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Tim Roth

Birth name: Timothy Simon Smith

Birth date: 14.05.1961

Often mistaken for an American because of his skill at imitating accents, actor Tim Roth was born Timothy Simon Smith in London, England on May 14, 1961 to mother Ann, a teacher and landscape painter, and father Ernie, a journalist who changed the family name to "Roth". Tim grew up in Dulwich, a middle-class area in the south of London. He demonstrated his talent for picking up accents at an early age when he attended school in Brixton, where he faced persecution from classmates for his comfortable background and quickly perfected a cockney accent to blend in. He attended Camberwell Art College and studied sculpture before he dropped out and pursued acting. The slightly built blonde actor's first big break was the British TV movie Made in Britain (1982) (TV). Roth made a huge splash in that film as a young skinhead named Trevor. He next worked with director Mike Leigh on Meantime (1984) (TV), which he has counted among his favorite projects. He debuted on the big screen when he filled in for Joe Strummer in the Stephen Frears neo-noir The Hit (1984). Roth gained more attention for his turn as Vincent Van Gogh in Vincent & Theo (1990) and his work opposite Gary Oldman in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990). He moved to Los Angeles in search of work and caught the eye of young director Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino had envisioned Roth as a possible Mr. Blonde or Mr. Pink in his heist flick Reservoir Dogs (1992), but Roth campaigned for the role of Mr. Orange instead, and ultimately won the part. It proved to be a huge breakthrough for Roth, as audiences found it difficult to forget his performance as a member of a group of bank robbers who is slowly bleeding to death. Tarantino cast Roth again in the landmark film Pulp Fiction (1994). Roth and actress Amanda Plummer played a pair of robbers who hold up a restaurant. 1995 saw the third of Roth's collaborations with Tarantino, a surprisingly slapstick performance in the anthology film Four Rooms (1995). That same year Roth picked up an Academy Award nomination for his campy turn as a villain in the period piece Rob Roy (1995). Continuing to take on disparate roles, Roth did his own singing (with an American accent to boot) in the lightweight Woody Allen musical Everyone Says I Love You (1996). He starred opposite Tupac Shakur in Shakur's last film, the black comedy Gridlock'd (1997). The pair received postive critical notices for their comic chemistry. Standing in contrast to the criminals and baddies that crowd his CV, Roth's work as the innocent, seafaring pianist in the Giuseppe Tornatore film Leggenda del pianista sull'oceano, La (1998) became something of a fan favorite. Grittier fare followed when Roth made his directorial debut with The War Zone (1999), a frank, critically acclaimed drama about a family torn apart by incest. His next high-profile appearance as an actor was as General Thade, an evil simian in the Tim Burton remake of Planet of the Apes (2001). Roth was, of course, all but unrecognizable in his primate make-up. Recent appearances include a small role in the John Sayles satire Silver City (2004) and the horror film Dark Water (2005).

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Filmography

# The Death of Harry Tobin (2008) # Inglorious Bastards (2008) # The Other Side (2008) .... Rupert Pupkin # Six Bullets from Now (2008) (pre-production) # The Incredible Hulk (2008) .... Emil Blonsky # Funny Games (2008).... George # Virgin Territory (2007) .... Gerbino # Youth Without Youth (2007) .... Dominic # My Blueberry Nights (2007) # Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) (TV) .... Nick Fraser # Even Money (2006/I) .... Victor # Dark Water (2005) .... Jeff Platzer # Don't Come Knocking (2005) .... Sutter # The Last Sign (2005) .... Jeremy Macfarlane ... aka Dernier signe, Le (France) # Nouvelle-France (2004) .... William Pitt ... aka Battle of the Brave (USA: new title) ... aka New France (International: English title) # Silver City (2004) .... Mitch Paine # Late Night Shorts (2004) (TV) .... Presenter # With It (2004) .... "Chicken Louis" Farnatelli # The Beautiful Country (2004) .... Captain Oh # To Kill a King (2003) .... Oliver Cromwell # Whatever We Do (2003) .... Joe # Emmett's Mark (2002) .... John Harrett/Frank Dwyer ... aka Killing Emmett Young (USA: video title) # The Musketeer (2001) .... Febre the Man in Black # Invincible (2001) .... Hersche Steinschneider alias Erik Jan Hanussen ... aka Unbesiegbar (Germany) # Planet of the Apes (2001) .... Thade # Lucky Numbers (2000) .... Gig ... aka Bon numéro, Le (France) # Vatel (2000) .... Marquis de Lauzun # The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) (uncredited) .... Izzy Goldkiss # Leggenda del pianista sull'oceano, La (1998) .... Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900' ... aka The Legend of 1900 (USA) ... aka The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean (USA) # Animals and the Tollkeeper (1998) .... Henry # Deceiver (1997) .... James Walter Wayland ... aka Liar (UK) # Hoodlum (1997) .... Dutch Schultz # Gridlock'd (1997) .... Alexander 'Stretch' Rawland # Everyone Says I Love You (1996) .... Charles Ferry # No Way Home (1996) .... Joey # Mocking the Cosmos (1996) .... Myrodemnon/Myron # Four Rooms (1995) .... Ted the Bellhop # Rob Roy (1995) .... Archibald Cunningham # Captives (1994) .... Philip Chaney # Little Odessa (1994) .... Joshua Shapira # Pulp Fiction (1994) .... Pumpkin (Ringo) # Heart of Darkness (1994) (TV) .... Marlow # Marido perfecto, El (1993) .... Milan ... aka The Perfect Husband # Murder in the Heartland (1993) (TV) .... Charles Starkweather # Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993) .... Nick # Backsliding (1992) .... Tom Whitton # Common Pursuit (1992) (TV) .... Nick Finchley # Reservoir Dogs (1992) .... Mr. Orange/Freddy Newandyke # Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1992) .... Manny # "Tales from the Crypt" .... Jack Craig (1 episode, 1991) ... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt - Easel Kill Ya (1991) TV Episode .... Jack Craig # Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) .... Guildenstern # Yellowbacks (1990) (TV) .... Peter Pike # Farendj (1990) .... Anton # Vincent & Theo (1990) .... Vincent van Gogh ... aka Vincent et Théo (France) # The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989) .... Mitchel ... aka Cuisinier, le voleur, sa femme et son amant, Le (France) ... aka Spica ... aka The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover # Knuckle (1989) (TV) .... Curly Delafield # Coppers (1988) (TV) # To Kill a Priest (1988) .... Feliks ... aka Complot, Le (France) ... aka Popieluszko # A World Apart (1988) .... Harold # Twice Upon a Time (1988) # Metamorphosis (1987) (TV) .... Gregor Samsa # "King of the Ghetto" (1986) TV Series .... Matthew Long # Return to Waterloo (1985) .... Boy Punk # Murder with Mirrors (1985) (TV) .... Edgar Lawson ... aka Agatha Christie's Murder with Mirrors (UK: complete title) # The Hit (1984) .... Myron # "Driving Ambition" .... Baz (1 episode, 1984) - A Little Differential Problem (1984) TV Episode .... Baz # Meantime (1984) (TV) .... Colin # Made in Britain (1982) (TV) .... Trevor the Skinhead