ACTOR · FROM EAST DULWICH, UK

Rafe Spall

Born 1983 · 43 years old71 credits since 20021 coming up

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ABOUT RAFE

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.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born10 March 1983

BirthplaceEast Dulwich, UK

Known forActing

On Cineora52 of 70 titles

Known for

The titles people know Rafe from.

Movie

Hot Fuzz

2007IMDb7.8

Movie

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

2018IMDb6.2

Movie

One Day

2011IMDb7.0

Movie

Men in Black: International

2019IMDb5.6

Movie

The Ritual

2017IMDb6.4

Movie

Just Mercy

2019IMDb7.6

Movie

What If

2013IMDb6.8

Movie

Anonymous

2011IMDb6.8

Movie

I Give It a Year

2013IMDb5.7

Movie

X+Y

2015IMDb7.1

Series

Trying

2020–IMDb8.0

Series

Smoke

2025IMDb6.6

Coming up

What Rafe is working on next.

Number 10as Harry DouglasDate to be announced

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 52
Average IMDb: 6.7
Highest rated: Black MirrorIMDb 8.7
Working since: 2002

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

71 credits

The 2020s

11 titles · IMDb 6.6 on average

Series

Secret Service

2026–IMDb6.6

as Stuart Henderson · 5 episodes

Series

Bait

2026IMDb6.7

as Nigel · 2 episodes

Series

Under Salt Marsh

2026IMDb6.3

as Eric Bull · 6 episodes

Series

Smoke

2025IMDb6.6

as Steven Burk · 9 episodes

Movie

William Tell

2025IMDb5.7

as Stauffacher

Movie

Rich Flu

2024IMDb4.9

as Toni

Series

The English

2022IMDb7.8

as David Melmont · 2 episodes

Movie

Long Story Short

2021IMDb6.6

as Teddy

The 2010s

32 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average

Movie

Just Mercy

2019IMDb7.6

as Tommy Champan

Movie

Denmark

2019IMDb6.2

as Herb

Series

The War of the Worlds

2019IMDb5.2

as George · 3 episodes

Movie

Men in Black: International

2019IMDb5.6

as Agent C

Movie

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

2018IMDb6.2

as Eli Mills

Movie

Grandpa's Great Escape

2018IMDb6.4

as Adult Jack (voice)

Movie

The Ritual

2017IMDb6.4

as Luke

Not on Cineora

My Online Nightmare

2017

as Narrator (voice) · 5 episodes

The 2000s

27 titles · IMDb 6.6 on average

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Not on Cineora

Modern Life Is Rubbish

2009

as Liam

Series

Desperate Romantics

2009IMDb7.4

as William Holman Hunt · 6 episodes

Not on Cineora

Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me

2008

as Dennis Heymer

A Room with a View

Not on Cineora

A Room with a View

2008

as George Emerson · 2 episodes

Not on Cineora

He Kills Coppers

2008

as Frank Taylor · 3 episodes

Movie

A Room with a View

2007IMDb6.3

as George Emerson

Not on Cineora

Get Off My Land

2007

as Man

Not on Cineora

Grindhouse

2007TMDB7.0

as Featured Ghost (segment "Don't") (uncredited)

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Rafe’s titles.

Simon PeggShaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and 1 more

Ridley ScottPrometheus, A Good Year and 1 more

Nick FrostShaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and 1 more

Edgar WrightDirector · Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and 1 more

Martin PhippsComposer · Black Mirror, X+Y and 1 more

Ilan EshkeriComposer · I Give It a Year, Get Santa and 1 more

Charlize TheronPrometheus and The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus