Line #34 Creator/TimRoth


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3	->''"There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which is my intention. It is not my intention to just be a rich and famous person, that would be pretty boring."''
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5	Timothy Simon Roth (born 14 May 1961 in Dulwich, London) is an English film actor and director best known for his roles in the American films ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', ''Film/PulpFiction'', ''Film/FourRooms'', ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001'', ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk\|2008}}'', and ''Film/RobRoy'', the latter of which earned him an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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7	Roth's debut role was in the 1982 TV movie ''Made in Britain'', in which he played a [[ThoseWackyNazis violent skinhead]]. Interestingly enough, he originally entered the theatre where they were holding the auditions to ask if he could borrow a bike pump for his bicycle. Since then, he has been [[TypeCasting typecast]] as [[{{Mooks}} thugs]], convicts and/or murderers, which makes his [[StarMakingRole casting as Guildenstern]] in Creator/TomStoppard's ''Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead'' [[PlayingAgainstType interesting]].
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9	He impressed director Creator/QuentinTarantino and was cast as Mr. Orange in Tarantino's 1992 ensemble piece ''Film/ReservoirDogs''. This film paved the way for [[LimeyGoesToHollywood more work in Hollywood]]. In 1994, Tarantino cast him again as the robber Pumpkin in the acclaimed ''Film/PulpFiction''. They worked again in the 1995 movie ''Film/FourRooms'', where Roth played the extremely physically animated role of "Ted the Bellhop". Roth was very successful playing viciously evil English [[AristocratsAreEvil nobleman]] [[SissyVillain Archibald Cunningham]] in ''Film/RobRoy'' opposite Creator/LiamNeeson. For that role he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, a Golden Globe nomination, and won a British Academy Award. He also played [[PlayingAgainstType Marlow]] opposite Creator/JohnMalkovich as Kurtz in a TVMovie adaptation of ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness''. He also played the role of a genius piano player in ''The Legend of 1900'', and starred in the TV series ''Series/LieToMe'' as [[LivingLieDetector Cal Lightman]].
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11	Roth is part of the "Brit Pack", a group coined by the media for young British actors who achieved success in Hollywood in the late 1980s. Creator/GaryOldman, Creator/ColinFirth and Creator/DanielDayLewis are among the actors in the group.
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13	Has a [[HoYay very special]] [[http://www.tim-roth.com/?id=penpal friendship]] with Creator/GaryOldman.
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16	!!Notable works:
17	!!!'''Films'''
18	* ''Made in Britain'' (1982) as Trevor, a violent and terrifying skinhead. His first on-screen role.
19	* ''Meantime'' (1983) as Colin.
20	* ''The Hit'' (1984) as Myron.
21	* ''Film/TheCookTheThiefHisWifeAndHerLover'' (1989) as Mitchel.
22	* ''Vincent & Theo'' (1990) as Creator/VincentVanGogh.
23	* ''Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead'' (1990) as Guildenstern.
24	* ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' (1992) as Mr. Orange.
25	* ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'' (1993) as Marlow.
26	* ''Film/LittleOdessa'' (1994) as Joshua Shapira.
27	* ''Film/PulpFiction'' (1994) as the robber Pumpkin.
28	* ''Film/RobRoy'' (1995) as hammy [[AristocratsAreEvil nobleman]] Archibald Cunningham.
29	* ''Film/FourRooms'' (1995) as Ted the Bellhop.
30	* ''Film/EveryoneSaysILoveYou'' (1996) as Charles Ferry.
31	* ''Film/{{Hoodlum}}'' (1997) as Dutch Schultz.
32	* ''Film/TheLegendOf1900'' (1998) as Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900'.
33	* ''Film/TheWarZone'' (1999). His directorial debut.
34	* ''Film/{{Planet of the Apes\|2001}}'' (2001) as General Thade.
35	* ''Invincible'' (2001) as Erik Jan Hanussen.
36	* ''Film/TheMusketeer'' (2001) as Febre.
37	* ''Film/VirginTerritory'' (2007) as Gerbino.
38	* ''Film/FunnyGames'' (2007) as George Farber.
39	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' as [[Characters/MCUEmilBlonsky Emil Blonsky / Abomination]].
40	** ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk\|2008}}'' (2008)
41	** ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'' (2021)
42	** ''Series/SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw'' (2022)
43	* ''Film/{{Arbitrage}}'' (2012) as Detective Michael Bryer.
44	* ''Broken'' (2012) as Archie.
45	* ''Film/{{Selma}}'' (2014) as Governor George Wallace.
46	* ''Film/UnitedPassions'' (2014) as Sepp Blatter, albeit for all the wrong reasons. He has since admitted he did the movie solely [[MoneyDearBoy for financial reasons]] and regretted it while he was making it.
47	* ''Film/TheHatefulEight'' (2015) as Oswaldo Mobray.
48	* ''Film/HardcoreHenry'' (2015) as Henry's father.
49	* ''Film/MrRight'' (2015) as Hopper.
50	* ''Film/TheConIsOn'' (2018) as Peter Fox.
51	* ''Film/Resurrection2022'' as David.
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53	!!!'''TV Series'''
54	* ''Series/LieToMe'' (2009–11) as [[LivingLieDetector Cal Lightman]].
55	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' (2014) as [[Characters/DoctorWhoDoctors Doctor Who]], Frank, and Police Officer.
56	* ''Series/TwinPeaks: The Return'' (2017) as Gary 'Hutch' Hutchens.
57	* ''Tin Star'' (2017-2020) as Chief Jim Worth
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59	!!!'''Video Games'''
60	* ''VideoGame/{{The Incredible Hulk\|2008}}'' (2008) as [[Characters/MCUEmilBlonsky Emil Blonsky]].

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