Tim Roth

AKA:
Simon Smith Timothy Simon Smith
Nationality:
British
Birthdate:
05/14/1961
Birthplace:
London, England
biography
While Tim Roth has become well-known for playing an assortment of villains and ne'er-do-wells, they are but only a fraction of what he can capably convey in his acting. Equally at home in comedy or drama, the lanky, ginger-haired, angular-featured actor originally set out to be a visual artist but having played the lead in a school staging of "Dracula" as a teenager eventually abandoned painting and sculpture for performing. He landed his first screen role which set the tenor for the majority of his career. Cast by director Alan Clarke as a teenage juvenile delinquent in the astonishing Continued
Credits
Emil Blonsky/Abomination
2008
George
2008
Dominic Matei
2007
Gerbino
2007
(TV Show)
2006-2006
Nick Fraser
2006
Nick Fraser
2006
Sutter
2006
Jeff Platzer
2005
Captain Oh
2005
Hanussen
2002
Febre
2001
Thade
2001
Marquis de Lauzun
2000
Gig
2000
Screenplay
1999
Director
1999
Danny Boodman T D
1999
Wayland
1998
Dutch Schultz
1997
Stretch
1997
Henry
1997
Ted the Bellhop
1996
Philip Chaney
1996
Pumpkin
1994
Vincent Van Gogh
1990
Colin
1983
Victor
Cunningham
John Harrett/Frank Dwyer
William Pitt
Oliver Cromwell
Myron
Mr Orange/Freddy
Joshua Shapira
Anton
Tom Whitton
milestones
Year
Milestone
1977 
Acting debut in a school production of "Dracula" at age 16
1980 
Attended art school to learn sculpting before switching to acting
 
Worked on stage with the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre, the Royal Court and the Oval House
1982 
Acting debut, playing a white power skinhead in Alan Clarke's TV-movie, "Made in Britain"
1982 
Appeared in Mike Leigh's "Meantime"; first screen collaboration with Gary Oldman
1984 
Feature acting debut as an apprentice hitman in Stephen Frears' "The Hit"
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