Tim Roth

Tim Roth

Acting
Born May 14, 1961
From London, England, UK

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

Filmography — Acting

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
7.2
2026

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

John Beckett

Pulp Fiction
8.5
1994

Pulp Fiction

Pumpkin

The Incredible Hulk
6.2
2008

The Incredible Hulk

Emil Blonsky

Virgin Territory
4.9
2007

Virgin Territory

Gerbino

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
7.5
2021

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Emil Blonsky / Abomination (voice) (uncredited)

Reservoir Dogs
8.1
1992

Reservoir Dogs

Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke

The Hateful Eight
7.8
2015

The Hateful Eight

Oswaldo Mobray

The Legend of 1900
8.2
1998

The Legend of 1900

Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900'

Planet of the Apes
5.8
2001

Planet of the Apes

Thade

Four Rooms
5.9
1995

Four Rooms

Ted the Bellhop

The Misfits
5.4
2021

The Misfits

Schultz

Hardcore Henry
6.4
2015

Hardcore Henry

Henry's Father

Selma
7.4
2014

Selma

Gov. George Wallace

Mr. Right
6.5
2016

Mr. Right

Hopper / Reynolds

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
7.3
1989

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Mitchel

Classified
5.6
2024

Classified

Kevin Angler

Hoodlum
6.4
1997

Hoodlum

Dutch Schultz

Funny Games
6.6
2008

Funny Games

George

Tornado
6.2
2025

Tornado

Sugarman

Arbitrage
6.3
2012

Arbitrage

Det. Michael Bryer

Rob Roy
6.7
1995

Rob Roy

Archibald Cunningham

Dark Water
5.7
2005

Dark Water

Jeff Platzer

Resurrection
6.0
2022

Resurrection

David

Seven Snipers
2026

Seven Snipers

The Dragon

Luce
6.4
2019

Luce

Peter Edgar

Möbius
5.7
2013

Möbius

Ivan Rostovsky

Broken
6.9
2012

Broken

Archie

Everyone Says I Love You
6.5
1996

Everyone Says I Love You

Charles Ferry

The Con Is On
4.0
2018

The Con Is On

Peter Fox

The Hit
6.4
1984

The Hit

Myron

Deceiver
6.0
1997

Deceiver

James Walter Wayland

Vatel
6.1
2000

Vatel

Marquis de Lauzun

260 days
8.0
2025

260 days

Marijan

The Song of Names
6.7
2019

The Song of Names

Martin Simmonds

QT8: The First Eight
7.2
2019

QT8: The First Eight

Self

Sundown
6.2
2022

Sundown

Neil Bennett

Bread and Roses
6.3
2000

Bread and Roses

Party Guest (uncredited)

The Million Dollar Hotel
5.9
2000

The Million Dollar Hotel

Izzy Goldkiss (uncredited)

The Musketeer
5.2
2001

The Musketeer

Febre the Man in Black

Bergman Island
6.3
2021

Bergman Island

Tony

King of the Ghetto
6.0
1986

King of the Ghetto

Matthew Long

Captives
5.8
1994

Captives

Philip Chaney

A World Apart
6.3
1988

A World Apart

Harold

To Kill a King
5.8
2003

To Kill a King

Oliver Cromwell

Gridlock'd
6.7
1997

Gridlock'd

Stretch

Little Odessa
6.4
1994

Little Odessa

Joshua Shapira

A Fall from Grace

A Fall from Grace

Detective Michael Tabb

Grace of Monaco
6.0
2014

Grace of Monaco

Prince Rainier III

Chronic
5.8
2015

Chronic

David

Finding Vivian Maier
7.6
2014

Finding Vivian Maier

Himself - Actor

Don't Come Knocking
6.2
2005

Don't Come Knocking

Sutter

Lucky Numbers
5.1
2000

Lucky Numbers

Gig

No Way Home
6.1
1997

No Way Home

Joey

1 Mile To You
6.5
2017

1 Mile To You

Jarhead

The Beautiful Country
5.9
2004

The Beautiful Country

Captain Oh

Pete Smalls Is Dead
4.6
2010

Pete Smalls Is Dead

Pete Smalls

Meantime
6.7
1983

Meantime

Colin

A Fuller Life
6.6
2013

A Fuller Life

Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell")

