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Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and musician. He was born in West Covina, California, and raised in New York City. He moved to Greenwich Village at a young age, began performing in theater at age 12, and joined the drama clubs at Stuyvesant High School. He studied at SUNY Plattsburgh for two years, and finished his college education at the UCLA Film School.

His acting career began during his teenage years at Theater for the New City, where he performed in their Annual Summer Street Theater and starred in a musical adaptation of ''Literature/TheLittlePrince''. His first television role was as Andrew Reinhardt, a domestic terrorist who appeared in three episodes of ''Series/StElsewhere'' in 1982, followed by a guest appearance in ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'' in 1985. He mainly took small parts in films and other television series until his breakout role as pitcher Ebby Calvin "Nuke" [=LaLoosh=] in the 1988 film ''Film/BullDurham''.

Since then, he has written, produced, directed, and starred in a wide spectrum of films, from inspiring dramas like ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' to thrillers like ''Film/ArlingtonRoad'' to comedies like ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy''. He typically plays relatable everymen who find themselves thrown into unusual circumstances, and his awards run the spectrum from Academy Awards of the highest caliber to Razzie nominations of the lowest--more of the former than the latter, though. To date, he is the tallest actor to win an Academy Award, standing at 6'5. His size doesn't come up often in his movies, but he did poke fun of it in his appearance on Sesame Street, where he had difficulty finding a bed that fit him.


!!Tim Robbins's film roles with Website/TVTropes Pages:
* ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'' as Public News Anchor (uncredited)
* ''Film/{{Antitrust}}'' as Gary Winston
* ''Film/ArlingtonRoad'' as Oliver Lang[=/=]William Fenimore
* ''Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe'' as the President
* ''Film/BobRoberts'' as Bob Roberts
* ''Film/BullDurham'' as Ebby Calvin "Nuke" [=LaLoosh=]
* ''Film/CadillacMan'' as Larry
* ''Film/CatchAFire'' as Nic Vos
* ''Film/CityOfEmber'' as Loris Harrow
* ''Film/{{Code 46}}'' as William Geld
* ''Film/DarkWaters'' as Tom Terp
* ''Film/DeadManWalking'' (writer, director)
* ''Film/ErikTheViking'' as Erik
* ''Film/GreenLantern2011'' as Senator Robert Hammond
* ''Film/HighFidelity'' as Ian "Ray" Raymond
* ''Film/HowardTheDuck'' as Phil Blumburtt
* ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy'' as Norville Barnes
* ''Film/HumanNature'' as Dr. Nathan Bronfman
* ''Film/{{IQ|1994}}'' as Ed Walters
* ''Film/JacobsLadder'' as Jacob Singer
* ''Film/JungleFever'' as Jerry
* ''Theatre/MarjoriePrime'' as Jon
* ''Film/MissionToMars'' as Woodrow "Woody" Blake
* ''Film/MysticRiver'' as Dave Boyle
* ''Film/{{Noise}}'' as David Owen
* ''Film/NothingToLose'' as Nick Beam
* ''Film/ThePlayer'' as Griffin Mill
* ''Film/PretAPorter'' as Joe Flynne
* ''Film/QuarterbackPrincess'' as Marvin
* ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' as Andy Dufresne
* ''Film/ShortCuts'' as Gene Shephard
* ''Film/TheSureThing'' as Gary Cooper
* ''Film/{{Tapeheads}}'' as Josh Tager
* ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'' as The Stranger
* ''Film/TopGun'' as Lt. Samuel "Merlin" Wells
* ''Film/ToySoldiers'' as Boe
* ''Film/TheTruthAboutCharlie'' as Lewis Bartholomew
* ''Film/{{Twister}}'' as Jeff
* ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005'' as Harlan Ogilvy
* ''Film/{{Zathura}}'' as Mr. Budwing

!!Tim Robbins's television roles with Website/TVTropes pages:
* ''Series/TheBrink'' as Secretary of State Walter Larson
* ''Series/HardcastleAndMcCormick'' as Inmate Johnson
* ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' as Officer Lawrence "Larry" Swann
* ''Series/TheSpoilsOfBabylon'' as Jonas Morehouse
* ''Series/StElsewhere'' as Andrew Reinhardt
* ''Series/CastleRock'' as Pop Merrill.
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