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 · Classified as Kevin Angler
- 2023 · Last King of the Cross as Ezra Shipman
- 2022 · She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Emil Blonsky / Abomination
- 2022 · There Are No Saints as Carl Abrahams
- 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
- 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 · Mr. Right as Hopper / Reynolds
- 2015 · The Hateful Eight as Oswaldo Mobray
- 2015 · 600 Miles as Hank Harris
- 2015 · Chronic as David
- 2015 · Hardcore Henry as Henry's Father
- 2014 · Selma as Gov. George Wallace
- 2014 · October Gale as Tom
- 2014 · Klondike as The Count
- 2012 · The Liability as Roy
- 2012 · Arbitrage as Det. Michael Bryer
- 2011 · These Amazing Shadows as Self
- 2010 · Pete Smalls Is Dead as Pete Smalls
- 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 · Even Money as Victor
- 2006 · Tsunami: The Aftermath as Nick Fraser
- 2006 · The Henry Rollins Show as
- 2005 · Don't Come Knocking as Sutter
- 2003 · To Kill a King as Oliver Cromwell
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2003 · Whatever We Do as Joe
- 2002 · Pulp Fiction: The Facts as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · The Musketeer as Febre the Man in Black
- 2001 · Planet of the Apes as Thade
- 2000 · Lucky Numbers as Gig
- 2000 · Alan Clarke: His Own Man as Self
- 2000 · The Million Dollar Hotel as Izzy Goldkiss (uncredited)
- 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 · 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
- 1993 · Heart of Darkness as Marlow
- 1992 · Reservoir Dogs as Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke
- 1991 · Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as Guildenstern
- 1990 · Vincent & Theo as Vincent Van Gogh
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Gary "Hutch" Hutchens
- 1989 · The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover as Mitchel
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Jack Craig
- 1988 · A World Apart as Harold
- 1985 · Murder with Mirrors as Edgar Lawson
- 1985 · Screen Two as Nick Finchley
- Future · The Very Best People as
- 2025 · 260 days as Marijan
- 2024 · Poison as Lucas
- 2022 · Punch as Stan
- 2022 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Self
- 2022 · Resurrection as David
- 2022 · Sundown as Neil Bennett
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 2016 · Reg as Reg Keys
- 2014 · United Passions as Sepp Blatter
- 2014 · Grace of Monaco as Prince Rainier III
- 2014 · Finding Vivian Maier as Himself - Actor
- 2013 · Möbius as Ivan Rostovsky
- 2012 · Broken as Archie
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Death Larsen
- 2009 · Skellig as Skellig
- 2007 · Coda: Thirty Years Later as Self
- 2007 · Youth Without Youth as Dominic Matei
- 2005 · Dark Water as Jeff Platzer
- 2004 · Battle of the Brave as William Pitt
- 2004 · Silver City as Mitch Paine
- 2001 · Invincible as Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen
- 2000 · Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 2000 · Vatel as Marquis de Lauzun
- 1997 · Deceiver as James Walter Wayland
- 1993 · The Perfect Husband as Milan
- 1993 · Murder in the Heartland as Charles Starkweather
- 1992 · Common Pursuit as
- 1992 · Tales from the Crypt - Uncut as
- 1992 · Backsliding as Tom Whitton
- 1988 · Coppers as Graham
- 1987 · Metamorphosis as Gregor Samsa
- 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
- 2017 · 1 Mile To You as Jarhead
- 2014 · Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima as Self
- 2013 · A Fuller Life as Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell")
- 2013 · Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking as Self
- 2012 · Kingdom Come as Self
- 2012 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- 2010 · Brostitute as
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Death Larsen
- 2005 · The Last Sign as Jeremy Macfarlane
- 2004 · The Beautiful Country as Captain Oh
- 2002 · Killing Emmett Young as John Harrett / Frank Dwyer
- 2000 · Made in Britain as Himself
- 1994 · Captives as Philip Chaney
- 1994 · Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Orange (archive footage)
- 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
- 1990 · Farendj as Anton
- 1988 · Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' as Franz Kafka / Josef K
- 1988 · To Kill a Priest as Feliks
- 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
- Future · Me, You as
- Future · A Fall from Grace as Detective Michael Tabb
- Future · Driving Ambition as Baz
- Future · Fish as Fish Osborne
- Future · Holy Molé as
- 1984 · Return to Waterloo as Boy Punk
- Future · Kissinger Takes Paris as Henry Kissinger
- Future · Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life as Self
- Future · A Colt Is My Passport as
- Future · Unkownia as
- 1986 · King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
- 1985 · Urban Jungle as Tristan Hanley
- 1984 · The Hit as Myron
- 1984 · Driving Ambition as Baz
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee