3 episodes)
2005 Twisted Tales as Dominic (1 episode)
2004 The Calcium Kid as Stan Parlour
2004 Shaun of the Dead as Noel
2004 The Legend of the Tamworth Two as Crustie
2004 Agatha Christie's Marple as Roger Bassington (1 episode)
2003 The Lion in Winter as Prince John
2003 Spine Chillers
2002 Out of Control as Ray
1995 Soccer AM as Self (1 episode)
The Romantics as John Clare (3 episodes)
Secret Service as Stuart Henderson (5 episodes)
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Crew

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