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.

Known For

Black Mirror

Agatha Christie's Marple

The Last Leg

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Soccer AM

Prometheus

Trying

Life of Pi

All Movies (49)

• William Tell2025 · as Stauffacher
• Rich Flu2024 · as Toni
• Long Story Short2021 · as Teddy
• National Theatre Live: Death of England: Michael2020 · as Michael
• Just Mercy2019 · as Tommy Champan
• Denmark2019 · as Herb
• Men in Black: International2019 · as Agent C
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom2018 · as Eli Mills
• Grandpa's Great Escape2018 · as Adult Jack (voice)
• The Ritual2017 · as Luke
• National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler2017 · as Brack
• Mum's List2016 · as Singe
• Swallows and Amazons2016 · as Jim 'Captain Flint' Turner / Polski the Parrot
• The BFG2016 · as Mr. Tibbs
• Harry Price: Ghost Hunter2015 · as Harry Price
• The Big Short2015 · as Danny Moses
• Get Santa2014 · as Steve
• Off the Page: Death of England2014 · as Son
• X+Y2014 · as Martin Humphreys
• What If2013 · as Ben
• The World's End2013 · as Young Man
• I Give It a Year2013 · as Josh
• Life of Pi2012 · as Writer
• The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus2012 · as Self
• Prometheus2012 · as Millburn
• Earthbound2012 · as Joe
• Anonymous2011 · as William Shakespeare
• One Day2011 · as Ian Whitehead
• SUS2010 · as Wilby
• The Scouting Book for Boys2010 · as Steve
• Modern Life Is Rubbish2009 · as Liam
• Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me2008 · as Dennis Heymer
• A Room with a View2007 · as George Emerson
• Get Off My Land2007 · as Man
• Grindhouse2007 · as Featured Ghost (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
• Hot Fuzz2007 · as DC Andy Cartwright
• Dracula2006 · as Jonathan Harker
• Cracker: Nine Eleven2006 · as DS McAllister
• Wide Sargasso Sea2006 · as Edward Rochester
• A Good Year2006 · as Kenny
• The Last Drop2006 · as David Wellings
• The Chatterley Affair2006 · as Keith
• Kidulthood2006 · as Lenny
• Green Street Hooligans2005 · as Swill
• The Calcium Kid2004 · as Stan Parlour
• The Legend of the Tamworth Two2004 · as Crustie
• Shaun of the Dead2004 · as Noel
• The Lion in Winter2003 · as Prince John
• Out of Control2002 · as Ray

All TV Shows (25)

• Secret Service2026 · as Stuart Henderson
• Bait2026 · as Nigel
• Under Salt Marsh2026 · as Eric Bull
• Smoke2025 · as Steven Burk
• The English2022 · as David Melmont
• The Salisbury Poisonings2020 · as DS Nick Bailey
• Trying2020 · as Jason
• The War of the Worlds2019 · as George
• My Online Nightmare2017 · as Narrator (voice)
• Roadies2016 · as Reg Whitehead
• Sons of Liberty2015 · as John Hancock
• The Last Leg2013 · as Self
• Black Mirror2011 · as Potter
• The Shadow Line2011 · as Jay Wratten
• Pete versus Life2010 · as Pete Griffiths
• Desperate Romantics2009 · as William Holman Hunt
• A Room with a View2008 · as George Emerson
• He Kills Coppers2008 · as Frank Taylor
• The Rotters' Club2005 · as Sean Harding
• Twisted Tales2005 · as Dominic
• Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Roger Bassington
• Spine Chillers2003
• Soccer AM1995 · as Self
• The Romantics— · as John Clare
• Number 10— · as Harry Douglas