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 · Punch as Stan
- 2022 · Sundown as Neil Bennett
- 2021 · Bergman Island as Tony
- 2019 · The Song of Names as Martin Simmonds
- 2018 · The Padre as Padre
- 2017 · 1 Mile To You as Jarhead
- 2015 · Chronic as David
- 2014 · Grace of Monaco as Prince Rainier III
- 2014 · Finding Vivian Maier as Himself - Actor
- 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
- 2010 · Pete Smalls Is Dead as Pete Smalls
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Death Larsen
- 2009 · Skellig as Skellig
- 2007 · Coda: Thirty Years Later as Self
- 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
- 2003 · To Kill a King as Oliver Cromwell
- 2003 · Whatever We Do as Joe
- 2000 · Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1998 · Animals with the Tollkeeper as Henry
- 1993 · Bodies, Rest & Motion as Nick
- 1992 · Common Pursuit as
- 1991 · Jumpin' at the Boneyard as Manny
- 1990 · Yellowbacks as Peter Pike
- 1990 · Vincent & Theo as Vincent Van Gogh
- 1988 · Coppers as Graham
- 1988 · To Kill a Priest as Feliks
- 1986 · King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
- 1985 · Murder with Mirrors as Edgar Lawson
- 1983 · Made in Britain as Trevor
- Future · A Fall from Grace as Detective Michael Tabb
- Future · The Very Best People 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 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Self
- 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 · 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 · Reg as Reg Keys
- 2016 · Mr. Right as Hopper / Reynolds
- 2015 · The Hateful Eight as Oswaldo Mobray
- 2015 · 600 Miles as Hank Harris
- 2015 · Hardcore Henry as Henry's Father
- 2014 · Selma as Gov. George Wallace
- 2014 · Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima as Self
- 2014 · October Gale as Tom
- 2014 · United Passions as Sepp Blatter
- 2014 · Klondike as The Count
- 2013 · Möbius as Ivan Rostovsky
- 2012 · The Liability as Roy
- 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 · 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
- 2005 · The Last Sign as Jeremy Macfarlane
- 2004 · The Beautiful Country as Captain Oh
- 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 · Alan Clarke: His Own Man as Self
- 2000 · Vatel as Marquis de Lauzun
- 2000 · The Million Dollar Hotel as Izzy Goldkiss (uncredited)
- 2000 · Made in Britain as Himself
- 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'
- 1997 · Deceiver as James Walter Wayland
- 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
- 1994 · Captives as Philip Chaney
- 1994 · Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Orange (archive footage)
- 1993 · Heart of Darkness as Marlow
- 1990 · Vincent & Theo as Vincent Van Gogh
- 1990 · Farendj as Anton
- 1987 · Metamorphosis as Gregor Samsa
- 1986 · King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
- Future · Me, You as
- Future · Unknownia as
- Future · A Colt Is My Passport as
- Future · Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life as Self
- Future · Recovery as
- 1993 · The Perfect Husband as Milan
- 1993 · Murder in the Heartland as Charles Starkweather
- 1992 · Reservoir Dogs as Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke
- 1992 · Tales from the Crypt - Uncut as
- 1992 · Backsliding as Tom Whitton
- 1991 · Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as Guildenstern
- 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
- Future · Kissinger Takes Paris as Henry Kissinger
- Future · Driving Ambition as Baz
- Future · Holy Molé as
- 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
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Franz Kafka / Joseph K.
- 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 · Meantime as Colin
- 1983 · Tales Out of School as Trevor
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Fish as Fish Osborne