Timothy Simon Roth (born May 14, 1961) is an English actor and director. He was among the prominent British actors known as the "Brit Pack". For his performance inΒ Rob RoyΒ (1995), Roth won aΒ BAFTA Award and was nominated for theΒ Academy AwardΒ and theΒ Golden Globe Award.Β
After garnering attention in television productionsΒ Made in BritainΒ (1982) andΒ MeantimeΒ (1983), Roth was nominated for theΒ BAFTA Award for Most Promising NewcomerΒ in his theatrical film debutΒ The HitΒ (1984). He gained further recognition for his roles in films, includingΒ The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her LoverΒ (1989),Β Vincent & TheoΒ andΒ Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadΒ (both 1990). Roth has collaborated withΒ Quentin TarantinoΒ on several films, includingΒ Reservoir DogsΒ (1992),Β Pulp FictionΒ (1994),Β Four RoomsΒ (1995) andΒ The Hateful EightΒ (2015). Other film credits includeΒ The Legend of 1900Β (1998),Β Planet of the ApesΒ (2001),Β Funny GamesΒ (2007),Β SelmaΒ (2014),Β LuceΒ (2019), andΒ Bergman IslandΒ (2021).
Roth made his directorial debut with~Β The War ZoneΒ (1999). He played Cal Lightman in theΒ FoxΒ seriesΒ Lie to MeΒ (2009β2011), Jim Worth / Jack Devlin in theΒ Sky AtlanticΒ seriesΒ Tin StarΒ (2017β2020), andΒ Emil Blonsky / AbominationΒ in theΒ Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the filmsΒ The Incredible HulkΒ (2008),Β Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsΒ (2021), and theΒ Disney+Β seriesΒ She-Hulk: Attorney at LawΒ (2022).
