Tim Roth
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
Credits
- 2026 · Seven Snipers as The Dragon
- 2026 · Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man as John Beckett
- 2025 · 260 days as Marijan
- 2025 · Tornado as Sugarman
- 2024 · Poison as Lucas
- 2024 · Classified as Kevin Angler
- 2023 · Last King of the Cross as Ezra Shipman
- 2022 · Punch as Stan
- 2022 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Self
- 2022 · She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Emil Blonsky / Abomination
- 2022 · Resurrection as David
- 2022 · There Are No Saints as Carl Abrahams
- 2022 · Sundown as Neil Bennett
- 2021 · Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Emil Blonsky / Abomination (voice) (uncredited)
- 2021 · Bergman Island as Tony
- 2021 · The Misfits as Schultz
- 2019 · The Song of Names as Martin Simmonds
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 2019 · Luce as Peter Edgar
- 2017 · 1 Mile To You as Jarhead
- 2015 · 600 Miles as Hank Harris
- 2015 · Chronic as David
- 2014 · October Gale as Tom
- 2014 · United Passions as Sepp Blatter
- 2012 · The Liability as Roy
- 2012 · Kingdom Come as Self
- 2012 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- 2011 · These Amazing Shadows as Self
- 2010 · Pete Smalls Is Dead as Pete Smalls
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Death Larsen
- 2009 · Skellig as Skellig
- 2007 · Coda: Thirty Years Later as Self
- 2007 · Even Money as Victor
- 2004 · Battle of the Brave as William Pitt
- 2004 · Silver City as Mitch Paine
- 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 · Invincible as Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen
- 2000 · Alan Clarke: His Own Man as Self
- 2000 · Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1998 · Animals with the Tollkeeper as Henry
- 1994 · Captives as Philip Chaney
- 1993 · Heart of Darkness as Marlow
- 1993 · Murder in the Heartland as Charles Starkweather
- 1993 · Bodies, Rest & Motion as Nick
- 1991 · Jumpin' at the Boneyard as Manny
- 1990 · Vincent & Theo as Vincent Van Gogh
- 1988 · To Kill a Priest as Feliks
- 1988 · A World Apart as Harold
- 1986 · King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
- Future · Kissinger Takes Paris as Henry Kissinger
- 2019 · The Hateful Eight - Extended Version as Oswaldo Mobray
- 2018 · The Padre as Padre
- 2018 · The Con Is On as Peter Fox
- 2017 · Tin Star as Jim Worth / Jack Devlin
- 2016 · Rillington Place as John Christie
- 2016 · Reg as Reg Keys
- 2016 · Mr. Right as Hopper / Reynolds
- 2015 · The Hateful Eight as Oswaldo Mobray
- 2015 · Hardcore Henry as Henry's Father
- 2014 · Selma as Gov. George Wallace
- 2014 · Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima as Self
- 2014 · Grace of Monaco as Prince Rainier III
- 2014 · Finding Vivian Maier as Himself - Actor
- 2014 · Klondike as The Count
- 2013 · A Fuller Life as Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell")
- 2013 · Möbius as Ivan Rostovsky
- 2013 · Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking as Self
- 2012 · Arbitrage as Det. Michael Bryer
- 2012 · Broken as Archie
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest
- 2010 · Brostitute as
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Death Larsen
- 2009 · Lie to Me as Cal Lightman
- 2008 · The Making of 'the Incredible Hulk' as Self
- 2008 · The Incredible Hulk as Emil Blonsky
- 2008 · Funny Games as George
- 2007 · Virgin Territory as Gerbino
- 2007 · Youth Without Youth as Dominic Matei
- 2006 · Tsunami: The Aftermath as Nick Fraser
- 2006 · The Henry Rollins Show as
- 2005 · Don't Come Knocking as Sutter
- 2005 · Dark Water as Jeff Platzer
- 2005 · The Last Sign as Jeremy Macfarlane
- 2004 · The Beautiful Country as Captain Oh
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2001 · The Musketeer as Febre the Man in Black
- 2001 · Planet of the Apes as Thade
- 2000 · Lucky Numbers as Gig
- 2000 · Vatel as Marquis de Lauzun
- 2000 · The Million Dollar Hotel as Izzy Goldkiss (uncredited)
- 2000 · Made in Britain as Himself
- 1999 · The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- 1998 · The Legend of 1900 as Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900'
- 1997 · Deceiver as James Walter Wayland
- 1997 · Hoodlum as Dutch Schultz
- 1997 · Gridlock'd as Stretch
- 1997 · No Way Home as Joey
- 1996 · Everyone Says I Love You as Charles Ferry
- 1995 · Four Rooms as Ted the Bellhop
- 1995 · Rob Roy as Archibald Cunningham
- 1994 · Little Odessa as Joshua Shapira
- 1994 · Pulp Fiction as Pumpkin
- 1994 · Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Orange (archive footage)
- 1993 · The Perfect Husband as Milan
- 1992 · Common Pursuit as
- 1992 · Reservoir Dogs as Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke
- 1992 · Backsliding as Tom Whitton
- 1991 · Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as Guildenstern
- 1990 · Yellowbacks as Peter Pike
- 1990 · Vincent & Theo as Vincent Van Gogh
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Gary "Hutch" Hutchens
- 1990 · Farendj as Anton
- 1989 · The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover as Mitchel
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Jack Craig
- 1988 · Coppers as Graham
- 1988 · Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' as Franz Kafka / Josef K
- 1988 · The Play on One as Peter Pike
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Franz Kafka / Joseph K.
- 1986 · King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
- 1985 · Murder with Mirrors as Edgar Lawson
- 1985 · Screen Two as Nick Finchley
- 1984 · The Hit as Myron
- 1983 · Meantime as Colin
- 1983 · Made in Britain as Trevor
- 1983 · Tales Out of School as Trevor
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life as Self
- Future · The Very Best People as
- Future · Me, You as
- Future · A Fall from Grace as Detective Michael Tabb
- 1987 · Metamorphosis as Gregor Samsa
- Future · Recovery as
- Future · A Colt Is My Passport as
- 1984 · Return to Waterloo as Boy Punk
- Future · Holy Molé as
- 1984 · Driving Ambition as Baz
- Future · Driving Ambition as Baz
- 1985 · Urban Jungle as Tristan Hanley
- Future · Fish as Fish Osborne
- Future · Unknownia as