
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 in Rob Roy (1995), Roth won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award.
After garnering attention in television productions Made in Britain (1982) and Meantime (1983), Roth was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer in his theatrical film debut The Hit (1984). He gained further recognition for his roles in films, including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Vincent & Theo and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (both 1990). Roth has collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on several films, including Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Four Rooms (1995) and The Hateful Eight (2015). Other film credits include The Legend of 1900 (1998), Planet of the Apes (2001), Funny Games (2007), Selma (2014), Luce (2019), and Bergman Island (2021).
Roth made his directorial debut with~ The War Zone (1999). He played Cal Lightman in the Fox series Lie to Me (2009–2011), Jim Worth / Jack Devlin in the Sky Atlantic series Tin Star (2017–2020), and Emil Blonsky / Abomination in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the films The Incredible Hulk (2008), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), and the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022).
Frequent co-stars
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Titles
64

Tornado
Sugarman • 2025
Movie
★6/10

Poison
Lucas • 2024
Movie
★6/10

Classified
Kevin Angler • 2024
Movie
★6/10

Sundown
Neil Bennett • 2022
Movie
★6/10

Resurrection
David • 2022
Movie
★6/10

Punch
Stan • 2022
Movie
★6/10

There Are No Saints
Carl Abrahams • 2022
Movie
★5/10

Bergman Island
Tony • 2021
Movie
★6/10

The Misfits
Schultz • 2021
Movie
★6/10

The Song of Names
Martin Simmonds • 2019
Movie
★7/10

Luce
Peter Edgar • 2019
Movie
★6/10

The Padre
Padre • 2018
Movie
★6/10

The Con Is On
Peter Fox • 2018
Movie
★4/10

Tin Star
Jim Worth / Jack Devlin • 2017
Series
★7/10

1 Mile To You
Jarhead • 2017
Movie
★7/10

Rillington Place
John Christie • 2016
Series
★7/10

Mr. Right
Hopper / Reynolds • 2016
Movie
★6/10

Reg
Reg Keys • 2016
Movie
★5/10

The Hateful Eight
Oswaldo Mobray • 2015
Movie
★8/10

Hardcore Henry
Henry's Father • 2015
Movie
★6/10

600 Miles
Hank Harris • 2015
Movie
★6/10

Chronic
David • 2015
Movie
★6/10

Selma
Gov. George Wallace • 2014
Movie
★7/10

Klondike
The Count • 2014
Series
★7/10

Grace of Monaco
Prince Rainier III • 2014
Movie
★6/10

United Passions
Sepp Blatter • 2014
Movie
★3/10

Möbius
Ivan Rostovsky • 2013
Movie
★6/10

Arbitrage
Det. Michael Bryer • 2012
Movie
★6/10

The Liability
Roy • 2012
Movie
★6/10

Pete Smalls Is Dead
Pete Smalls • 2010
Movie
★5/10

Lie to Me
Cal Lightman • 2009
Series
★8/10

Funny Games
George • 2008
Movie
★7/10

The Incredible Hulk
Emil Blonsky • 2008
Movie
★6/10

Youth Without Youth
Dominic Matei • 2007
Movie
★6/10

Even Money
Victor • 2007
Movie
★6/10

Virgin Territory
Gerbino • 2007
Movie
★5/10

Don't Come Knocking
Sutter • 2005
Movie
★6/10

Dark Water
Jeff Platzer • 2005
Movie
★6/10

To Kill a King
Oliver Cromwell • 2003
Movie
★6/10

Planet of the Apes
Thade • 2001
Movie
★6/10

The Musketeer
Febre the Man in Black • 2001
Movie
★5/10

Vatel
Marquis de Lauzun • 2000
Movie
★6/10

Lucky Numbers
Gig • 2000
Movie
★5/10

The Legend of 1900
Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900' • 1998
Movie
★8/10

Animals with the Tollkeeper
Henry • 1998
Movie
★7/10

Gridlock'd
Stretch • 1997
Movie
★7/10

Hoodlum
Dutch Schultz • 1997
Movie
★6/10

No Way Home
Joey • 1997
Movie
★6/10
