Rafe Spall Wiki: Movie, Net Worth, 'Life of Pi' & Facts To Know

Rafe Spall is an English actor who is famous for appearing in movies and television shows like Life of Pi, Prometheus, Black Mirror, I Give it a Year and The BFG. He is set to appear in the movie Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. His acting career has contributed hugely to his net worth. Spall currently resides in West Kensington, London.

Rafe Spall was born on 10 March 1983 in Camberwell, London at the King's College Hospital. His birth name is Rafe Joseph Spall. Spall is the second born in the family and he has two sisters called Mercedes and Pascale. His parents are Timothy Spall who is an actor and Shane Spall. Spall was named after a character in The Knight of the Burning Pestle. He did poorly in school but he had a passion for acting. Spall dropped out of Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College where he was studying to pursue his acting career. He enrolled at The National Youth Theater after he was unable to join a drama school he had chosen.

Rafe Spall's acting career started in 2001 when he was 18 years old. His first appearance was in a movie called Beginner's Luck. In 2002, he appeared in his first television movie called Out of Control. In 2003, Spall appeared only in a television movie called The Lion in Winter. In 2004, he worked together with Edgar Wright and appeared in one of his movies called Shaun of the Dead. In the same year, he appeared in another movie called The Calcium Kid and in a television movie called The Legend of the Tamworth Two. In 2005, Spall appeared in two movies called Green Street and The Last Drop. In the same year, he appeared in two television shows called The Rotters Club and Twisted Tales. In 2006, Rafe Spall made an appearance in two movies called A Good Year and Kidulthood. That same year was a busy time for him since he appeared in five television shows namely The Romantics, The Chatterley Affair, Crackers, Wide Sargasso, and Dracula. In 2007, Spall acted together with his father in an ITV show called A Room with a View where they acted as father and son. In the same year, he appeared in two movies called Hot Fuzz and Grindhouse. In 2008, Spall was in a movie called Close and two television movies called He Kills Coopers and Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me. In 2009, he appeared in a movie called Modern Life is Rubbish and two TV shows called Agatha Christie's Marple and Desperate Romantics. In 2010, Rafe Spall was in two movies namely Behind the Door and Sus. In the same year, he was in a television show called Pete versus Life. In 2011, he appeared in the movie One Day and Anonymous. In that same year, he was in The Shadow Line, which was a television show. In 2012, Spall was in a science fiction movie called Prometheus. He acted alongside Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Logan Marshall-Green, and Charlize Theron in Prometheus. Ridley Scott directed Prometheus and John Spaihts and Damon Lindelof wrote it. Prometheus made up to $403.4 million when it was released at the Box office. In the same year of 2012, Rafe Spall appeared in an Academy Award-winning movie called Life of Pi. Ang Lee directed Life of Pi. Spall acted alongside Suraj Sharma, Adil Hussain, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, and Gerald Depardieu in Life of Pi. The movie Life of Pi was based on a bestselling novel written by Yann Martel. Still, in the same year, he appeared in another movie called Earthbound. In 2013, Spall appeared in three movies. His first movie was I Give it a Year. Dan Mazer was the director of I Give it a Year. Rafe acted alongside Rose Byrne, Simon Baker, Minnie Driver, Anna Faris, and Stephen Merchant in I Give it a Year. The Genre of I Give it a Year is comedy-romance and it was produced at Magnolia Pictures Studio. Spall's second movie that year was The World's End and his third movie was The F Word. In 2014, he appeared in a television show called Black Mirror. Black Mirror was a British science fiction that was created by Charlie Brooker. Rafe acted alongside Daniel Lapaine, Jon Hamm, Oona Chaplin, and Natalia Tena among others in Black Mirror. Black Mirror was a hit and it went for four seasons. In the same year, Spall appeared in the movies X+Y and Get Santa. In 2015, he appeared in a movie called The Big Short and a television show called Harry Price: Ghost Hunter and Sons of Liberty, which was a miniseries. 2016 was Spall's last appearance in television where he acted in a television show called Roadies. In the same year, he appeared in three movies, The BFG, Swallows and Amazon, and Mum's List. Steven Spielberg directed The BFG. Rafe acted alongside Ruby Barnhill, Bill Hader, Penelope Wilton, Mark Rylance, and Rebecca Hall in The BFG. The BFG was based on a novel written by Roald Dahl. In 2017, he appeared in The Ritual, which was a horror movie. Rafe Spall is set to appear in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Juan Antonio Bayona is the director of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Spall is set to appear alongside Chris Pratt, Ted Levine, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Cromwell, Justice Smith, B.D. Wong, Daniella Pineda, and Geraldine Chaplin among others in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is set to be in theaters on June 22, 2018. All the movies and television shows have contributed to his net worth.

Rafe Spall had two major works in his acting career. His first major work was in the movie Life of Pi. It was a huge hit and it became an Academy Award-winning drama of that year. It made over $600 million when it was released at the Box office. Spall's other major work was in the movie Prometheus. Upon its release, it received many positive reviews and it made $403.4 million when it hit the Box office. The success of these movies contributed to his net worth.

In 2006, Rafe Spall was on BBC Radio 4 in a program called The Real Thing under the name Billy. In 2007, he was on BBC Radio 3 in a program called Hide under the Name the Convict. In 2008, Spall was still on BBC radio 3 but in a different program called Words and Music: Crushed, where he was a guest reader. In 2012, he was in a radio station called Capital as a narrator. In 2015, Spall was on Audible.co.ke in a program called Amok using the name Oliver.

