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 The Little Prince. His first television role was as Andrew Reinhardt, a domestic terrorist who appeared in three episodes of St. Elsewhere in 1982, followed by a guest appearance in 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 Bull Durham.
Since then, he has written, produced, directed, and starred in a wide spectrum of films, from inspiring dramas like The Shawshank Redemption to thrillers like Arlington Road to comedies like The Hudsucker Proxy. 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 TV Tropes Pages:
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Public News Anchor (uncredited)
- Antitrust as Gary Winston
- Arlington Road as Oliver Lang/William Fenimore
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as the President
- Bob Roberts as Bob Roberts
- Bull Durham as Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh
- Cadillac Man as Larry
- Catch A Fire as Nic Vos
- City of Ember as Loris Harrow
- Code 46 as William Geld
- Dark Waters as Tom Terp
- Dead Man Walking (writer, director)
- Erik the Viking as Erik
- Green Lantern (2011) as Senator Robert Hammond
- High Fidelity as Ian "Ray" Raymond
- Howard the Duck as Phil Blumburtt
- The Hudsucker Proxy as Norville Barnes
- Human Nature as Dr. Nathan Bronfman
- IQ as Ed Walters
- Jacob's Ladder as Jacob Singer
- Jungle Fever as Jerry
- Marjorie Prime as Jon
- Mission to Mars as Woodrow "Woody" Blake
- Mystic River as Dave Boyle
- Noise as David Owen
- Nothing to Lose as Nick Beam
- The Player as Griffin Mill
- Prêt-à-Porter as Joe Flynne
- Quarterback Princess as Marvin
- The Shawshank Redemption as Andy Dufresne
- Short Cuts as Gene Shephard
- The Sure Thing as Gary Cooper
- Tapeheads as Josh Tager
- Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as The Stranger
- Top Gun as Lt. Samuel "Merlin" Wells
- Toy Soldiers as Boe
- The Truth About Charlie as Lewis Bartholomew
- Twister as Jeff
- War of the Worlds (2005) as Harlan Ogilvy
- Zathura as Mr. Budwing
Tim Robbins's television roles with TV Tropes pages:
- The Brink as Secretary of State Walter Larson
- Hardcastle and McCormick as Inmate Johnson
- Hill Street Blues as Officer Lawrence "Larry" Swann
- The Spoils of Babylon as Jonas Morehouse
- St. Elsewhere as Andrew Reinhardt
- Castle Rock as Pop Merrill.
