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
- 2022 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Self
- 2022 · Sundown as Neil Bennett
- 2021 · Bergman Island as Tony
- 2017 · 1 Mile To You as Jarhead
- 2016 · Reg as Reg Keys
- 2015 · Chronic as David
- 2013 · Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking as Self
- 2012 · The Liability as Roy
- 2012 · Kingdom Come as Self
- 2010 · Pete Smalls Is Dead as Pete Smalls
- 2009 · Skellig as Skellig
- 2007 · Youth Without Youth as Dominic Matei
- 2007 · Even Money as Victor
- 2005 · Don't Come Knocking as Sutter
- 2004 · Battle of the Brave as William Pitt
- 2004 · Silver City as Mitch Paine
- 2004 · The Beautiful Country as Captain Oh
- 2003 · To Kill a King as Oliver Cromwell
- 2000 · Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Future · The Very Best People as
- 2003 · Whatever We Do as Joe
- 1997 · No Way Home as Joey
- 1993 · Heart of Darkness as Marlow
- 1993 · The Perfect Husband as Milan
- 1993 · Bodies, Rest & Motion as Nick
- 1992 · Backsliding as Tom Whitton
- 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
- 1985 · Murder with Mirrors as Edgar Lawson
- 1983 · Meantime as Colin
- 1983 · Made in Britain as Trevor
- Future · A Fall from Grace as Detective Michael Tabb
- Future · Kissinger Takes Paris as Henry Kissinger
- 2018 · The Padre as Padre
- 2015 · 600 Miles as Hank Harris
- 2014 · Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima as Self
- 2014 · October Gale as Tom
- 1986 · King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
- Future · A Colt Is My Passport as
- 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 · She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Emil Blonsky / Abomination
- 2022 · Resurrection as David
- 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 · The Misfits as Schultz
- 2019 · The Song of Names as Martin Simmonds
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 2019 · Luce as Peter Edgar
- 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 · Hardcore Henry as Henry's Father
- 2014 · Selma as Gov. George Wallace
- 2014 · United Passions as Sepp Blatter
- 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
- 2012 · Arbitrage as Det. Michael Bryer
- 2012 · Broken as Archie
- 2012 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest
- 2011 · These Amazing Shadows as Self
- 2010 · Brostitute as
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Death Larsen
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Death Larsen
- 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 · Coda: Thirty Years Later as Self
- 2006 · Tsunami: The Aftermath as Nick Fraser
- 2006 · The Henry Rollins Show as
- 2005 · Dark Water as Jeff Platzer
- 2005 · The Last Sign as Jeremy Macfarlane
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 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
- 2001 · The Musketeer as Febre the Man in Black
- 2001 · Planet of the Apes as Thade
- 2000 · Lucky Numbers as Gig
- 2000 · Made in Britain as Himself
- 1994 · Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Orange (archive footage)
- 1992 · Common Pursuit as
- 1990 · Vincent & Theo as Vincent Van Gogh
- 1990 · Yellowbacks as Peter Pike
- Future · Recovery as
- Future · Driving Ambition as Baz
- Future · Me, You as
- Future · Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life as Self
- 2000 · Alan Clarke: His Own Man as Self
- 2000 · Vatel as Marquis de Lauzun
- 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 · Deceiver as James Walter Wayland
- 1997 · Hoodlum as Dutch Schultz
- 1997 · Gridlock'd as Stretch
- 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 · Captives as Philip Chaney
- 1993 · Murder in the Heartland as Charles Starkweather
- 1992 · Reservoir Dogs as Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke
- 1992 · Tales from the Crypt - Uncut as
- 1991 · Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as Guildenstern
- 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
- Future · Unknownia as
- Future · Holy Molé as
- 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.
- 1987 · Metamorphosis as Gregor Samsa
- 1986 · King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
- 1985 · Urban Jungle as Tristan Hanley
- 1985 · Screen Two as Nick Finchley
- 1984 · Return to Waterloo as Boy Punk
- 1984 · The Hit as Myron
- 1984 · Driving Ambition as Baz
- 1983 · Tales Out of School as Trevor
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Fish as Fish Osborne