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Born:
1961-05-14

Birthplace:
London, England, UK

Credits:
143 Total Roles

Tim Roth

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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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Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 Seven Snipers MOVIE The Dragon
2026 Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man MOVIE John Beckett
2025 260 days MOVIE Marijan
2025 Tornado MOVIE Sugarman
2024 Poison MOVIE Lucas
2024 Classified MOVIE Kevin Angler
2023 Last King of the Cross TV Ezra Shipman
2022 Punch MOVIE Stan
2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law MOVIE Self
2022 She-Hulk: Attorney at Law TV Emil Blonsky / Abomination

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