Donny

Played By Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall stars in PERPETUAL GRACE, LTD. as “Donny,” who after being released from decades of incarceration, chooses to spend his final years of freedom exacting revenge on the man who betrayed and imprisoned him – Pa (Sir Ben Kingsley).


Timothy Spall OBE is one of Britain’s best-loved and most talented character actors.

He received wide acclaim for his role as ‘J.M.W Turner’ in Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner (2014), for which he won seven international awards, including the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award. He trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA, and began his acting career in the theatre, with seasons at Birmingham Rep and the RSC. Recently, Timothy returned to the stage in the most lauded The Caretaker at The Old Vic.

 

Timothy is perhaps best known for his role as ‘Peter Pettigrew’ in the Harry Potter film series, and his diverse film work includes: The King’s Speech, The Damned United, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Pierrepoint, All Or Nothing, Lucky Break, Topsy Turvy, and Secrets and Lies. TV credits include: Fungus the Bogeyman, The Enfield Haunting, Blandings, The Syndicate, The Fattest Man In Britain, Oliver Twist, The Street, Bodily Harm, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Perfect Strangers, Shooting the Past, Our Mutual Friend, and his own documentary Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea.

 

Other recent screen credits include: Sally Potter’s The Party, Phillip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams for Channel 4, Hatton Garden for ITV, Denial with Rachel Weisz and Tom Wilkinson, Nick Hamm’s The Journey and Finding your Feet with Imelda Staunton and Celia Imrie. Upcoming releases include the films Mrs. Lowry and Son, The Corrupted, and The Changeover, as well as the series Summer of Rockets from Stephen Poliakoff for the BBC, in which he leads a cast that includes Toby Jones and Keeley Hawes.