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 · Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man as
- 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 · She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Emil Blonsky / Abomination
- 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 · Luce as Peter Edgar
- 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 · Chronic as David
- 2015 · Hardcore Henry as Henry's Father
- 2014 · Selma as Gov. George Wallace
- 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")
- 2013 · Möbius as Ivan Rostovsky
- 2012 · The Liability as Roy
- 2012 · Arbitrage as Det. Michael Bryer
- 2012 · Broken as Archie
- 2009 · Skellig as Skellig
- 2009 · Lie to Me as Cal Lightman
- 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 · Dark Water as Jeff Platzer
- 2004 · Battle of the Brave as William Pitt
- 2004 · Silver City as Mitch Paine
- 2004 · The Beautiful Country as Captain Oh
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2003 · Whatever We Do as Joe
- 2001 · Invincible as Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen
- 2001 · The Musketeer as Febre the Man in Black
- 2001 · Planet of the Apes as Thade
- 2000 · Vatel as Marquis de Lauzun
- 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'
- 1998 · Animals with the Tollkeeper as Henry
- 1997 · Deceiver as James Walter Wayland
- 1997 · Hoodlum as Dutch Schultz
- 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 · Captives as Philip Chaney
- 1992 · Common Pursuit as
- 1992 · Reservoir Dogs as Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke
- 1992 · Tales from the Crypt - Uncut as
- 1992 · Backsliding as Tom Whitton
- 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 · The Play on One as Peter Pike
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Franz Kafka / Joseph K.
- 1987 · Metamorphosis as Gregor Samsa
- 1985 · Screen Two as Nick Finchley
- 1983 · Meantime as Colin
- 1983 · Made in Britain as Trevor
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · The Very Best People as
- 2025 · 260 days as Marijan
- 2022 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Self
- 2022 · Resurrection as David
- 2022 · There Are No Saints as Carl Abrahams
- 2022 · Sundown as Neil Bennett
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 2018 · The Padre as Padre
- 2018 · The Con Is On as Peter Fox
- 2017 · 1 Mile To You as Jarhead
- 2014 · October Gale as Tom
- 2014 · Grace of Monaco as Prince Rainier III
- 2014 · Finding Vivian Maier as Himself - Actor
- 2012 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- 2011 · These Amazing Shadows as Self
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Death Larsen
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Death Larsen
- 2007 · Even Money as Victor
- 2005 · Don't Come Knocking as Sutter
- 2003 · To Kill a King as Oliver Cromwell
- 2002 · Pulp Fiction: The Facts as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · Lucky Numbers as Gig
- 2000 · Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 2000 · The Million Dollar Hotel as Izzy Goldkiss (uncredited)
- 1997 · Gridlock'd as Stretch
- 1996 · Everyone Says I Love You as Charles Ferry
- 1993 · Heart of Darkness as Marlow
- 1993 · The Perfect Husband as Milan
- 1993 · Murder in the Heartland as Charles Starkweather
- 1991 · Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as Guildenstern
- 1984 · The Hit as Myron
- Future · Recovery as
- Future · Seven Snipers as The Dragon
- 1988 · Coppers as Graham
- 1988 · A World Apart as Harold
- 1985 · Murder with Mirrors as Edgar Lawson
- 1983 · Tales Out of School as Trevor
- Future · Fish as Fish Osborne
- Future · Unknownia as
- 2015 · 600 Miles as Hank Harris
- 2014 · Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima as Self
- 2013 · Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking as Self
- 2012 · Kingdom Come as Self
- 2010 · Pete Smalls Is Dead as Pete Smalls
- Future · A Fall from Grace as Detective Michael Tabb
- 2010 · Brostitute as
- 2005 · The Last Sign as Jeremy Macfarlane
- 2002 · Killing Emmett Young as John Harrett / Frank Dwyer
- 2000 · Made in Britain as Himself
- 1997 · No Way Home as Joey
- 1994 · Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Orange (archive footage)
- Future · Driving Ambition as Baz
- 2007 · Coda: Thirty Years Later as Self
- 2000 · Alan Clarke: His Own Man as Self
- 1993 · Bodies, Rest & Motion as Nick
- 1991 · Jumpin' at the Boneyard as Manny
- 1990 · Yellowbacks as Peter Pike
- 1990 · Vincent & Theo as Vincent Van Gogh
- 1988 · Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' as Franz Kafka / Josef K
- 1988 · To Kill a Priest as Feliks
- 1986 · King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
- 1985 · Urban Jungle as Tristan Hanley
- 1984 · Return to Waterloo as Boy Punk
- Future · A Colt Is My Passport as
- Future · Kissinger Takes Paris as Henry Kissinger
- Future · Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life as Self
- Future · Me, You as
- 1986 · King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
- 1984 · Driving Ambition as Baz
- Future · Holy Molé as