
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).
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Known For
Acting History
2026
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
2025260 days as Marijan
2025Tornado as Sugarman
2024Poison as Lucas
2024Classified as Kevin Angler
2023Last King of the Cross as Ezra Shipman
2022Punch as Stan
2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Self
2022She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Emil Blonsky / Abomination
2022Resurrection as David
2022There Are No Saints as Carl Abrahams
2022Sundown as Neil Bennett
2021Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Emil Blonsky / Abomination (voice) (uncredited)
2021Bergman Island as Tony
2021The Misfits as Schultz
2019The Song of Names as Martin Simmonds
2019QT8: The First Eight as Self
2019Luce as Peter Edgar
2018The Padre as Padre
2018The Con Is On as Peter Fox
2017Tin Star as Jim Worth / Jack Devlin
20171 Mile To You as Jarhead
2016Rillington Place as John Christie
2016Reg as Reg Keys
2016Mr. Right as Hopper / Reynolds
2015The Hateful Eight as Oswaldo Mobray
2015600 Miles as Hank Harris
2015Chronic as David
2015Hardcore Henry as Henry's Father
2014Selma as Gov. George Wallace
2014Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima as Self
2014October Gale as Tom
2014United Passions as Sepp Blatter
2014Grace of Monaco as Prince Rainier III
2014Finding Vivian Maier as Himself - Actor
2014Klondike as The Count
2013A Fuller Life as Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell")
2013Möbius as Ivan Rostovsky
2013Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking as Self
2012The Liability as Roy
2012Arbitrage as Det. Michael Bryer
2012Broken as Archie
2012Kingdom Come as Self
2012The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
2011These Amazing Shadows as Self
2010Pete Smalls Is Dead as Pete Smalls
2010Brostitute
2009Sea Wolf as Death Larsen
2009Sea Wolf as Death Larsen
2009Skellig as Skellig
2009Lie to Me as Cal Lightman
2008The Incredible Hulk as Emil Blonsky
2008Funny Games as George
2007Virgin Territory as Gerbino
2007Coda: Thirty Years Later as Self
2007Youth Without Youth as Dominic Matei
2007Even Money as Victor
2006Tsunami: The Aftermath as Nick Fraser
2006The Henry Rollins Show
2005Don't Come Knocking as Sutter
2005Dark Water as Jeff Platzer
2005The Last Sign as Jeremy Macfarlane
2004Battle of the Brave as William Pitt
2004Silver City as Mitch Paine
2004The Beautiful Country as Captain Oh
2003To Kill a King as Oliver Cromwell
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2003Whatever We Do as Joe
2002Pulp Fiction: The Facts as Self (archive footage)
2002Killing Emmett Young as John Harrett / Frank Dwyer
2001Invincible as Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen
2001The Musketeer as Febre the Man in Black
2001Planet of the Apes as Thade
2000Lucky Numbers as Gig
2000Alan Clarke: His Own Man as Self
2000Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
2000Vatel as Marquis de Lauzun
2000The Million Dollar Hotel as Izzy Goldkiss (uncredited)
2000Made in Britain as Himself
1999The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
1998The Legend of 1900 as Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900'
1998Animals with the Tollkeeper as Henry
1997Deceiver as James Walter Wayland
1997Hoodlum as Dutch Schultz
1997Gridlock'd as Stretch
1997No Way Home as Joey
1996Everyone Says I Love You as Charles Ferry
1995Four Rooms as Ted the Bellhop
1995Rob Roy as Archibald Cunningham
1994Little Odessa as Joshua Shapira
1994Pulp Fiction as Pumpkin
1994Captives as Philip Chaney
1994Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Orange (archive footage)
1993Heart of Darkness as Marlow
1993The Perfect Husband as Milan
1993Murder in the Heartland as Charles Starkweather
1993Bodies, Rest & Motion as Nick
1992Common Pursuit
1992Reservoir Dogs as Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke
1992Tales from the Crypt - Uncut
1992Backsliding as Tom Whitton
1991Jumpin' at the Boneyard as Manny
1991Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as Guildenstern
1990Vincent & Theo as Vincent Van Gogh
1990Yellowbacks as Peter Pike
1990Vincent & Theo as Vincent Van Gogh
1990Twin Peaks as Gary "Hutch" Hutchens
1990Farendj as Anton
1989The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover as Mitchel
1989Tales from the Crypt as Jack Craig
1988Coppers as Graham
1988Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' as Franz Kafka / Josef K
1988To Kill a Priest as Feliks
1988A World Apart as Harold
1988The Play on One as Peter Pike
1988The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Franz Kafka / Joseph K.
1987Metamorphosis as Gregor Samsa
1986King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
1986King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
1985Urban Jungle as Tristan Hanley
1985Murder with Mirrors as Edgar Lawson
1985Screen Two as Nick Finchley
1984Return to Waterloo as Boy Punk
1984The Hit as Myron
1984Driving Ambition as Baz
1983Meantime as Colin
1983Made in Britain as Trevor
1983Tales Out of School as Trevor
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
—Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life as Self
—Kissinger Takes Paris as Henry Kissinger
—A Fall from Grace as Detective Michael Tabb
—The Very Best People
—Seven Snipers as The Dragon
—Recovery
—Me, You
—A Colt Is My Passport
—Fish as Fish Osborne
—Holy Molé
—Driving Ambition as Baz
—Unkownia









