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Tim Roth

Tim Roth

Acting1961London, England, UK

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).

Acting History

2025
Tornado
as Sugarman
2024
Poison
as Lucas
Classified
as Kevin Angler
Poison
Executive Producer
2023
Last King of the Cross
TVas Ezra Shipman
2022
Sundown
as Neil Bennett
There Are No Saints
as Carl Abrahams
Resurrection
as David
Punch
as Stan
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
TVas Emil Blonsky / Abomination4 eps
Sundown
Executive Producer
2021
The Misfits
as Schultz
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Emil Blonsky / Abomination (voice) (uncredited)
2019
2018
The Padre
as Padre
The Con Is On
as Peter Fox
2017
1 Mile To You
as Jarhead
Tin Star
TVas Jim Worth / Jack Devlin25 eps
Twin Peaks
TVas Gary "Hutch" Hutchens5 eps
2016
Reg
as Reg Keys
Mr. Right
as Hopper / Reynolds
Rillington Place
TVas John Christie3 eps
From Afar
Thanks
2015
Chronic
as David
Hardcore Henry
as Henry's Father
600 Miles
as Hank Harris
The Hateful Eight
as Oswaldo Mobray
2014
United Passions
as Sepp Blatter
Selma
as Gov. George Wallace
Finding Vivian Maier
as Himself - Actor
Grace of Monaco
as Prince Rainier III
Klondike
TVas The Count3 eps
2013
Möbius
as Ivan Rostovsky
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell")
2012
Arbitrage
as Det. Michael Bryer
Broken
as Archie
2010
Pete Smalls Is Dead
as Pete Smalls
Caught in the Crossfire
Executive Producer
2009
Skellig
as Skellig
Sea Wolf
as Death Larsen
Sea Wolf
TVas Death Larsen2 eps
Lie to Me
TVas Cal Lightman48 eps
2008
The Incredible Hulk
as Emil Blonsky
Funny Games
as George
2007
2005
The Last Sign
as Jeremy Macfarlane
Dark Water
as Jeff Platzer
2004
Silver City
as Mitch Paine
Battle of the Brave
as William Pitt
2003
To Kill a King
as Oliver Cromwell
2002
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Invincible
as Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen
The Musketeer
as Febre the Man in Black
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2000
Bread & Roses
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Vatel
as Marquis de Lauzun
The Million Dollar Hotel
as Izzy Goldkiss (uncredited)
1999
The War Zone
Director
1998
The Legend of 1900
as Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900'
1997
Hoodlum
as Dutch Schultz
Gridlock'd
as Stretch
Deceiver
as James Walter Wayland
1996
Everyone Says I Love You
as Charles Ferry
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee1 eps
1995
Rob Roy
as Archibald Cunningham
Four Rooms
as Ted the Bellhop
1994
Captives
as Philip Chaney
Pulp Fiction
as Pumpkin
Little Odessa
as Joshua Shapira
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
as Mr. Orange (archive footage)
1992
Reservoir Dogs
as Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke
Backsliding
as Tom Whitton
Screen Two
TVas Nick Finchley1 eps
1990
Vincent & Theo
as Vincent Van Gogh
1988
A World Apart
as Harold
Coppers
as Graham
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TVas Franz Kafka / Joseph K.
The Play on One
TVas Peter Pike
1987
Metamorphosis
as Gregor Samsa
1986
King of the Ghetto
TVas Matthew Long4 eps
1985
Murder with Mirrors
as Edgar Lawson
1984
1983
Meantime
as Colin

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/14/1961(64 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK