Has played a rat in two movies. He provided the voice of Nick the rat in Chicken Run (2000) and as Ron Weasley's rat Scabbers in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).

Graduated from RADA.

Was named an Officer of the Order of British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on New Year's Eve, 1999

Became an Associate Member of RADA.

He graduated from RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England).

He became an Associate Member of RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England).

He and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) co-star Gary Oldman have both played the character of Rosencrantz: Oldman in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) and Spall in Kenneth Branagh`s Hamlet (1996).

Three children: Pascale (born 1976), Rafe Spall (born 1983) and Mercedes (born 1985).

He was diagnosed with leukaemia in 1996 but is now recovered.

He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of British Empire) in the 2000 Queen`s Millennium Honors List for his services to drama.