Rafe Spall did some stage work while he was still filming some movies and television shows. In 2002, he appeared in a play at the National Theater called A Prayer for Owen Mean, which was written by Simon Bent. In the same year, he was in another play at the Royal Court Theater called Just a Bloke, which was written by David Watson. In 2005, Rafe Spall was at the Young Vic Theater in a play called The Knight of the Burning Pestle written by Francis Beaumont. In 2007, he appeared in two plays. The first one was called Alaska, written by DC Moore and it was at the Royal Court Theater. The second was called John Gabriel Borkman, written by Henrick Ibsen and it was at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2008, Spall was at the English Touring Theater in a play called Hello and Goodbye written by Athol Fugard. In 2009, he was in a play called If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet at the Bush Theater and Nick Payne wrote it. In 2012, Spall was at the Royal Court Theater in a play called Constellations and Nick Payne wrote it. In 2013, he appeared in the play Betrayal at the Ethel Barrymore Theater and Harold Pinter wrote it. In 2016, Rafe appeared in his last play called Hedda Gabler that was written by Henrick Ibsen at the Royal National Theater.

Rafe Spall has received a lot of nominations and awards in his acting career. In 2009, he received a nomination for RTS Television Award under the category of Best Actor. In 2011, Spall won the Dagger award for Best supporting actor in the movie The Shadow Line. In 2013, he received a nomination for Empire awards under the category of the Best male newcomer. In 2014, Spall received a nomination for British Independent Film Award under the category of Best supporting actor. In 2015, he received a nomination for the Awards Circuit Community in the category of Best Cast Ensemble. In the same year, Spall was nominated for an International Emmy Awards in the category of Best performance by an actor. In 2016, he received a nomination for the Gold Derby Awards in the category of the Ensemble Cast. In the same year, Spall received a nomination for Screen Actors Guild Award for the category of Outstanding Performance by a cast in a Motion picture. Still, in that year, he won a Palm Springs International Film Festival Award for the category of Ensemble Cast Award. In 2017, Rafe Spall won an award in Sitges- Catalonian International Film Festival for the category of Best Actor in the movie The Ritual.

In 2004, Rafe Spall met Alice Eve during the filming of The Rotters Club. The two started dating and they were often seen out together despite trying to keep their relationship private from the public eye. They dated for two years before they called it quits. In February 2008, Spall met his current actress wife Elize Du Toit through a blind date. Their close friends arranged the blind date at a London bar. The two hit it off and dated for two years. On 14 August 2010, Spall and Elize took their relationship further and they got married. The actress got pregnant after their honeymoon and in 2011, their daughter Lean was born. In November 2012, a year after their daughter's birth, Spall and his wife welcomed their son Rex. Rafe Spall once admitted in an interview that he had struggled with his weight ever since he was young. He at one time weighed 250 pounds. Spall's acting career motivated him to shed off some weight and he lost up to 71 pounds. Rafe Spall is a huge supporter of Crystal Palace like his father. He is also a patron of the Actors' Center.

Rafe Spall has blue eyes and his height is 6 feet 1inch. His current weight is 165 pounds. Spall's body measurements are 40 inches on the chest, 32 inches on the waist, and 15 inches on his biceps.

• Rafe Spall was named after a character in a play called The Knight of the Burning Pestle that was written by Francis Beaumont. His father Timothy Spall appeared in the play in 1981. He also appeared in a revival of the play in 2005. • When he was 15 years old, his father encouraged him to follow his example and join the National Youth Theater. • When Rafe was 19 years old, he did not enjoy the parts he was being given to play as a fat kid. Therefore, he worked out until he lost almost 71 pounds. • His first appearance after he had lost weight was in The Chatterley Affair. • Rafe acted together with his father in a British television show called A Room with a View where they acted as father and son. • Spall had to lose more weight when he was scheduled to appear in the romantic comedy movie called I Give It a Year. He wanted to look the part so that the audience could believe that he appeared sexy. • Rafe once admitted in an interview that his father taught him how to be humble and kind as an actor. • His greatest fear is outliving his wife and children. • Rafe's earliest memory as a child is when he was three years old and he remembers peeing on the carpet. • In an interview, he admitted that his most prized possession is his wedding ring. • Rafe hates that his hips resemble those of a woman. • His worst habit is biting his nails and he can never stop it. • Spall's favorite smell is his son's hair when it is slightly dirty. • When he was growing up, he wanted to be a ballet dancer. He told his teacher when he was seven and he was told that he had to lose his belly first. • The greatest love of Spall's life is his wife Elize and his children, Lena and Rex. • Rafe's best kiss that he will never forget was on 1 February 2008 when he kissed his wife for the first time. • He would love for the song I'm Coming Out by Diana Ross to be played at his funeral. • Rafe's most embarrassing moment was when he had to appear naked in front of cameras. • He hated studying when he was young and he loved going to school just to make friends. • Rafe's wife Elize hated that he had to lose weight since she loved him either way and the process of weight loss was torture for both of them. • He owns a home near Kensal Rise that he completely renovated. • Rafe's father had Leukemia when he was young and it was a hard time for his family. He even wrote a book where talked about his family's struggle during that time.

Rafe Spall has an estimated net worth of $3 million. His net worth has been enhanced by his long acting career in movies and television shows like Prometheus, I Give It a Year, Black Mirror, Life of Pi, and The BFG. Rafe is set to appear in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom that will add to his net worth. His career on the radio and on stage has also played a part in increasing his net worth. Rafe owns a home near Kensal Rise that has also contributed to his net worth. Rafe Spall is one of the British actors who has come a long way. He has managed to get out of his father's shadow and make a name for himself. Spall's dedication and love for his family and his career is an inspiration to many aspiring actors. He believes that he can achieve more and has a long acting career ahead of him. Rafe is one of the actors you have to watch out for and see which hit movie he appears in next.