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Tim Roth

Tim Roth

Actor · Born May 14, 1961 · London, England, UK

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Biography

Timothy Simon Roth (born May 14, 1961) is an English actor and director. He was among the prominent British actors known as the "Brit Pack". For his performance in Rob Roy (1995), Roth won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award.  After garnering attention in television productions Made in Britain (1982) and Meantime (1983), Roth was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer in his theatrical film debut The Hit (1984). He gained further recognition for his roles in films, including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Vincent & Theo and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (both 1990). Roth has collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on several films, including Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Four Rooms (1995) and The Hateful Eight (2015). Other film credits include The Legend of 1900 (1998), Planet of the Apes (2001), Funny Games (2007), Selma (2014), Luce (2019), and Bergman Island (2021). Roth made his directorial debut with~ The War Zone (1999). He played Cal Lightman in the Fox series Lie to Me (2009–2011), Jim Worth / Jack Devlin in the Sky Atlantic series Tin Star (2017–2020), and Emil Blonsky / Abomination in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the films The Incredible Hulk (2008), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), and the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022).

Acted in 120

2000s

  1. 2009

    Sea Wolf

    Death Larsen

  2. Sea Wolf

    Death Larsen · 2 episodes

  3. 2008
  4. 2007
  5. 2006
  6. The Henry Rollins Show

    TV

  7. 2005

    Don't Come Knocking

    Sutter

  8. The Last Sign

    Jeremy Macfarlane

  9. 2004

    Battle of the Brave

    William Pitt

  10. Silver City

    Mitch Paine

  11. The Beautiful Country

    Captain Oh

  12. 2003
  13. Whatever We Do

    Joe

  14. 2002

    Killing Emmett Young

    John Harrett / Frank Dwyer

  15. 2001

    Invincible

    Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen

  16. Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music

    Movie

  17. 2000
  18. Bread and Roses

    Party Guest (uncredited)

1990s

  1. 1998
  2. Animals with the Tollkeeper

    Henry

  3. 1997
  4. Gridlock'd

    Stretch

  5. 1996
  6. 1995
  7. 1994
  8. Who Do You Think You're Fooling?

    Mr. Orange (archive footage)

  9. 1993

    The Perfect Husband

    Milan

  10. Murder in the Heartland

    Charles Starkweather · 2 episodes

  11. Bodies, Rest & Motion

    Nick

  12. 1992

    Common Pursuit

    Movie

  13. Backsliding

    Tom Whitton

  14. 1991

    Jumpin' at the Boneyard

    Manny

  15. Farendj

    Anton

  16. 1990

    Vincent & Theo

    Vincent Van Gogh

  17. Yellowbacks

    Peter Pike

  18. Vincent & Theo

    Vincent Van Gogh · 4 episodes

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. Metamorphosis

    Gregor Samsa

  3. 1988

    Coppers

    Graham

  4. Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'

    Franz Kafka / Josef K

  5. To Kill a Priest

    Feliks

  6. A World Apart

    Harold

  7. 1986

    King of the Ghetto

    Matthew Long · 4 episodes

  8. 1985
  9. Urban Jungle

    Tristan Hanley

  10. Murder with Mirrors

    Edgar Lawson

  11. 1984

    Return to Waterloo

    Boy Punk

  12. Driving Ambition

    Baz

  13. 1983

    Meantime

    Colin

  14. Made in Britain

    Trevor

  15. Tales Out of School

    Trevor · 1 episode

No release date

  1. Recovery

    Movie

  2. Fish

    Fish Osborne

  3. Holy Molé

    Movie

  4. A Colt Is My Passport

    Movie

  5. Me, You

    Movie

Produced 3

Directed 1

Appearances21

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2014

    Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima

    Self

  3. Once Upon a Time... Little Odessa

    Self

  4. Finding Vivian Maier

    Self - Actor

  5. 2013

    A Fuller Life

    Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell")

  6. Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

    Self

  7. 2012
  8. The Secret Policeman's Ball

    Self

  9. 2011
  10. These Amazing Shadows

    Self

2000s

  1. 2008

    The Making of 'The Incredible Hulk'

    Self

  2. 2003
  3. 2002

    Pulp Fiction: The Facts

    Self (archive footage)

  4. 2001

    We Know Where You Live. Live!

    Self

  5. 2000

    Alan Clarke: His Own Man

    Self

  6. Made in Britain

    Self

No release date

  1. Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life

    Self

Thanked in the credits2

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2015

    From Afar

    Thanks