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

Pulp Fiction Not in library

Pulp Fiction

1994

Reservoir Dogs Not in library

Reservoir Dogs

1992

The Hateful Eight Not in library

The Hateful Eight

2015

The Incredible Hulk Not in library

The Incredible Hulk

2008

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Not in library

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

2021

Planet of the Apes Not in library

Planet of the Apes

2001

Four Rooms Not in library

Four Rooms

1995

Hardcore Henry Not in library

Hardcore Henry

2015

Twin Peaks Not in library

Twin Peaks

1990

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Not in library

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

2022

Acting

2026 Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man as John Beckett In Library
2026 Seven Snipers as The Dragon
2025 Tornado as Sugarman
2025 260 days as Marijan
2024 Classified as Kevin Angler
2024 Poison as Lucas
2023 Last King of the Cross as Ezra Shipman (10 episodes)
2022 Resurrection as David
2022 Punch as Stan
2022 There Are No Saints as Carl Abrahams
2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Self
2022 Sundown as Neil Bennett
2022 She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as Emil Blonsky / Abomination (4 episodes)
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 Luce as Peter Edgar
2019 The Song of Names as Martin Simmonds
2019 QT8: The First Eight as Self
2018 The Con Is On as Peter Fox
2018 The Padre as Padre
2017 1 Mile To You as Jarhead
2017 Tin Star as Jim Worth / Jack Devlin (25 episodes)
2016 Mr. Right as Hopper / Reynolds
2016 Reg as Reg Keys
2016 Rillington Place as John Christie (3 episodes)
2015 600 Miles as Hank Harris
2015 Chronic as David
2015 The Hateful Eight as Oswaldo Mobray
2015 Hardcore Henry as Henry's Father
2014 Grace of Monaco as Prince Rainier III
2014 United Passions as Sepp Blatter
2014 Selma as Gov. George Wallace
2014 October Gale as Tom
2014 Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima as Self
2014 Finding Vivian Maier as Himself - Actor
2014 Klondike as The Count (3 episodes)
2013 Möbius as Ivan Rostovsky
2013 Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking as Self
2013 A Fuller Life as Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell")
2012 Arbitrage as Det. Michael Bryer
2012 Broken as Archie
2012 The Liability as Roy
2012 Kingdom Come as Self
2012 The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
2011 These Amazing Shadows as Self
2011 The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2010 Pete Smalls Is Dead as Pete Smalls
2010 Brostitute
2009 Skellig as Skellig
2009 Sea Wolf as Death Larsen
2009 Lie to Me as Cal Lightman (48 episodes)
2009 Sea Wolf as Death Larsen (2 episodes)
2008 The Incredible Hulk as Emil Blonsky
2008 Funny Games as George
2007 Youth Without Youth as Dominic Matei
2007 Even Money as Victor
2007 Coda: Thirty Years Later as Self
2007 Virgin Territory as Gerbino
2006 The Henry Rollins Show
2006 Tsunami: The Aftermath as Nick Fraser (2 episodes)
2005 Don't Come Knocking as Sutter
2005 Dark Water as Jeff Platzer
2005 The Last Sign as Jeremy Macfarlane
2004 The Beautiful Country as Captain Oh
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
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (3 episodes)
2002 Killing Emmett Young as John Harrett / Frank Dwyer
2002 Pulp Fiction: The Facts as Self (archive footage)
2001 Planet of the Apes as Thade
2001 The Musketeer as Febre the Man in Black
2001 Invincible as Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen
2000 Lucky Numbers as Gig
2000 Vatel as Marquis de Lauzun
2000 Made in Britain as Himself
2000 Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
2000 The Million Dollar Hotel as Izzy Goldkiss (uncredited)
2000 Alan Clarke: His Own Man as Self
1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest (1 episode)
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 Deceiver as James Walter Wayland
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 Pulp Fiction as Pumpkin
1994 Captives as Philip Chaney
1994 Little Odessa as Joshua Shapira
1994 Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Orange (archive footage)
1993 Heart of Darkness as Marlow
1993 Bodies, Rest & Motion as Nick
1993 The Perfect Husband as Milan
1993 Murder in the Heartland as Charles Starkweather (2 episodes)
1992 Reservoir Dogs as Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke
1992 Common Pursuit
1992 Backsliding as Tom Whitton
1992 Tales from the Crypt - Uncut
1991 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as Guildenstern
1991 Jumpin' at the Boneyard as Manny
1990 Yellowbacks as Peter Pike
1990 Vincent & Theo as Vincent Van Gogh
1990 Farendj as Anton
1990 Vincent & Theo as Vincent Van Gogh (4 episodes)
1990 Twin Peaks as Gary "Hutch" Hutchens (5 episodes)
1989 The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover as Mitchel
1989 Tales from the Crypt as Jack Craig (1 episode)
1988 A World Apart as Harold
1988 To Kill a Priest as Feliks
1988 Coppers as Graham
1988 Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' as Franz Kafka / Josef K
1988 The Play on One as Peter Pike (1 episode)
1988 The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Franz Kafka / Joseph K. (1 episode)
1987 Metamorphosis as Gregor Samsa
1986 King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long
1986 King of the Ghetto as Matthew Long (4 episodes)
1985 Murder with Mirrors as Edgar Lawson
1985 Urban Jungle as Tristan Hanley
1985 Screen Two as Nick Finchley (1 episode)
1984 The Hit as Myron
1984 Return to Waterloo as Boy Punk
1984 Driving Ambition as Baz
1983 Made in Britain as Trevor
1983 Meantime as Colin
1983 Tales Out of School as Trevor (1 episode)
1944 Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)
Recovery
A Fall from Grace as Detective Michael Tabb
Kissinger Takes Paris as Henry Kissinger
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life as Self
Fish as Fish Osborne
Holy Molé
The Very Best People
A Colt Is My Passport
Me, You
Unknownia
Driving Ambition as Baz (1 episode)

Directing

1999 The War Zone Director

Production

2024 Poison Executive Producer
2022 Sundown Executive Producer
2010 Caught in the Crossfire Executive Producer

Crew

2019 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood Thanks
2015 From Afar Thanks