Rafe Spall has been a well-known face on screen since breaking onto the scene in Shaun of the Dead in 2004. Since then, the actor, who turns 43 on 10 March, has starred in numerous films and TV shows.
That includes 2006's Kidulthood, 2007’s Hot Fuzz, 2011's One Day, 2012's The Life of Pi and 2018's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. He has also appeared in Netflix's Black Mirror and, more recently, the Apple TV+ series Trying.
However, you may be less familiar with his life off-screen. Indeed, Rafe - himself the son of legendary actor Timothy Spall - has a very famous ex-wife and a similarly well-known current partner, as well as four children from both relationships.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Under Salt Marsh star's blended family…
© WireImageFamous ex-wife
Rafe met Elize du Toit in 2008 and the couple married in 2010. The 46-year-old actress is best known for having starred in the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks from 2000 to 2004, and briefly again in 2007.
They lived together in London's West Kensington, followed by The Cotswolds from 2019, and share three children together. They have a daughter Lena, 14, son Rex, 13, and a ten-year old son who has not been named publicly. However, the couple split in 2021, with the end of their relationship revealed the following year.
© Getty Images for LexusThe actor has previously opened up about not being too present as a father with their children. "I try to do the right thing. But obviously, I'm not around as much as I’d like to be because my job takes me away a lot," he told the i newspaper in 2022. "But unfortunately, I don't have any other skills to exchange for cash. This is all I have and so I have to go off and do my acting in order to keep them in hummus."
Famous now-partner
A year after his marriage ended, Rafe was reported to be in a relationship with his Trying co-star Esther Smith. He welcomed a fourth child with the 39-year-old actress in 2024 - with the couple having announced the pregnancy on Lorraine - who they are raising in Hampstead.
"I was 27 when I had my first child," he told The Telegraph in January. "I'll be 43 in March with a new baby; at the risk of sounding trite, starting again has given me a keen sense of the passing of time. No phase will last forever; nothing is permanent.
© PA Images via Getty Images"When you’re up in the small hours pacing the floor as you try to get the baby to sleep, it feels like forever, but those precious moments are where the love is. That's not to say it isn’t bloody annoying too, but I would truly exchange anything I have for just one day with each of them as a baby."
