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Tim Roth

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Tim Roth

Born May 14, 1961London, 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).

Highlights

Known For

Movie Credits

Filmography

107 movies

Poison poster

Poison

2024

Lucas • Executive Producer

Sundown poster

Sundown

2022

Neil Bennett • Executive Producer

Reg poster

Reg

2016

Reg Keys

Selma poster

Selma

2014

Gov. George Wallace

A Fuller Life poster

A Fuller Life

2013

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

Invincible poster

Invincible

2001

Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen

Vatel poster

Vatel

2000

Marquis de Lauzun