Tim Roth Biography
Tim Roth (born Timothy Simon Roth) is an English actor and director. His first role was in the television film Made in Britain in 1982. He got critical acclaim for his role as Myron in the film The Hit in 1984, which earned him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer.
He attended Croydon Technical School after switching from schools in Lambeth, due to bullying. He also attended the Strand School in Tulse Hill. As a young man, he aspired to be a sculptor and studied at London’s Camberwell College of Arts.
Tim Roth Career
His acting career kicked off at the age of 21 when he played a white power skinhead named Trevor in a 1982 TV film titled Made in Britain. In King of the Ghetto, Tim played an East End character. It’s a controversial drama based on a novel by Farukh Dhondy set in Brick Lane and broadcast by the BBC in 1986. Additionally, he played a shy young man in the 1984 Mike Leigh’s film Meantime.
He appeared in the television film Murder with Mirrors in 1985. He had a supporting role as the buffoonish lackey Mitchell in Peter Greenaway’s The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover in 1989. In 1990, Roth starred in Robert Altman’s Vincent & Theo as Vincent van Gogh and as Guildenstern in Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead.
In 1992, he was cast in Quentin Tarantino’s film Reservoir Dogs as “Mr. Orange”. In 1994, he was cast as a robber in Pulp Fiction. He and Tarantino collaborated in the 1995 film Four Rooms, where he played Ted. Roth also played Archibald Cunningham in Rob Roy, a role which earned him the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and a Golden Globe nomination.
In 1996, he featured in Woody Allen’s musical comedy Everyone Says I Love You. Around the same time, he co-featured in the film Gridlock’d. He likewise featured as “Danny Boodman T.D. Lemon 1900” in The Legend of 1900. He made his directorial debut in 1999, with The War Zone, a film based on Alexander Stuart’s novel. Later he depicted General Thade in Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes. Tim Roth showed up in Francis Ford Coppola’s Youth Without Youth and Michael Haneke’s Funny Games. He also featured as Emil Blonsky/Abomination, a Russian-conceived official in the United Kingdom’s Royal Marines Commandos, in The Incredible Hulk.
Roth had the starring role as Dr. Cal Lightman, a specialist on non-verbal communication who helps local and government law associations in the investigations of crimes, in a series on Fox called Lie To Me from 2009 to 2011. His character was based on Dr. Paul Ekman, a notable psychologist, an expert on body language and facial expressions. In 2010, he appeared on the cover of Manic Street Preachers’ 2010 studio album, Postcards from a Young Man.
He was announced as the President of the Jury for the UN Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival in 2012. He starred in United Passions, a film about football’s governing body, as FIFA President Sepp Blatter which was released in 2014, to coincide with FIFA’s 110th anniversary, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In 2015, he starred in the film Chronic which received a limited release in 2016. Following this, he received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead nomination. In 2015, he reunited with Tarantino in The Hateful Eight, playing Oswaldo Mobray/English Pete Hicox.
Tim Roth Age
Timothy Simon Roth was born in Dulwich, Southwark, London, England, UK, on 14th May 1961. He is 58 years as of 2019.
Tim Roth Family
He was born in Dulwich, London, to Ann Roth, a painter and a teacher, and Ernie Roth, a Fleet Street journalist, painter, and member of the British Communist Party until the 1970s.
Tim Roth Wife
He is married to Nikki Butler, they got married in 1993. Together they are proud parents to Timothy Hunter (born 1995) and Michael Cormac (born 1996). He also has another son born in 1984 and is also an actor, with Lori Baker an American novelist and short-story writer.
Roth is a survivor of child sexual abuse, committed by his paternal grandfather, who he stated sexually abused him from childhood until his early teen years. He also added that his father was a victim of the same. Currently, he resides in Los Angeles, California.
Tim Roth Body Measurements
- Height: 5 feet 7 inches or 1.7 m
- Weight: 145.5 lbs or 66 kg
- Shoe Size: Not Available
- Body Shape: Not Available
- Hair Colour: Light Brown
- Eye Colour: Green
Tim Roth Net Worth
An English actor and director, Roth’s primary source of net worth is his acting career. He has an estimated net worth of $7 million dollars.
Tim Roth Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs is a 1992 American heist movie composed and coordinated by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, and Edward Bunker, as diamond thieves whose planned heist of a jewelry store which goes terribly wrong. He appeared as
Mr. Orange/Freddy Newandyke.
Frequently Asked Questions About Tim Roth
Who is Tim Roth?
He is an English actor and director who got critical acclaim for his role as Myron in the film The Hit in 1984, which earned him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer.
How old is Tim Roth?
How tall is Tim Roth?
He stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches or 1.7 m
Is Tim Roth married?
He is married to Nikki Butler, they got married in 1993.
How much is Tim Roth worth?
He has an estimated net worth of $7 million dollars.
How much does Tim Roth make?
According to our reliable sources, his annual estimated salary is yet to be updated.
Where does Tim Roth live?
He resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Is Tim Roth dead or alive?
Tim is still alive and in good health.
Where is Tim Roth now?
His current whereabouts are yet to be updated.
