An English actor Rafe Spall was born with the name of Rafe Joseph Spall on 10 March 1983 at 12 Dunstan's Road in East Dulwich, London, as the second child of three children of Shane and actor Timothy Spall. Rafe Spall (read full bio article) is highly fluent in English, especially British English, which is preferred as his primary language.
Rafe Spall struggled with being overweight as a teenager, describing it as a "painful" experience. After receiving poor grades at Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College, he left school to pursue acting and joined the National Youth Theatre at 15. Although he was not accepted into his preferred drama schools, like RADA, at 17, he continued to pursue acting. Initially typecast in "fat" roles, he lost 77 lbs (35 kg) at 19, which led to more acting opportunities.