Tim Roth
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-05-14 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Tim 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).
Known For
Acting
Fish
as Fish Osborne
Kissinger Takes Paris
as Henry Kissinger
Seven Snipers
as The Dragon
(2025)
Tornado
as Sugarman
(2025)
260 days
as Marijan
(2024)
Classified
as Kevin Angler
(2024)
Poison
as Lucas
(2022)
(2022)
Resurrection
as David
(2022)
Sundown
as Neil Bennett
(2022)
There Are No Saints
as Carl Abrahams
(2022)
Punch
as Stan
(2021)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Emil Blonsky / Abomination (voice) (uncredited)
(2021)
The Misfits
as Schultz
(2021)
Bergman Island
as Tony
(2020)
A Fall from Grace
as Detective Michael Tabb
(2019)
The Song of Names
as Martin Simmonds
(2019)
QT8: The First Eight
as Self
(2019)
Luce
as Peter Edgar
(2018)
The Con Is On
as Peter Fox
(2018)
The Padre
as Padre
(2017)
1 Mile To You
as Jarhead
(2016)
Mr. Right
as Hopper / Reynolds
(2016)
Reg
as Reg Keys
(2015)
The Hateful Eight
as Oswaldo Mobray
(2015)
Hardcore Henry
as Henry's Father
(2015)
Chronic
as David
(2015)
600 Miles
as Hank Harris
(2014)
Selma
as Gov. George Wallace
(2014)
October Gale
as Tom
(2014)
Grace of Monaco
as Prince Rainier III
(2014)
Finding Vivian Maier
as Himself - Actor
(2014)
United Passions
as Sepp Blatter
(2014)
(2013)
(2013)
Möbius
as Ivan Rostovsky
(2013)
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell")
(2012)
Arbitrage
as Det. Michael Bryer
(2012)
Broken
as Archie
(2012)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
(2012)
The Liability
as Roy
(2012)
Kingdom Come
as Self
(2011)
These Amazing Shadows
as Self
(2010)
Pete Smalls Is Dead
as Pete Smalls
(2010)
(2009)
Sea Wolf
as Death Larsen
(2009)
Skellig
as Skellig
(2008)
The Incredible Hulk
as Emil Blonsky
(2008)
Funny Games
as George
(2007)
Virgin Territory
as Gerbino
(2007)
Even Money
as Victor
(2007)
Youth Without Youth
as Dominic Matei
(2007)
Coda: Thirty Years Later
as Self
(2005)
Don't Come Knocking
as Sutter
(2005)
Dark Water
as Jeff Platzer
(2005)
The Last Sign
as Jeremy Macfarlane
(2004)
Silver City
as Mitch Paine
(2004)
Battle of the Brave
as William Pitt
(2004)
The Beautiful Country
as Captain Oh
(2003)
To Kill a King
as Oliver Cromwell
(2003)
Whatever We Do
as Joe
(2002)
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Killing Emmett Young
as John Harrett / Frank Dwyer
(2001)
Planet of the Apes
as Thade
(2001)
The Musketeer
as Febre the Man in Black
(2001)
Invincible
as Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen
(2000)
Lucky Numbers
as Gig
(2000)
The Million Dollar Hotel
as Izzy Goldkiss (uncredited)
(2000)
Bread and Roses
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(2000)
Vatel
as Marquis de Lauzun
(2000)
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
as Self
(2000)
Made in Britain
as Himself
(1998)
Animals with the Tollkeeper
as Henry
(1998)
The Legend of 1900
as Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900'
(1997)
Hoodlum
as Dutch Schultz
(1997)
Gridlock'd
as Stretch
(1997)
Deceiver
as James Walter Wayland
(1997)
No Way Home
as Joey
(1996)
Everyone Says I Love You
as Charles Ferry
(1995)
Rob Roy
as Archibald Cunningham
(1995)
Four Rooms
as Ted the Bellhop
(1994)
Pulp Fiction
as Pumpkin
(1994)
Captives
as Philip Chaney
(1994)
Little Odessa
as Joshua Shapira
(1994)
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
as Mr. Orange (archive footage)
(1993)
Heart of Darkness
as Marlow
(1993)
Bodies, Rest & Motion
as Nick
(1993)
The Perfect Husband
as Milan
(1992)
Reservoir Dogs
as Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke
(1992)
(1992)
Backsliding
as Tom Whitton
(1991)
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
as Manny
(1991)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
as Guildenstern
(1990)
Vincent & Theo
as Vincent Van Gogh
(1990)
Farendj
as Anton
(1990)
Yellowbacks
as Peter Pike
(1989)
(1988)
Coppers
as Graham
(1988)
A World Apart
as Harold
(1988)
To Kill a Priest
as Feliks
(1988)
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
as Franz Kafka / Josef K
(1987)
Metamorphosis
as Gregor Samsa
(1986)
King of the Ghetto
as Matthew Long
(1985)
Urban Jungle
as Tristan Hanley
(1985)
Murder with Mirrors
as Edgar Lawson
(1984)
Driving Ambition
as Baz
(1984)
Return to Waterloo
as Boy Punk
(1984)
The Hit
as Myron
(1983)
Meantime
as Colin
(1983)
Made in Britain
as Trevor
Crew
(2024)
Poison
Executive Producer
(2022)
Sundown
Executive Producer
(2019)
(2016)
From Afar
Thanks
(2010)
Caught in the Crossfire
Executive Producer
(1999)
The War Zone
Director