Who was portrayed by Timothy Spall during the closing ceremony?
Timothy Spall portrayed Winston Churchill in critically acclaimed film "The King's Speech" for which as a member of the ensemble he was jointly awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Spall reprised the role at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. In 2012, Spall filmed "Wasteland" (known as "The Rise" in Britain), with actors Matthew Lewis and Vanessa Kirby. The Newport Beach Film Festival in Newport Beach, California, screened "Wasteland" in April 2013. Also in 2012 Spall played Charlie Morgan in the edgy film "Comes a Bright Day". In 2014, he won the
Timothy Spall: ...at Sea Timothy Spall: ...at Sea Timothy Spall at Sea series is a set of three BBC Four television series that follow the journey of actor Timothy Spall and his wife Shane as they take their £350,000 (£200,000 at the time of purchase, May 2010) seagoing (category B) Dutch barge, the "Princess Matilda", (FCN 54, built by Peter Nicholls Yacht Builders), on a trip around the British Coast, including Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. This TV documentary series is made by the same team who make Escape to the Chateau for Channel 4 that features Dick Strawbridge and his wife