Tim Roth was born 14 May 1961 in Dulwich, London, UK. He is an Academy Award-nominated English film actor and director.

He first tried acting at the age of 16, in a school musical version of Dracula. When an art student, he realised that perhaps he wasn't destined to become a sculptor, and landed the role of a seething skinhead in Alan Clarke's TV-movie Made in Britain (1982), a character which gained him cult status.

He starred in Meantime (1983), and Stephen Frears existential gangster flick, The Hit (1984), were amongst them - then a period of four undemanding years had Roth seriously questioning his future. He was saved by a small part in Peter Greenaway's gothic The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989).

In 1990, he was cast as Van Gogh in Robert Altman's Vincent and Theo, and as Guildenstern in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, both confirmed Roth as one of Britain's leading young actors.

Another his projects include Pulp Fiction (1994), The Million Dollar Hotel (2000), Dark Water (2005) and Even Money (2006).

He is currently working on several projects, including Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth and the upcoming film The Incredible Hulk.

Filmography

• In the Shadow of Wings (2008)
• The Death of Harry Tobin (2008)
• Inglorious Bastards (2008)
• Six Bullets from Now (2008)
• The Other Side (2008)
• The Incredible Hulk (2008)
• Funny Games (2007)
• Youth Without Youth (2007)
• Virgin Territory (2007)
• My Blueberry Nights (2007)
• Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006)
• Even Money (2006)
• Dark Water (2005)
• Don't Come Knocking (2005)
• The Last Sign (2005)
• Nouvelle-France (2004)
• Silver City (2004)
• Late Night Shorts (2004)
• With It (2004)
• The Beautiful Country (2004)
• To Kill a King (2003)
• Whatever We Do (2003)
• Emmett's Mark (2002)
• The Musketeer (2001)
• Invincible (2001)
• Planet of the Apes (2001)
• Lucky Numbers (2000)
• Vatel (2000)
• The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
• Leggenda del pianista sull'oceano, La (1998)
• Animals and the Tollkeeper (1998)
• Deceiver (1997)
• Hoodlum (1997)
• Gridlock'd (1997)
• Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
• No Way Home (1996)
• Mocking the Cosmos (1996)
• Four Rooms (1995)
• Rob Roy (1995)
• Captives (1994)
• Little Odessa (1994)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Heart of Darkness (1994)
• Marido perfecto, El (1993)
• Murder in the Heartland (1993)
• Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993)
• Backsliding (1992)
• Common Pursuit (1992)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1992)
• "Tales from the Crypt" (1 episode, 1991)
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
• Yellowbacks (1990)
• Farendj (1990)
• Vincent & Theo (1990)
• The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
• Knuckle (1989)
• Coppers (1988)
• To Kill a Priest (1988)
• A World Apart (1988)
• Twice Upon a Time (1988)
• Metamorphosis (1987)
• "King of the Ghetto" (1986)
• Return to Waterloo (1985)
• Murder with Mirrors (1985)
• The Hit (1984)
• "Driving Ambition" (1 episode, 1984)
• Meantime (1984)
• Made in Britain (1982)

Awards

• Edinburgh International Film Festival Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature "The War Zone" 1999
• Fassbinder Award for European Discovery of the Year "The War Zone" 1999
• BAFTA Award Best Supporting Actor "Rob Roy" 1995
• Evening Standard Award Most Promising Newcomer (Film) "The Hit" 1984