There Are No Saints
5.2
2022

There Are No Saints

Carl Abrahams

Youth Without Youth
6.1
2007

Youth Without Youth

Dominic Matei

Poison
6.0
2024

Poison

Lucas

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
6.9
1991

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Guildenstern

Even Money
5.5
2007

Even Money

Victor

Silver City
6.1
2004

Silver City

Mitch Paine

The Padre
5.9
2018

The Padre

Padre

The Secret Policeman's Ball
7.6
2012

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Self

Invincible
6.2
2001

Invincible

Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen

Battle of the Brave
6.1
2004

Battle of the Brave

William Pitt

Heart of Darkness
5.7
1993

Heart of Darkness

Marlow

Pulp Fiction: The Facts
2.0
2002

Pulp Fiction: The Facts

Self (archive footage)

United Passions
3.5
2014

United Passions

Sepp Blatter

Made in Britain
7.0
1983

Made in Britain

Trevor

Skellig
6.0
2009

Skellig

Skellig

These Amazing Shadows
7.4
2011

These Amazing Shadows

Self

Kingdom Come
6.2
2012

Kingdom Come

Self

The Liability
5.7
2012

The Liability

Roy

Bodies, Rest & Motion
5.7
1993

Bodies, Rest & Motion

Nick

4.8
2007

Coda: Thirty Years Later

Self

To Kill a Priest
6.0
1988

To Kill a Priest

Feliks

Sea Wolf
5.8
2009

Sea Wolf

Death Larsen

Punch
5.7
2022

Punch

Stan

Murder with Mirrors
6.5
1985

Murder with Mirrors

Edgar Lawson

Vincent & Theo
6.4
1990

Vincent & Theo

Vincent Van Gogh

Farendj
2.7
1990

Farendj

Anton

Jumpin' at the Boneyard
6.3
1991

Jumpin' at the Boneyard

Manny

Reg
5.0
2016

Reg

Reg Keys

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
6.7
2022

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

Self

Common Pursuit
1992

Common Pursuit

Whatever We Do
4.4
2003

Whatever We Do

Joe

The Last Sign
3.4
2005

The Last Sign

Jeremy Macfarlane

October Gale
5.0
2014

October Gale

Tom

Alan Clarke: His Own Man
6.0
2000

Alan Clarke: His Own Man

Self

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
6.7
2013

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

Self

Fish

Fish

Fish Osborne

Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
5.5
1994

Who Do You Think You're Fooling?

Mr. Orange (archive footage)

Killing Emmett Young
5.3
2002

Killing Emmett Young

John Harrett / Frank Dwyer

Driving Ambition
1984

Driving Ambition

Baz

Me, You

Me, You

The Perfect Husband
4.2
1993

The Perfect Husband

Milan

600 Miles
6.0
2015

600 Miles

Hank Harris

Coppers
6.0
1988

Coppers

Graham

A Colt Is My Passport

Animals with the Tollkeeper
7.3
1998

Animals with the Tollkeeper

Henry

Yellowbacks
7.0
1990

Yellowbacks

Peter Pike

The Very Best People

Kissinger Takes Paris

Henry Kissinger

Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
1988

Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'

Franz Kafka / Josef K

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life

Self

Brostitute
8.0
2010

Brostitute

Return to Waterloo
6.7
1984

Return to Waterloo

Boy Punk

Holy Molé

Holy Molé

Backsliding
1992

Backsliding

Tom Whitton

Unknownia

Recovery

Recovery

Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
9.0
2014

Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima

Self

Urban Jungle
1985

Urban Jungle

Tristan Hanley

Metamorphosis
7.0
1987

Metamorphosis

Gregor Samsa

The Making of 'the Incredible Hulk'
2008

The Making of 'the Incredible Hulk'

Self

Made in Britain
2000

Made in Britain

Himself

Filmography — Crew