22 Facts About Tim Roth

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Timothy Simon Roth is an English actor and producer.

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Tim Roth began acting on films and television series in the 1980s.

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Tim Roth was among a group of prominent British actors of the era, the "Brit Pack".

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Tim Roth made his television debut in Made in Britain, and his film debut in The Hit, for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer.

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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, is 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 and 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 made his directorial debut film The War Zone, a film version of Alexander Stuart's novel.

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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 film Chronic which had a limited release in 2016.

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Tim Roth received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead nomination.

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Tim Roth played Oswaldo Mobray in the ensemble western film The Hateful Eight.

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In 2019, Roth played a butler in a deleted scene for the film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

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Tim Roth's son Jack, born to Lori Baker in 1984, is an actor.

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Tim Roth is a supporter of the Green Party of England and Wales.

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Tim Roth endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President in the 2016 US presidential election.