
About
Tim Roth
Overview
Timothy Simon Roth 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 |
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2025 | Tornado | Actor | Sugarman | 58 Average |
2024 | Poison | Actor | Lucas | 58 Average |
2024 | Classified | Actor | Kevin Angler | 58 Average |
2022 | Punch | Actor | Stan | 58 Average |
2022 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2022 | Resurrection | Actor | David | 59 Average |
2022 | There Are No Saints | Actor | Carl Abrahams | 57 Average |
2022 | Sundown | Actor | Neil Bennett | 59 Average |
2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Actor | Emil Blonsky / Abomination (voice) (uncredited) | 74 Good |
2021 | Bergman Island | Actor | Tony | 59 Average |
2021 | The Misfits | Actor | Schultz | 56 Average |
2020 | A Fall from Grace | Actor | Detective Michael Tabb | N/A N/A |
2019 | The Song of Names | Actor | Martin Simmonds | 60 Fair |
2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Actor | Self | 62 Fair |
2019 | Luce | Actor | Peter Edgar | 60 Fair |
2018 | The Padre | Actor | Padre | 58 Average |
2018 | The Con Is On | Actor | Peter Fox | 53 Average |
2017 | Tin Star | Actor | Jim Worth / Jack Devlin | 66 Fair |
2017 | 1 Mile To You | Actor | Jarhead | 60 Fair |
2016 | Rillington Place | Actor | John Christie | 70 Good |
2016 | Reg | Actor | Reg Keys | 58 Average |
2016 | Mr. Right | Actor | Hopper / Reynolds | 63 Fair |
2015 | The Hateful Eight | Actor | Oswaldo Mobray | 76 Good |
2015 | 600 Miles | Actor | Hank Harris | 58 Average |
2015 | Chronic | Actor | David | 58 Average |
2015 | Hardcore Henry | Actor | Henry's Father | 63 Fair |
2014 | Selma | Actor | Gov. George Wallace | 71 Good |
2014 | Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2014 | October Gale | Actor | Tom | 57 Average |
2014 | United Passions | Actor | Sepp Blatter | 56 Average |
2014 | Grace of Monaco | Actor | Prince Rainier III | 59 Average |
2014 | Finding Vivian Maier | Actor | Himself - Actor | 65 Fair |
2014 | Klondike | Actor | The Count | 70 Good |
2013 | A Fuller Life | Actor | Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell") | 59 Average |
2013 | Möbius | Actor | Ivan Rostovsky | 58 Average |
2013 | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2012 | The Hitman's Apprentice (aka The Liability) | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2012 | The Liability | Actor | Roy | 58 Average |
2012 | Arbitrage | Actor | Det. Michael Bryer | 61 Fair |
2012 | Broken | Actor | Archie | 62 Fair |
2012 | Kingdom Come | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2012 | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2011 | These Amazing Shadows | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
2010 | Pete Smalls Is Dead | Actor | Pete Smalls | 57 Average |
2010 | Brostitute | Actor | 59 Average |
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2009 | Sea Wolf | Actor | Death Larsen | 58 Average |
2009 | Sea Wolf | Actor | Death Larsen | 67 Fair |
2009 | Skellig | Actor | Skellig | 58 Average |
2009 | Lie to Me | Actor | Cal Lightman | 78 Good |
2008 | The Making of Incredible | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2008 | The Incredible Hulk | Actor | Emil Blonsky | 61 Fair |
2008 | Funny Games | Actor | George | 64 Fair |
2007 | Virgin Territory | Actor | Gerbino | 54 Average |
2007 | Coda: Thirty Years Later | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2007 | Youth Without Youth | Actor | Dominic Matei | 59 Average |
2007 | Even Money | Actor | Victor | 58 Average |
2006 | Tsunami: The Aftermath | Actor | Nick Fraser | 66 Fair |
2005 | Don't Come Knocking | Actor | Sutter | 59 Average |
2005 | Dark Water | Actor | Jeff Platzer | 57 Average |
2005 | The Last Sign | Actor | Jeremy Macfarlane | 57 Average |
2004 | Battle of the Brave | Actor | William Pitt | 58 Average |
2004 | Silver City | Actor | Mitch Paine | 58 Average |
2004 | The Beautiful Country | Actor | Captain Oh | 58 Average |
2003 | To Kill a King | Actor | Oliver Cromwell | 58 Average |
2003 | Whatever We Do | Actor | Joe | 58 Average |
2002 | Pulp Fiction: The Facts | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2002 | Killing Emmett Young | Actor | John Harrett / Frank Dwyer | 58 Average |
2001 | Invincible | Actor | Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen | 58 Average |
