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Tim Roth

Acting

Born May 14, 1961 · London, England, UK

Also known as Timothy Simon Roth

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).

Awards & recognition

  • European Film AwardEuropean Discovery of the Year · 1999
  • BAFTA AwardBest Actor in a Supporting Role · 1996
  • British Independent Film AwardBest Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film · 2012 · nominated
  • MTV Movie AwardBest Villain · 2002 · nominated
  • Independent Spirit AwardBest Foreign Film · 2001 · nominated
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  • British Independent Film AwardBest British Independent Film · 1999 · nominated
  • European Film AwardBest Film · 1999 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1996 · nominated
  • BAFTA AwardBest Actor in a Supporting Role · 1996 · nominated
  • Independent Spirit AwardBest Male Lead · 1996 · nominated
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1995 · nominated
  • BAFTA AwardMost Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles · 1985 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Pulp Fiction

1994as Pumpkin

Twin Peaks

1990as Gary "Hutch" Hutchens

The Legend of 1900

1998as Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900'

Reservoir Dogs

1992as Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke

Yellowbacks

1990as Peter Pike

Tales from the Crypt

1989as Jack Craig

Lie to Me

2009as Cal Lightman

The Hateful Eight

2015as Oswaldo Mobray

Finding Vivian Maier

2013as Self - Actor

The Secret Policeman's Ball

2012as Self

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

2021as Emil Blonsky / Abomination (voice) (uncredited)

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019Thanks

Selma

2014as Gov. George Wallace

These Amazing Shadows

2011as Self

Rillington Place

2016as John Christie

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

2026as John Beckett

QT8: The First Eight

2019as Self

Klondike

2014as The Count

Made in Britain

1983as Trevor

Broken

2012as Archie

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

1990as Guildenstern

The War Zone

1999Director

Return to Waterloo

1984as Boy Punk

The Song of Names

2019as Martin Simmonds

Rob Roy

1995as Archibald Cunningham

Meantime

1983as Colin

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

2022as Self

Tin Star

2017as Jim Worth / Jack Devlin

A Fuller Life

2013as Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell")

Funny Games

2007as George

Gridlock'd

1997as Stretch

1 Mile to You

2017as Jarhead

Mr. Right

2015as Hopper / Reynolds

Everyone Says I Love You

1996as Charles Ferry

Little Odessa

1994as Joshua Shapira

The Hit

1984as Myron

Luce

2019as Peter Edgar

Hardcore Henry

2015as Henry's Father

Hoodlum

1997as Dutch Schultz

Vincent & Theo

1990as Vincent Van Gogh

A World Apart

1988as Harold

Bergman Island

2021as Tony

Arbitrage

2012as Det. Michael Bryer

Jumpin' at the Boneyard

1991as Manny

Tornado

2025as Sugarman

Sundown

2022as Neil Bennett

The Incredible Hulk

2008as Emil Blonsky

Don't Come Knocking

2005as Sutter

Battle of the Brave

2004as William Pitt

Invincible

2001as Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen