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
- 2024 · Classified as Kevin Angler
- 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 · Sundown as Neil Bennett
- 2021 · Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Emil Blonsky / Abomination (voice) (uncredited)
- 2021 · The Misfits as Schultz
- 2018 · The Con Is On as Peter Fox
- 2017 · Tin Star as Jim Worth / Jack Devlin
- 2015 · The Hateful Eight as Oswaldo Mobray
- 2014 · Selma as Gov. George Wallace
- 2013 · Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking as Self
- 2011 · These Amazing Shadows as Self
- 2009 · Lie to Me as Cal Lightman
- 2008 · The Incredible Hulk as Emil Blonsky
- 2007 · Virgin Territory as Gerbino
- 2007 · Even Money as Victor
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Pulp Fiction: The Facts as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Invincible as Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen
- 2001 · Planet of the Apes as Thade
- 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'
- 1996 · Everyone Says I Love You as Charles Ferry
- 1994 · Pulp Fiction as Pumpkin
- 1994 · Captives as Philip Chaney
- 1993 · Bodies, Rest & Motion as Nick
- 1992 · Reservoir Dogs as Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke
- 1991 · Jumpin' at the Boneyard as Manny
- 1990 · Vincent & Theo as Vincent Van Gogh
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Gary "Hutch" Hutchens
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Jack Craig
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Franz Kafka / Joseph K.
- 1985 · Murder with Mirrors as Edgar Lawson
- 1985 · Screen Two as Nick Finchley
- 1984 · Return to Waterloo as Boy Punk
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Holy Molé as
- 2025 · 260 days as Marijan
- 2025 · Tornado as Sugarman
- 2023 · Last King of the Cross as Ezra Shipman
- 2022 · There Are No Saints as Carl Abrahams
- 2021 · Bergman Island as Tony
- 2019 · The Song of Names as Martin Simmonds
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 2015 · Hardcore Henry as Henry's Father
- 2014 · October Gale as Tom
- 2014 · Grace of Monaco as Prince Rainier III
- 2014 · Finding Vivian Maier as Himself - Actor
- 2013 · Möbius as Ivan Rostovsky
- 2012 · The Liability as Roy
- 2012 · Arbitrage as Det. Michael Bryer
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Death Larsen
- 2008 · Funny Games as George
- 2005 · Don't Come Knocking as Sutter
- 2000 · Lucky Numbers as Gig
- 1998 · Animals with the Tollkeeper as Henry
- 1997 · Hoodlum as Dutch Schultz
- Future · A Colt Is My Passport as
- 1997 · Gridlock'd as Stretch
- 1995 · Four Rooms as Ted the Bellhop
- 1994 · Little Odessa as Joshua Shapira
- 1993 · Heart of Darkness as Marlow
- 1992 · Common Pursuit as
- 1985 · Urban Jungle as Tristan Hanley
- 1984 · Driving Ambition as Baz
- Future · The Immortal Man: A Peaky Blinders Film as
- 2024 · Poison as Lucas
- 2022 · Punch as Stan
- 2022 · Resurrection as David
- 2020 · A Fall from Grace as Detective Michael Tabb
- 2019 · Luce as Peter Edgar
- 2018 · The Padre as Padre
- 2017 · 1 Mile To You as Jarhead
- 2016 · Rillington Place as John Christie
- 2016 · Reg as Reg Keys
- 2016 · Mr. Right as Hopper / Reynolds
- 2015 · 600 Miles as Hank Harris
- 2015 · Chronic as David
- 2014 · Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima as Self
- 2014 · United Passions as Sepp Blatter
- 2014 · Klondike as The Count
- 2013 · A Fuller Life as Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell")
- 2012 · Broken as Archie
- 2012 · Kingdom Come as Self
- 2012 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- 2010 · Pete Smalls Is Dead as Pete Smalls
- 2010 · Brostitute as
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Death Larsen
- 2009 · Skellig as Skellig
- 2007 · Coda: Thirty Years Later as Self
- 2007 · Youth Without Youth as Dominic Matei
- 2006 · Tsunami: The Aftermath as Nick Fraser
- 2006 · The Henry Rollins Show as
- 2005 · The Last Sign as Jeremy Macfarlane
- 2001 · The Musketeer as Febre the Man in Black
- 1997 · Deceiver as James Walter Wayland
- Future · Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life as Self
- 2005 · Dark Water as Jeff Platzer
- 2004 · Battle of the Brave as William Pitt
- 2004 · Silver City as Mitch Paine
- 2003 · To Kill a King as Oliver Cromwell
- 2002 · Killing Emmett Young as John Harrett / Frank Dwyer
- 2000 · Alan Clarke: His Own Man as Self
- 2000 · Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 2000 · Made in Britain as Himself
- 1994 · Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Orange (archive footage)
- 1993 · Murder in the Heartland as Charles Starkweather
- Future · Kissinger Takes Paris as Henry Kissinger
- 2004 · The Beautiful Country as Captain Oh
- 2003 · Whatever We Do as Joe
- 2000 · Vatel as Marquis de Lauzun
- 2000 · The Million Dollar Hotel as Izzy Goldkiss (uncredited)
- 1997 · No Way Home as Joey
- 1995 · Rob Roy as Archibald Cunningham
- 1993 · The Perfect Husband as Milan
- 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 · Farendj as Anton
- 1989 · The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover as Mitchel
- 1988 · Coppers as Graham
- 1988 · To Kill a Priest as Feliks
- Future · The Very Best People as
- Future · Driving Ambition as Baz
- 1988 · Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' as Franz Kafka / Josef K
- 1988 · A World Apart as Harold
- 1988 · The Play on One as Peter Pike
- 1987 · Metamorphosis as Gregor Samsa
- 1986 · King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
- 1986 · King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
- 1984 · The Hit as Myron
- 1983 · Meantime as Colin
- 1983 · Made in Britain as Trevor
- 1983 · Tales Out of School as Trevor
- Future · Recovery as
- Future · Seven Snipers as The Dragon
- Future · Me, You as
- Future · Fish as Fish Osborne