Spall was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 1996, but has since gone into remission. “I’m not sure what made me sick, but stress played a role, and the goal now is to avoid stress as much as possible,” he explained. It made me more aware of my surroundings and more discriminating. I’m less concerned about getting a job. I do my homework so I don’t freak out on set because I don’t know what I’m doing.”
The actor owns a Dutch barge that he and his wife used to sail around the British Isles for the BBC Four television show Timothy Spall: Back at Sea. You may also like Max Brown.
