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) Shaun of the Dead (2004), and Green Street (2005).
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 Spall himself played in late 2005.
In 2006 he starred in two major BBC Four dramas The Chatterley Affair, and Wide Sargasso Sea (TV) an adaptation of Jean Rhys' award-winning novel of the same name.
He recently finished working on a BBC TV adaptation of Dracula - in which he plays Johnathan Harker - and has a role in the as-yet unreleased film Hot Fuzz(2007). His next film appearance is in A Good Year(2006).
He has also worked with the band Arkane.
[edit] Background
The son of actor Timothy Spall, he was born in East Dulwich, London, England. He attended the school Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College in New Cross Gate and is a former member of the National Youth Theatre. From 2004–2006 he was in a relationship with his The Rotter's Club co-star Alice Eve.
[edit] Trivia
In the movie Pierrepoint (2006) he played a criminal. The executioner who hanged him was played by his father[1].
[edit] External links
- Rafe Spall at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview about the BBC's The Rotters' Club
