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Rafe Spall

Rafe Joseph Spall (born 10 March 1983) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the Edgar Wright films Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007), alongside Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. He had previously appeared alongside Pegg and Frost in a 2001 episode of Spaced. He also collaborated with Edgar Wright again in the segment Don't of his 2007 film Grindhouse. He also appeared in the film SUS and plays the title character in Pete verSUS Life.

Spall was born in King's College Hospital, Camberwell, London, England and is the son of actor Timothy Spall. He lives in West Kensington with his wife Elize du Toit, whom he married on 14 August 2010.[1] They have one daughter, Lena, born in 2011.[2]

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.[3] 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. In 2007 he dated Alexandra Mann, a designer and stylist.

In 2005 he featured in the film Green Street as GSE member Swill.

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Rafe Spall - what members say

The Last Drop review by A customer from Bury, England

Not tooooo bad 7 September 2010
...voir Dogs. 4 - Be surprised that David Ginola has grey hair! 5 - Get annoyed by Rafe Spall's pompous posh arse accent. Once you've got all the don'ts out of the way, this... Read customer review

The Chatterley Affair review by from Brixton, England

Naughty but nice 22 March 2007
...lication of the book, it is Louise Delamere who is definitely in charge, taking Rafe Spall's Cockney naif in hand (as it were) and teaching him a thing or two about love-... Read customer review

A Room With A View review by MissFlix from Sussex

Really grew on me 18 February 2010
...re things to like about it aswell. I'm still not convinced by the casting of Rafe Spall as George, but he does bring something a bit different and unexpected to the ro... Read customer review

Rafe Spall - filmography

Anonymous (2011)
Starring: Xavier Samuel, Rhys Ifans, Jamie Campbell Bower
Director: Roland Emmerich
Certificate:
A political thriller about who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare-- Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford-- set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.

61% from 117 members
Due for release on 2nd April 2012

Anonymous - Blu-ray (2011)
Starring: Xavier Samuel, Rhys Ifans, Jamie Campbell Bower
Director: Roland Emmerich
Certificate:
Director Roland Emmerich explores the mystery surrounding William Shakespeare in this period drama set in Elizabethan England, when tightly-guarded political secrets were often exposed on the stages of London's most prominent theatres. For centuries, historians have searched for clues as to who ..read more »

62% from 18 members
Due for release on 2nd April 2012

SUS on DVD (2010)
Starring: Ralph Brown, Clint Dyer, Anjela Lauren Smith
Director: Robert Heath
Certificate:
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1979: Election Night - A police interview room. Delroy's pregnant wife has been found dead in a pool of blood and he is brought in as the chief suspect. He is interrogated by D.S. Karn, a witty, psychotic racist and his violent sidekick D.C. Wilby. Both high on the prospect of a Conservative ..read more »

55% from 197 members

Pete V. Life on DVD (2010)
Starring: Rafe Spall, Simon Greenall, Ian Kirkby
Director: Simon Delaney, Becky Martin
Certificate:
From the makers of the award-winning Peep Show, and written by George Jeffries and Bert Tyler-Moore (Star Stories), this narrative comedy stars Rafe Spall (He Kills Coppers) as twenty-something Pete, a struggling sports writer. In an unusual twist his life is commented upon by two sports ..read more »

67% from 304 members

The Scouting Book for Boys on DVD (2010)
Starring: Steven Mackinto, Rafe Spall, Thomas Turgoose
Director: Tom Harper
Certificate:
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Teenagers David (Thomas Turgoose) and Emily (Holly Grainger) have grown up together in a caravan park on the windswept Norfolk coast. When it emerges that Emily is to be sent away against her will to live with her father, David agrees to help her hide out in a remote cave on the beach. But as fears ..read more »

62% from 1,114 member

Desperate Romantics (2 discs) on DVD (2009)
Starring: Aidan Turner, Rafe Spall, Tom Hollander
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Certificate:
It's London, 1851. The city is in the throes of the industrial revolution. But amongst the dirty red bricks and smoke stacks are four young, thrill-seeking artists - steadfast William Holman Hunt, naive John Millais, mischievous Dante Gabriel Rossetti and budding journalist Fred Walters - otherwise ..read more »

71% from 509 members

A Room With A View on DVD (2007)
Starring: Mark Williams, Elizabeth McGovern, Rafe Spall
Director: Nicholas Renton
Certificate:
Period drama based on E.M. Forster's classic novel. When Lucy is kissed by an improper suitor while in Florence, her Aunt Charlotte rushes her back to England,. Though betrothed to a suitable gentleman Lucy can not forget her Florence encounter.

64% from 646 members

The Chatterley Affair on DVD (2006)
Starring: Louise Delamere, Rafe Spall
Director: James Hawes
Certificate:
The Chatterley Affair is a fictional account of a love affair between two jurors inspired by the obscenity trial surrounding the publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover in 1963

61% from 362 members

Dracula on DVD (2006)
Starring: Marc Warren, Sophia Myles, David Suchet
Director: Bill Eagles
Certificate:
Marc Warren (Hustle, Band of Brothers) stars as the Vampire Count Dracula in this terrifying adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel. After Dracula is visited in Transylvania by the young solicitor Jonathan Harker (Rafe Spall - Cracker) he travels to England where he preys on the life of the ..read more »

51% from 306 members

The Last Drop on DVD (2005)
Starring: Billy Zane, Michael Madsen, Karel Roden
Director: Colin Teague
Certificate:
In a daring attempt to end the war by Christmas, 35,000 British troops are dropped behind enemy lines in German occupied Holland - Operation Market Garden. One small unit of men, code name "matchbox", has its own agenda. The true target is a vast horde of gold and art treasures bound for Berlin. ..read more »

46% from 4,426 members

The Lion In Winter (2003)
Starring: John Light, Glenn Close, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Certificate:
It's Christmas of 1183, and Henry II (Patrick Stewart) must find a successor to his throne. He favours his youngest son John, while his wife, Eleanor, believes that their eldest son, Richard the Lionhearted, would make a better king. While their disagreement plunges the family into a deceitful war ..read more »

77% from 13 members
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Rafe Spall facts

5 most recent films

Anonymous - 3.0 stars
Anonymous - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
SUS - 3.0 stars
Pete V. Life - 3.5 stars
The Scouting Book for Boys - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Desperate Romantics - 3.5 stars
Pete V. Life - 3.5 stars
A Room With A View - 3.0 stars
The Scouting Book for Boys - 3.0 stars
Anonymous - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Anonymous - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Lion In Winter - 4.0 stars
The Last Drop - 2.5 stars
Dracula - 2.5 stars
SUS - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Samuel Barnett - 3 times - show films
Tom Hollander - 3 times - show films
Jennie Jacques - 3 times - show films
Aidan Turner - 3 times - show films
Sam Crane - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Diarmuid Lawrence - 3 times - show films
Robert Heath - 2 times - show films
Roland Emmerich - 2 times - show films
Tom Harper - 2 times - show films
Bill Eagles - 1 times - show films

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