Tim Roth
Born: 1961-05-14 in London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2024
- Classified as Kevin Angler
- Poison as Lucas
2023
- Last King of the Cross as Ezra Shipman
2022
- Sundown as Neil Bennett
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Emil Blonsky / Abomination
- There Are No Saints as Carl Abrahams
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Self
- Punch as Stan
- Resurrection as David
2021
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Emil Blonsky / Abomination (voice) (uncredited)
- Bergman Island as Tony
- The Misfits as Schultz
2019
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood ... (Thanks)
- QT8: The First Eight as Self
- The Song of Names as Martin Simmonds
- Luce as Peter Edgar
2018
- The Con Is On as Peter Fox
- The Padre as Padre
2017
- Tin Star as Jim Worth / Jack Devlin
- 1 Mile To You as Jarhead
2016
- From Afar ... (Thanks)
- Mr. Right as Hopper / Reynolds
- Reg as Reg Keys
- Rillington Place as John Christie
2015
- The Hateful Eight as Oswaldo Mobray
- Chronic as David
- 600 Miles as Hank Harris
- Hardcore Henry as Henry's Father
2014
- October Gale as Tom
- United Passions as Sepp Blatter
- Grace of Monaco as Prince Rainier III
- Finding Vivian Maier as Himself - Actor
- Selma as Gov. George Wallace
- Klondike as The Count
- Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima as Self
2013
- Möbius as Ivan Rostovsky
- Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking as Self
- A Fuller Life as Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell")
2012
- Broken as Archie
- Arbitrage as Det. Michael Bryer
- The Liability as Roy
- Kingdom Come as Self
- The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
2011
- These Amazing Shadows as Self
2010
- Pete Smalls Is Dead as Pete Smalls
- Caught in the Crossfire ... (Executive Producer)
- Brostitute
2008
- The Incredible Hulk as Emil Blonsky
- Funny Games as George
2007
- Virgin Territory as Gerbino
- Even Money as Victor
- Youth Without Youth as Dominic Matei
- Coda: Thirty Years Later as Self
2006
- The Henry Rollins Show
- Tsunami: The Aftermath as Nick Fraser
2005
- Don't Come Knocking as Sutter
- Dark Water as Jeff Platzer
- The Last Sign as Jeremy Macfarlane
2004
- Silver City as Mitch Paine
- Battle of the Brave as William Pitt
- The Beautiful Country as Captain Oh
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- To Kill a King as Oliver Cromwell
- Whatever We Do as Joe
2002
- Pulp Fiction: The Facts as Self (archive footage)
- Killing Emmett Young as John Harrett / Frank Dwyer
2001
- Planet of the Apes as Thade
- Invincible as Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen
- The Musketeer as Febre the Man in Black
2000
- Lucky Numbers as Gig
- Vatel as Marquis de Lauzun
- Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Million Dollar Hotel as Izzy Goldkiss (uncredited)
- Alan Clarke: His Own Man as Self
- Made in Britain as Himself
1999
- The War Zone ... (Director)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
1998
- The Legend of 1900 as Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900'
- Animals with the Tollkeeper as Henry
1997
- Hoodlum as Dutch Schultz
- Deceiver as James Walter Wayland
- Gridlock'd as Stretch
- No Way Home as Joey
1996
- Everyone Says I Love You as Charles Ferry
1995
- Four Rooms as Ted the Bellhop
- Rob Roy as Archibald Cunningham
1994
- Pulp Fiction as Pumpkin
- Captives as Philip Chaney
- Little Odessa as Joshua Shapira
- Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Orange (archive footage)
1993
- Bodies, Rest & Motion as Nick
- Heart of Darkness as Marlow
- The Perfect Husband as Milan
- Murder in the Heartland as Charles Starkweather
1992
- Reservoir Dogs as Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke
- Common Pursuit
- Backsliding as Tom Whitton
- Tales from the Crypt - Uncut
1991
- Jumpin' at the Boneyard as Manny
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as Guildenstern
1990
- Twin Peaks as Gary "Hutch" Hutchens
- Vincent & Theo as Vincent Van Gogh
- Farendj as Anton
- Vincent & Theo as Vincent Van Gogh
- Yellowbacks as Peter Pike
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Jack Craig
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover as Mitchel
1988
- Coppers as Graham
- A World Apart as Harold
- To Kill a Priest as Feliks
- The Play on One as Peter Pike
- The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Franz Kafka / Joseph K.
- Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' as Franz Kafka / Josef K
1987
- Metamorphosis as Gregor Samsa
1986
- King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
- King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
1985
- Screen Two as Nick Finchley
- Urban Jungle as Tristan Hanley
- Murder with Mirrors as Edgar Lawson
1984
- Driving Ambition as Baz
- The Hit as Myron
- Return to Waterloo as Boy Punk
1983
- Meantime as Colin
- Made in Britain as Trevor
- Tales Out of School as Trevor
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee