Tim Roth

Tim Roth
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Name:
Tim Roth
Real name:
Timothy Simon Roth
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(64 y.o.)
Place of birth:
London
Height:
5'7 ft ()
Weight:
159 lb (72 kg)
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Biography of Tim Roth

Tim Roth is an English actor and director who rose to fame through his roles in Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994), both directed by Quentin Tarantino, as well as his starring role as a psychologist in the TV series Lie to Me. Net worth: $8 million.
On the photo: Tim Roth
On the photo: Tim Roth

His Childhood and Youth

Timothy Simon Roth was born on May 14, 1961, in South London. His mother Ann was a painter and teacher, while his father Ernie was a journalist and painter who belonged to the British Communist Party until the 1970s.
Tim Roth as a child (on the photo as Dracula in the school play)
Tim Roth as a child (on the photo as Dracula in the school play)
Tim's father was actually born with the surname Smith, but changed it to the German-Jewish Roth in the 1940s—partly out of solidarity with Holocaust victims and partly because being British wasn't exactly welcomed in the countries where he worked.
Tim Roth in his youth
Tim Roth in his youth
As a teenager, Tim Roth wanted to be a sculptor, so after high school, he entered the London Camberwell College of Arts. However, he never finished his studies. The young man dropped out when he became far more interested in the stage than in gypsum and clay.

His Acting Career

Tim Roth honed his acting skills performing in small theaters and improvising scenes in pubs. In 1983, he landed his first major movie role - he played a skinhead in the BBC movie Made in Britain. Roth was fortunate – he consistently landed compelling lead roles. Although Tim's early films weren't box office hits, he had the chance to play various characters: from the developmentally disabled young man in love in the comedy-drama Meantime (1983) to the stern hitman in Stephen Frears' movie The Hit (1984).
Tim Roth as a skinhead in Made in Britain
Tim Roth as a skinhead in Made in Britain
In 1989, the actor starred in Peter Greenaway's drama The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, and a year later, he played the famous Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh in Vincent & Theo. Critics praised the actor's performance:
Without question, Tim Roth as Vincent is the film's greatest asset... He delivers a tender, sympathetic portrayal of someone striving to perfect his craft.
By the end of the 1980s, Tim Roth and other successful British actors, such as Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Bruce Payne and Paul McGann, were dubbed the Brit Pack in Hollywood. Tim's rising fame had already caught the attention of promising directors. Among them there was Quentin Tarantino, who in 1992 gave Roth the role in his debut movie Reservoir Dogs and two years later invited him to star in Pulp Fiction with John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis and Uma Thurman. These movies became extremely popular.
Tim Roth in Pulp Fiction (a scene)
In 1995, Tarantino and Roth also collaborated on the shooting of Four Rooms, where Tim played the central character, desk clerk Ted. His role as the impoverished illegitimate aristocrat from London in Michael Caton-Jones' historical movie Rob Roy earned him the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in Supporting Role as well as nominations for Oscar and Golden Globe Award.
Tim Roth in Four Rooms (a scene)
In 1996, Tim starred in Woody Allen's musical comedy Everyone Says I Love You, working on the set with Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Edward Norton and Goldie Hawn.
Tim Roth and Drew Barrymore in Everyone Says I Love You
Tim Roth and Drew Barrymore in Everyone Says I Love You
Three years later, Roth made his directorial debut with the drama The War Zone about a teenager who revealed a terrible family secret - incest and sexual abuse. The film earned numerous award nominations, with Tim winning seven awards and receiving multiple best director honors.
In 1999, Tim Roth made his directorial debut
In 1999, Tim Roth made his directorial debut
After the movie release, Roth admitted that he was a victim of sexual abuse, but he refused to name the offender. In late 2016, during an interview with The Guardian, the actor finally revealed that his grandfather had abused him from early childhood through adolescence.

According to Zoomboola.com, in 2001, the actor played General Thade in the science fiction movie Planet of the Apes, directed by Tim Burton. For this project, Roth turned down the role of Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film series. It proved to be the right choice: both the film and his performance earned critical acclaim and audience adoration.
Tim Roth before shooting Planet of the Apes
Tim Roth before shooting Planet of the Apes
Roth was considered for the role of the intellectual psychopath Hannibal Lecter in Ridley Scott's thriller Hannibal (2001), a sequel to the 1991 movie The Silence of the Lambs. However, Anthony Hopkins confirmed his participation in the project, and he was chosen. But Tim was lucky enough to work with Francis Ford Coppola on the set of his drama Youth Without Youth (2007). Despite its modest budget, the film quickly recouped its costs in the opening weeks.
Tim Roth in Francis Ford Coppola's drama Youth Without Youth
Tim Roth in Francis Ford Coppola's drama Youth Without Youth
Roth's Marvel Studios project marked a significant chapter in his career. In 2008, the actor starred as supervillain Emil Blonsky, known as Abomination, an officer and a former spy of socialist Yugoslavia, in the movie The Incredible Hulk. Its director Louis Leterrier was a fan of Roth's work. In an interview, he said:
It's great watching a normal Cockney boy become a superhero!
From 2009 to 2011, Tim Roth starred in the TV series on Fox Lie to Me. The actor played Dr. Cal Lightman, an expert on body language, who assisted local and federal law organizations in the investigations of crimes. His character was based on renowned American psychologist Professor Paul Ekman, though the series opened with a disclaimer that no real person served as the character's prototype.
Tim Roth talks about the TV series Lie to Me
In 2012, Tim Roth reached a career milestone when he became President of the Jury for Un Certain Regard, the Cannes Film Festival's second most prestigious section. The following year, he starred as the 8th FIFA President Joseph (Sepp) Blatter in United Passions.
Tim Roth and former FIFA President Sepp Blatter
Tim Roth and former FIFA President Sepp Blatter
The story spans from the early 20th century to 2004, celebrating a game that became a global sport symbolizing hope and unity. Sam Neill (as the 7th FIFA President, Joao Havelange), Thomas Kretschmann (Horst Dassler, a son of Adolf Adi Dassler, the founder of the brand Adidas), Fisher Stevens and Gerard Depardieu also starred in the movie by French director Frederic Auburtin. The release of the movie coincided with FIFA's 110th anniversary and 2014 FIFA World Cup.
United Passions – a trailer
In 2015, Tim starred in Chronic which received a limited release in 2016. Later, for this role, the actor received an Independent Spirit Award. In the same year, Roth again worked with Tarantino on the set of his western The Hateful Eight, where Tim played executioner Oswaldo Mobray (English Pete Hicox).
Tim Roth in The Hateful Eight
Tim Roth in The Hateful Eight
In an interview, the actor confirmed that his character was the ancestor of Archie Hicox, an English Lieutenant from Tarantino's movie Inglourious Basterds. Interestingly, Tim Roth was originally set to play Hicox in that film, but scheduling conflicts led to Michael Fassbender taking the role instead. Other Tarantino regulars including Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Walton Goggins, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, Zoe Bell also starred in The Hateful Eight. For the first time, Tarantino worked with Channing Tatum and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Tim Roth in the TV series Tin Star
Tim Roth in the TV series Tin Star
In 2017, Tim starred as former London detective Jim Worth, who's trying to escape his past in a small town, in the drama series Tin Star. The first season impressed both critics and audiences, leading to a second season renewal.
Tim Roth in the TV series Twin Peaks
Tim Roth in the TV series Twin Peaks
The actor also played in the third season of the TV series Twin Peaks, a continuation of the cult TV series by David Lynch, released in the 1990s.

In the summer of 2018, Tim Roth could be seen in the comedy The Con Is On. Despite the stellar cast (Uma Thurman, Sofia Vergara, Stephen Fry), James Oakley's movie received low ratings.
The Con Is On – a trailer
In September 2018, the drama The Padre was released in the USA. The film follows former convict Padre (Tim Roth) as he flees from his father-in-law, Marshal Nemes (Nick Nolte), alongside hired Colombian police officer Gaspar (Luis Guzmán).

Personal Life of Tim Roth

Tim Roth has three sons. Jack Roth, born to Lori Baker in 1984, is also an actor.
Tim Roth with his first wife Lori Baker and son Jack
Tim Roth with his first wife Lori Baker and son Jack
In 1993, Roth married Nikki Butler, a designer of clothes and jewelry. They met at the Sundance Film Festival – she admits she didn't know who Tim was at the time and hadn't seen any of his films.
Tim Roth and Nikki Butler
Tim Roth and Nikki Butler
They have two sons – Timothy Hunter (born in 1995) and Michael Cormac (born in 1996, died in 2022 from cancer). Butler also adopted little Jack.

Tim Roth Now

In 2019, the drama "Luce" was released, starring Tim Roth alongside Naomi Watts and Octavia Spencer. That same July, Tim Roth was set to appear in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" as Margot Robbie's character's former boyfriend. However, all of Roth's scenes were ultimately cut from the final film, with the director explaining that they didn't fit the story.
In 2020, Tim Roth starred in films much less than before.
In 2020, Tim Roth starred in films much less than before.
  • Robert Yates, this is so outdated and wrong. First of all, 1961 is year of the Ox in Chinese zodiac, not Snake. And his son Cormac died of cancer. Tim is insanely talented, so is his first-born, Jack. Who kinda looks like him. But lacks that je ne sais quoi (to save you a Google search, in French it means a quality that cannot be described or named easily)
    2024-03-27 23:45:54
  • Not a fan of Tim Roth, but plays convincing enough! Even if the characters are all the same for him. As it turned out, a father with many children, well, it`s great
    2021-05-08 14:43:29
  • Well, Tarantino`s films can also be remembered by Roth`s participation in them. Without him, something is badly remembered :)
    2021-03-31 13:59:44
  • Too pretentious for me! A talented, but very similar and pretentious actor
    2021-03-26 17:55:58
  • Tim Roth is always recognizable in films, but I don`t particularly like films with him. Except «Lie to Me» I didn`t see anything much :) But the series is not bad, I watched it with pleasure
    2021-03-22 19:27:43
  • Tim Roth has been in the film industry for a long time and there were a lot of roles. I saw him in the Reservoir Dogs for the very first time.
    2021-03-13 16:20:11
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