Rafe Spall

British actor Rafe Spall has starred in major studio releases such as "Life of Pi" and "Prometheus" as well as a number of British independent films, including "Shaun of The Dead," "Hot Fuzz" and "A Brilliant Young Mind," for which he was BIFA nominated in the best supporting actor category.

His stage credits include: the award-winning "Constellations" with Sally Hawkins at the Royal Court, for which he was nominated for a Best Actor Olivier Award and the critically-acclaimed Mike Nichols-directed Broadway revival of Pinter's "Betrayal," opposite Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz. Television roles include Channel 4's "Pete Versus Life" and the feature-length episode "White Christmas" from Charlie Brooker's "Black Mirror."

More recently, Spall appeared in "The Big Short," an adaptation of the Michael Lewis best-seller, which starred Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt and Christian Bale. His projects include "Roadies" for writer/director Cameron Crowe, in which he plays a record executive and stars opposite Luke Wilson, Christina Hendricks and Imogen Poots.

Spall also starred in Morgan Matthew's widely-acclaimed "X+Y," which co-starred Sally Hawkins, Asa Butterfield and Eddie Marsan. In 2012, he starred as the writer in the hugely-celebrated and award-winning Ang Lee film "Life of Pi" and starred in Ridley Scott's box office hit "Prometheus," alongside Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron and Idris Elba.

Other film credits include: Working Title's romantic comedy "I Give It a Year," with Simon Baker and Rose Byrne; the Christmas family comedy "Get Santa," with Jim Broadbent and Warwick Davis; and Michael Dowse's indie-romantic comedy "What If," opposite Daniel Radcliffe. Spall played Shakespeare in Roland Emmerich's controversial feature "Anonymous" and starred in the adaptation of David Nicholls' best-selling novel "One Day," opposite Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess and Romola Garai. He had roles in Edgar Wright's British comedies "Hot Fuzz" and "Shaun of the Dead," "The Scouting Book for Boys," "A Good Year," "Kidulthood" and "The Calcium Kid."

Spall's television career to date has been equally as prolific. His television credits include: the 2014 Christmas special of Charlie Brooker's much-acclaimed "Black Mirror" series, alongside Jon Hamm and Oona Chaplin; Channel 4's "Pete Vs Life"; "The Shadow Line," a thrilling eight-part drama for the BBC; "Desperate Romantics"; "Frankie Jowerd: Rather You Than Me"; "He Kills Coppers"; the BBC adaptation of Jean Rhys' novel "Wide Sargasso Sea"; "The Chatterley Affair"; "Cracker"; "The Romantics"; and "The Rotter's Club."

Additional theatre credits include: "Just a Bloke" and "Alaska" at the Royal Court; "The Knight of Burning Pestle" at the Young Vic; Michael Grandage's production of "John Gabriel Borkman" at the Donmar Warehouse; and "If There Is, I Haven't Found It Yet," at The Bush Theatre.

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