2001 | The Musketeer | Actor | Febre the Man in Black | 56 Average |
2001 | Planet of the Apes | Actor | Thade | 57 Average |
2000 | Lucky Numbers | Actor | Gig | 56 Average |
2000 | Alan Clarke: His Own Man | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2000 | Bread and Roses | Actor | Party Guest (uncredited) | 59 Average |
2000 | Vatel | Actor | Marquis de Lauzun | 59 Average |
2000 | The Million Dollar Hotel | Actor | Izzy Goldkiss (uncredited) | 58 Average |
2000 | Made in Britain | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1998 | The Legend of 1900 | Actor | Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900' | 78 Good |
1998 | Animals with the Tollkeeper | Actor | Henry | 58 Average |
1997 | Deceiver | Actor | James Walter Wayland | 58 Average |
1997 | Hoodlum | Actor | Dutch Schultz | 60 Fair |
1997 | Gridlock'd | Actor | Stretch | 61 Fair |
1997 | No Way Home | Actor | Joey | 58 Average |
1996 | Everyone Says I Love You | Actor | Charles Ferry | 61 Fair |
1995 | Four Rooms | Actor | Ted the Bellhop | 58 Average |
1995 | Rob Roy | Actor | Archibald Cunningham | 63 Fair |
1994 | Little Odessa | Actor | Joshua Shapira | 60 Fair |
1994 | Pulp Fiction | Actor | Pumpkin | 84 Very good |
1994 | Captives | Actor | Philip Chaney | 58 Average |
1994 | Who Do You Think You're Fooling? | Actor | Mr. Orange (archive footage) | 59 Average |
1993 | Heart of Darkness | Actor | Marlow | 58 Average |
1993 | The Perfect Husband | Actor | Milan | 58 Average |
1993 | Murder in the Heartland | Actor | Charles Starkweather | 69 Fair |
1993 | Bodies, Rest & Motion | Actor | Nick | 58 Average |
1992 | Common Pursuit | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1992 | Reservoir Dogs | Actor | Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke | 80 Very good |
1992 | Backsliding | Actor | Tom Whitton | N/A N/A |
1991 | Jumpin' at the Boneyard | Actor | Manny | 59 Average |
1991 | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Actor | Guildenstern | 62 Fair |
1990 | Vincent & Theo | Actor | Vincent Van Gogh | 59 Average |
1990 | Yellowbacks | Actor | Peter Pike | 58 Average |
1990 | Farendj | Actor | Anton | 58 Average |
1989 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Actor | Mitchel | 66 Fair |
1988 | Coppers | Actor | Graham | 58 Average |
1988 | Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' | Actor | Franz Kafka / Josef K | N/A N/A |
1988 | To Kill a Priest | Actor | Feliks | 58 Average |
1988 | A World Apart | Actor | Harold | 58 Average |
1987 | Metamorphosis | Actor | Gregor Samsa | 58 Average |
1986 | King of the Ghetto | Actor | Matthew Long | 58 Average |
1986 | King of the Ghetto | Actor | Matthew Long | N/A N/A |
1985 | Murder with Mirrors | Actor | Edgar Lawson | 59 Average |
1984 | Return to Waterloo | Actor | Boy Punk | 59 Average |
1984 | The Hit | Actor | Myron | 60 Fair |
1984 | Driving Ambition | Actor | Baz | N/A N/A |
1983 | Meantime | Actor | Colin | 59 Average |
1983 | Made in Britain | Actor | Trevor | 60 Fair |
Seven Snipers | Actor | The Dragon | N/A N/A |
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Recovery | Actor | N/A N/A |
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260 Days | Actor | Marijan | N/A N/A |
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Kissinger Takes Paris | Actor | Henry Kissinger | N/A N/A |
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The Very Best People | Actor | N/A N/A |
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The Immortal Man: A Peaky Blinders Film | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
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Holy Molé | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Fish | Actor | Fish Osborne | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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1999 | The War Zone | Directing | Director | 61 Fair |
Production |
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2024 | Poison | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
2022 | Sundown | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2010 | Caught in the Crossfire | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
Crew |
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2019 | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | Crew | Thanks | 73 Good |
2016 | From Afar | Crew | Thanks | 59 Average |