1. Timothy Simon Roth is an English actor and director.
27 Facts About Tim Roth
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Tim Roth was among a group of prominent British actors known as the "Brit Pack".
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Tim Roth has collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on several films, including Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms and The Hateful Eight.
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Tim Roth made his directorial debut with the film The War Zone.
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Tim Roth's father, Ernie, was a Fleet Street journalist and painter.
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Tim Roth's father was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, to a family of Irish descent.
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Tim Roth attended school in Lambeth before moving to Croydon Technical School, due to bullying.
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Tim Roth wanted to be a sculptor and studied at London's Camberwell College of Arts.
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Tim Roth played an East End character in King of the Ghetto, a controversial drama based on a novel by Farukh Dhondy set in Brick Lane and broadcast by the BBC in 1986.
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Tim Roth became an international star when he collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on several films, including Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Four Rooms.
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Tim Roth won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe.
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Tim Roth starred in Woody Allen's musical film Everyone Says I Love You and in The Legend of 1900.
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Tim Roth co-starred with Tupac Shakur in the film Gridlock'd.
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Tim Roth made his directorial debut film The War Zone, a film version of Alexander Stuart's novel.
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Tim Roth starred in the television series Lie to Me as Cal Lightman, an expert on body language assisting local and federal law organisations with crime.
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Tim Roth appeared on the cover of Manic Street Preachers' 2010 studio album, Postcards from a Young Man.
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Tim Roth starred as FIFA President Sepp Blatter in United Passions, a film about football's governing body, released in 2014, to coincide with FIFA's 110th anniversary, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Tim Roth starred in the 2015 film Chronic which had a limited release.
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Tim Roth received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead nomination.
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Tim Roth collaborated with director Michel Franco again, in 2021, when he starred in Sundown.
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Tim Roth was an executive producer on Franco's 2017 film, April's Daughter.
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In 2017, Tim Roth appeared in five episodes of the third season of Twin Peaks.
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Tim Roth starred in British crime drama Tin Star, which ran from 2017 - 2020.
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In 2022, Tim Roth starred in the psychological horror film Resurrection.
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In 2023 Tim Roth appeared in 10 episodes of the Australian drama, Last King of the Cross.
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Tim Roth is due to appear in historical crime drama, The Immortal Man, a continuation of the British television series Peaky Blinders.
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Tim Roth's son Jack, born to Lori Baker in 1984, is an actor.