English actor Timothy Spall, 60, is known for his roles in Box-Office hits The Last Samurai, Harry Potter, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and The King’s Speech.
He became a household name in the UK after appearing as Barry Spencer Taylor in the 1983 ITV comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
But 34 years later, having just starred in the latest Philip K Dick adaptation on Channel 4 – Electric Dreams: The Commuter – Timothy is almost unrecognisable.
In January this year he showed off the results of his impressive weight loss attending the London Screening of his new film Denial.
Timothy once sported a much rounder figure, so what did the London-born actor and occasional presenter do to reach slimming success?
While Timothy has never revealed how much he has lost, he has spoken about his decision to lose weight.
He told the Daily Mail: “I was a glutton. I loved food. I still do.
“But I didn’t have a thing in my mind that told me when to stop eating. There’s something of a chunky gene in the Spall side of the family. I was always chubby, then I got fat.
“When I was in my early 20s I was 18 and a half stone. You don’t control it. I think you get to a certain point where you think, ‘Sod it. There’s no point doing anything about it because I’m fat now and it’s going to take a massive revolution in order to face this, so I may as well carry on the way I am.'”
His new figure first stunned fans in September 2016.
Timothy looked slimmer than ever as he was photographed filming Electric Dreams in Dorset’s Poundbury region.
The actor’s weight loss journey began in 2014, when he shed a mass of weight and looked worlds away from the larger-than-life character he is famed for playing.
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