Personal Life
Spall is married to Shane and has three children: Pascale (born 1976), Rafe (born 1983), who is also an actor, and Mercedes (born 1985). He lives in Forest Hill, south-east London.
In 1996, Spall was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, but has since been in remission. He has said of his illness:
| “ | I didn't know what made me ill but stress had something to do with it and the point is now to head off stress at the pass. It made me aware of things and become more selective. I am less worried about employment. I really do my homework so I am not getting stressed on the set because I don't know what I'm doing." | ” |
He is the owner of a Dutch barge that he and his wife have been sailing around the British Isles as part of a BBC Four TV series 'Timothy Spall: Back at Sea'.
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