Timothy Simon Roth is an English actor. He began acting on films and television series in the 1980s. He was among a group of prominent British actors of the era, the “Brit Pack”.
He made his television debut in Made in Britain (1982), and theatrical film debut in The Hit (1984), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Since then, he gained more attention for his roles in films.
Roth won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Roth made his directorial debut with the film The War Zone (1999). He played Cal Lightman in the Fox series Lie to Me (2009–2011) and Jim Worth / Jack Devlin in the Sky Atlantic series Tin Star (2017–2020).
Roth also portrayed Emil Blonsky / Abomination in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film The Incredible Hulk (2008), reprising the role in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) and the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022).
What movies was Tim Roth in?
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The Hit | Myron | Nominated – BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles |
| 1985 | Return to Waterloo | Boy Punk | |
| 1988 | A World Apart | Harold | |
| 1988 | To Kill a Priest | Feliks | |
| 1989 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Mitchel | |
| 1990 | Vincent & Theo | Vincent van Gogh | |
| 1990 | Farendj | Anton | |
| 1990 | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Guildenstern | |
| 1991 | Backsliding | Tom Whitton | |
| 1992 | Reservoir Dogs | Detective Freddy Newandyke / Mr. Orange | |
| 1992 | Jumpin’ at the Boneyard | Manny | |
| 1993 | Bodies, Rest & Motion | Nick | |
| 1993 | El Marido perfecto | Milan | |
| 1994 | Captives | Philip Chaney | |
| 1994 | Little Odessa | Joshua Shapira | Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Ringo / Pumpkin | |
| 1995 | Rob Roy | Archibald Cunningham | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1995 | Four Rooms | Ted | |
| 1996 | No Way Home | Joey | |
| 1996 | Everyone Says I Love You | Charles Ferry | |
| 1997 | Gridlock’d | Alexander ‘Stretch’ Rawland | |
| 1997 | Hoodlum | Dutch Schultz | |
| 1997 | Deceiver | James Walter Wayland | |
| 1998 | Animals | Henry | |
| 1998 | Legend of 1900 | Danny Boodman TD Lemon 1900 | |
| 1999 | The War Zone | — | Director
C.I.C.A.E. Award Valladolid International Film Festival Silver Spike European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year Edinburgh International Film Festival for Best New British Feature Tróia Award – First Works Section Jury Award for Best Director & Best First Feature Nominated – Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film |
| 2000 | The Million Dollar Hotel | Izzy Goldkiss | Uncredited |
| 2000 | Vatel | Marquis de Lauzun | |
| 2000 | Lucky Numbers | ‘Gig’ | |
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes | General Thade | Nominated – Empire Award for Best British Actor
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Villain Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2001 | Invincible | Hersche Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen | |
| 2001 | The Musketeer | Febre | |
| 2002 | Emmett’s Mark | John Harrett / Frank Dwyer | Nominated – DVD Exclusive Award for Best Supporting Actor in a DVD Premiere Movie |
| 2003 | To Kill a King | Oliver Cromwell | |
| 2004 | Battle of the Brave | William Pitt | |
| 2004 | The Beautiful Country | Captain Oh | |
| 2004 | Silver City | Mitch Paine | |
| 2005 | Don’t Come Knocking | Sutter | |
| 2005 | Dark Water | Jeff Platzer | |
| 2007 | Even Money | Victor | |
| 2007 | Youth Without Youth | Dominic | |
| 2007 | Virgin Territory | Gerbino | |
| 2008 | Funny Games | George | |
| 2008 | The Incredible Hulk | Emil Blonsky / Abomination | |
| 2009 | King Conqueror | King Pedro II of Aragon | |
| 2010 | Pete Smalls Is Dead | Pete Smalls | |
| 2012 | Arbitrage | Detective Michael Bryer | |
| 2012 | Broken | Archie | Stockholm International Film Festival Award for Best Actor |
| 2012 | Möbius | Rostovski | |
| 2013 | The Liability | Roy | |
| 2014 | Grace of Monaco | Prince Rainier III of Monaco | |
| 2014 | United Passions | Sepp Blatter | |
| 2014 | Selma | George Wallace | |
| 2014 | October Gale | Tom | |
| 2015 | 600 Miles | Hank Harris | Executive producer
Nominated – Ariel Award for Best Actor |
| 2015 | Chronic | David | Executive producer
Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead |
| 2015 | Hardcore Henry | Henry’s Father | |
| 2015 | Mr. Right | Hopper | |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | ‘English’ Pete Hicox / Oswaldo Mobray | |
| 2017 | 1 Mile to You | Coach Jared | |
| 2018 | The Con Is On | Peter Fox | |
| 2018 | The Padre | The Padre | |
| 2019 | Luce | Peter Edgar | |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Raymond | Jay Sebring’s butler. Scenes cut[1] |
| 2019 | The Song of Names | Martin Simmonds | |
| 2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Himself | Documentary film[2] |
| 2021 | Bergman Island | Tony | [3] |
| 2021 | The Misfits | Schultz | |
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Emil Blonsky / Abomination (voice) | Uncredited[4] |
| 2021 | Sundown | Neil | |
| 2022 | Resurrection | David | |
| 2022 | There Are No Saints | Carl Abrahams | [5] |
| 2022 | Punch | Stan | [6] |
| TBA | Poison | TBA | Post-production[7] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Made in Britain | Trevor | Television film |
| 1983 | Meantime | Colin Pollock | Television film |
| 1983 | Not Necessarily the News | Gay Man | Episode: “Road Trip” |
| 1985 | Murder with Mirrors | Edgar Lawson | Television film |
| 1986 | King of the Ghetto | Matthew Long | 4 episodes |
| 1991 | Tales from the Crypt | Jack Craig | Episode: “Easel Kill Ya” |
| 1993 | Murder in the Heartland | Charles Starkweather | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Heart of Darkness | Marlow | Television film |
| 2006 | Tsunami: The Aftermath | Nick Fraser | Television film |
| 2009 | Skellig | Skellig | Television film |
| 2009–2011 | Lie to Me | Dr. Cal Lightman | 48 episodes
People’s Choice Award for Favorite TV Crime Fighter[8] |
| 2010 | Sea Wolf | Death Larsen | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Klondike | The Count | 6 episodes |
| 2014 | Robot Chicken | The Doctor (voice) | Episode: “Walking Dead Lobster” |
| 2016 | Reg[9] | Reg Keys | Television film |
| 2016 | Rillington Place | John Christie | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Twin Peaks | Gary ‘Hutch’ Hutchens | 5 episodes |
| 2017–2020 | Tin Star | Jim Worth | 25 episodes[10] |
| 2022 | She-Hulk: Attorney at Law | Emil Blonsky / Abomination | 4 episodes |