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Tim Roth

Tim Roth

Born: 1961-05-14 • London, England, UK

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
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man poster
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
2026 • Beckett
260 days poster
260 days
2025 • Marijan
Tornado poster
Tornado
2025 • Sugarman
Poison poster
Poison
2024 • Lucas
Classified poster
Classified
2024 • Kevin Angler
Punch poster
Punch
2022 • Stan
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law poster
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
2022 • Self
Resurrection poster
Resurrection
2022 • David
There Are No Saints poster
There Are No Saints
2022 • Carl Abrahams
Sundown poster
Sundown
2022 • Neil Bennett
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings poster
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021 • Emil Blonsky / Abomination (voice) (uncredited)
Bergman Island poster
Bergman Island
2021 • Tony
The Misfits poster
The Misfits
2021 • Schultz
The Song of Names poster
The Song of Names
2019 • Martin Simmonds
QT8: The First Eight poster
QT8: The First Eight
2019 • Self
Luce poster
Luce
2019 • Peter Edgar
The Padre poster
The Padre
2018 • Padre
The Con Is On poster
The Con Is On
2018 • Peter Fox
1 Mile To You poster
1 Mile To You
2017 • Jarhead
Reg poster
Reg
2016 • Reg Keys
Mr. Right poster
Mr. Right
2016 • Hopper / Reynolds
The Hateful Eight poster
The Hateful Eight
2015 • Oswaldo Mobray
600 Miles poster
600 Miles
2015 • Hank Harris
Chronic poster
Chronic
2015 • David
Hardcore Henry poster
Hardcore Henry
2015 • Henry's Father
Selma poster
Selma
2014 • Gov. George Wallace
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima poster
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
2014 • Self
October Gale poster
October Gale
2014 • Tom
United Passions poster
United Passions
2014 • Sepp Blatter
Grace of Monaco poster
Grace of Monaco
2014 • Prince Rainier III
Finding Vivian Maier poster
Finding Vivian Maier
2014 • Himself - Actor
A Fuller Life poster
A Fuller Life
2013 • Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell")
Möbius poster
Möbius
2013 • Ivan Rostovsky
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking poster
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013 • Self
The Liability poster
The Liability
2012 • Roy
Arbitrage poster
Arbitrage
2012 • Det. Michael Bryer
Broken poster
Broken
2012 • Archie
Kingdom Come poster
Kingdom Come
2012 • Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball poster
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012 • Self
These Amazing Shadows poster
These Amazing Shadows
2011 • Self
Pete Smalls Is Dead poster
Pete Smalls Is Dead
2010 • Pete Smalls
Brostitute poster
Brostitute
2010
Sea Wolf poster
Sea Wolf
2009 • Death Larsen
Skellig poster
Skellig
2009 • Skellig
The Incredible Hulk poster
The Incredible Hulk
2008 • Emil Blonsky
Funny Games poster
Funny Games
2008 • George
Virgin Territory poster
Virgin Territory
2007 • Gerbino
No Image
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007 • Self
Youth Without Youth poster
Youth Without Youth
2007 • Dominic Matei
Even Money poster
Even Money
2007 • Victor
Don't Come Knocking poster
Don't Come Knocking
2005 • Sutter
Dark Water poster
Dark Water
2005 • Jeff Platzer
The Last Sign poster
The Last Sign
2005 • Jeremy Macfarlane
Battle of the Brave poster
Battle of the Brave
2004 • William Pitt
Silver City poster
Silver City
2004 • Mitch Paine
The Beautiful Country poster
The Beautiful Country
2004 • Captain Oh
To Kill a King poster
To Kill a King
2003 • Oliver Cromwell
Whatever We Do poster
Whatever We Do
2003 • Joe
Pulp Fiction: The Facts poster
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
2002 • Self (archive footage)
Killing Emmett Young poster
Killing Emmett Young
2002 • John Harrett / Frank Dwyer
Invincible poster
Invincible
2001 • Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen
The Musketeer poster
The Musketeer
2001 • Febre the Man in Black
Planet of the Apes poster
Planet of the Apes
2001 • Thade
Lucky Numbers poster
Lucky Numbers
2000 • Gig
Alan Clarke: His Own Man poster
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
2000 • Self
Bread and Roses poster
Bread and Roses
2000 • Party Guest (uncredited)
Vatel poster
Vatel
2000 • Marquis de Lauzun
The Million Dollar Hotel poster
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000 • Izzy Goldkiss (uncredited)
Made in Britain poster
Made in Britain
2000 • Himself
The Legend of 1900 poster
The Legend of 1900
1998 • Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900'
Animals with the Tollkeeper poster
Animals with the Tollkeeper
1998 • Henry
Deceiver poster
Deceiver
1997 • James Walter Wayland
Hoodlum poster
Hoodlum
1997 • Dutch Schultz
Gridlock'd poster
Gridlock'd
1997 • Stretch
No Way Home poster
No Way Home
1997 • Joey
Everyone Says I Love You poster
Everyone Says I Love You
1996 • Charles Ferry
Four Rooms poster
Four Rooms
1995 • Ted the Bellhop
Rob Roy poster
Rob Roy
1995 • Archibald Cunningham
Little Odessa poster
Little Odessa
1994 • Joshua Shapira
Pulp Fiction poster
Pulp Fiction
1994 • Pumpkin
Captives poster
Captives
1994 • Philip Chaney
Who Do You Think You're Fooling? poster
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
1994 • Mr. Orange (archive footage)
Heart of Darkness poster
Heart of Darkness
1993 • Marlow
The Perfect Husband poster
The Perfect Husband
1993 • Milan
Bodies, Rest & Motion poster
Bodies, Rest & Motion
1993 • Nick
Common Pursuit poster
Common Pursuit
1992
Reservoir Dogs poster
Reservoir Dogs
1992 • Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke
Backsliding poster
Backsliding
1992 • Tom Whitton
Jumpin' at the Boneyard poster
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
1991 • Manny
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead poster
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991 • Guildenstern
Vincent & Theo poster
Vincent & Theo
1990 • Vincent Van Gogh
Yellowbacks poster
Yellowbacks
1990 • Peter Pike
Farendj poster
Farendj
1990 • Anton
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover poster
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989 • Mitchel
Coppers poster
Coppers
1988 • Graham
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' poster
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
1988 • Franz Kafka / Josef K
To Kill a Priest poster
To Kill a Priest
1988 • Feliks
A World Apart poster
A World Apart
1988 • Harold
Metamorphosis poster
Metamorphosis
1987 • Gregor Samsa
King of the Ghetto poster
King of the Ghetto
1986 • Matthew Long