Timothy Spall was 20 in The Vanishing Army when he played the character 'Wainwright'.
That was over 46 years ago in 1978.
This was his first recorded movie acting credit (although may not technically be his first actual acting role).
Today he is 67, and has starred in 121 movies in total, 117 of those since The Vanishing Army was released.
In The Vanishing Army, I think Timothy Spall looks: