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).

Filmography

• 2026Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man — John Beckett
• 2026Seven Snipers — The Dragon
• 2025260 days — Marijan
• 2025Tornado — Sugarman
• 2024Classified — Kevin Angler
• 2024Poison — Lucas, Executive Producer
• Last King of the Cross — Ezra Shipman
• 2022Punch — Stan
• 2022Resurrection — David
• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law — Emil Blonsky / Abomination
• 2022Sundown — Neil Bennett, Executive Producer
• 2022There Are No Saints — Carl Abrahams
• 2021Bergman Island — Tony
• 2021Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings — Emil Blonsky / Abomination (voice) (uncredited)
• 2021The Misfits — Schultz
• 2019Luce — Peter Edgar
• 2019Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Thanks
• The Hateful Eight — Oswaldo Mobray
• 2019The Song of Names — Martin Simmonds
• 2018The Con Is On — Peter Fox
• 2018The Padre — Padre
• 20171 Mile To You — Jarhead
• Tin Star — Jim Worth / Jack Devlin
• 2016Mr. Right — Hopper / Reynolds
• 2016Reg — Reg Keys
• Rillington Place — John Christie
• 2015600 Miles — Hank Harris
• 2015Chronic — David
• 2015From Afar — Thanks
• 2015Hardcore Henry — Henry's Father
• 2015The Hateful Eight — Oswaldo Mobray
• 2014Grace of Monaco — Prince Rainier III
• Klondike — The Count
• 2014October Gale — Tom
• 2014Selma — Gov. George Wallace
• 2014United Passions — Sepp Blatter
• 2013Möbius — Ivan Rostovsky
• 2012Arbitrage — Det. Michael Bryer
• 2012Broken — Archie
• 2012The Liability — Roy
• 2010Brostitute
• 2010Caught in the Crossfire — Executive Producer
• 2010Pete Smalls Is Dead — Pete Smalls
• Lie to Me — Cal Lightman
• 2009Sea Wolf — Death Larsen
• Sea Wolf — Death Larsen
• 2009Skellig — Skellig
• 2008Funny Games — George
• 2008The Incredible Hulk — Emil Blonsky
• 2007Even Money — Victor
• 2007Virgin Territory — Gerbino
• 2007Youth Without Youth — Dominic Matei
• The Henry Rollins Show
• Tsunami: The Aftermath — Nick Fraser
• 2005Dark Water — Jeff Platzer
• 2005Don't Come Knocking — Sutter
• 2005The Last Sign — Jeremy Macfarlane
• 2004Battle of the Brave — William Pitt
• 2004Silver City — Mitch Paine
• 2004The Beautiful Country — Captain Oh
• 2003To Kill a King — Oliver Cromwell
• 2003Whatever We Do — Joe
• 2002Killing Emmett Young — John Harrett / Frank Dwyer
• 2001Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
• 2001Invincible — Herschel Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen
• 2001Planet of the Apes — Thade
• 2001The Musketeer — Febre the Man in Black
• 2000Bread and Roses — Party Guest (uncredited)
• 2000Lucky Numbers — Gig
• 2000The Million Dollar Hotel — Izzy Goldkiss (uncredited)
• 2000Vatel — Marquis de Lauzun
• 1999The War Zone — Director
• 1998Animals with the Tollkeeper — Henry
• 1998The Legend of 1900 — Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900'
• 1997Deceiver — James Walter Wayland
• 1997Gridlock'd — Stretch
• 1997Hoodlum — Dutch Schultz
• 1997No Way Home — Joey
• 1996Everyone Says I Love You — Charles Ferry
• 1995Four Rooms — Ted the Bellhop
• 1995Rob Roy — Archibald Cunningham
• 1994Captives — Philip Chaney
• 1994Heart of Darkness — Marlow
• 1994Little Odessa — Joshua Shapira
• 1994Pulp Fiction — Pumpkin
• 1994Who Do You Think You're Fooling? — Mr. Orange (archive footage)
• 1993Bodies, Rest & Motion — Nick
• Murder in the Heartland — Charles Starkweather
• 1993The Perfect Husband — Milan
• 1992Backsliding — Tom Whitton
• 1992Common Pursuit
• 1992Reservoir Dogs — Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke
• 1991Farendj — Anton
• 1991Jumpin' at the Boneyard — Manny
• 1991Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead — Guildenstern
• Twin Peaks — Gary "Hutch" Hutchens
• 1990Vincent & Theo — Vincent Van Gogh
• Vincent & Theo — Vincent Van Gogh
• 1990Yellowbacks — Peter Pike
• 1989Metamorphosis — Gregor Samsa
• Tales from the Crypt — Jack Craig
• 1989The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover — Mitchel
• 1988A World Apart — Harold
• 1988Coppers — Graham
• 1988Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' — Franz Kafka / Josef K
• The Modern World: Ten Great Writers — Franz Kafka / Joseph K.
• The Play on One — Peter Pike
• 1988To Kill a Priest — Feliks
• King of the Ghetto — Matthew Long
• 1985Murder with Mirrors — Edgar Lawson
• Screen Two — Nick Finchley, Philip Chaney
• Summer Season — Tristan Hanley
• 1985Urban Jungle — Tristan Hanley
• 1984Driving Ambition — Baz
• Driving Ambition — Baz
• 1984Return to Waterloo — Boy Punk
• 1984The Hit — Myron
• 1983Made in Britain — Trevor
• 1983Meantime — Colin
• Tales Out of School — Trevor
• A Colt Is My Passport
• Fish — Fish Osborne
• Holy Molé
• Kissinger Takes Paris — Henry Kissinger
• Me, You
• Murdering Michael Malloy — Tony Marino
• Projet K — Klaus Barbie
• Recovery
• The Very Best People
• Unknownia

Appearances as themselves (27)

• 2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law — Self
• 2019QT8: The First Eight — Self
• 2014Finding Vivian Maier — Self - Actor
• 2014Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2014Once Upon a Time... Little Odessa — Self
• 2013A Fuller Life — Self - Reader (segment "D-Day - an Invitation to Hell")
• 2013Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking — Self
• 2012Kingdom Come — Self
• 2012The Secret Policeman's Ball — Self
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self - Guest
• 2011These Amazing Shadows — Self
• 2008The Incredible Hulk: Becoming the Abomination — Self
• 2008The Incredible Hulk: Becoming the Hulk — Self
• 2008The Incredible Hulk: Hulking Out in Harlem — Self
• 2008The Incredible Hulk: Hulking Out in the Bottling Plant — Self
• 2008The Incredible Hulk: Hulking Out on Campus — Self
• 2008The Making of 'The Incredible Hulk' — Self
• 2007Coda: Thirty Years Later — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 2002Pulp Fiction: The Facts — Self (archive footage)
• 2001We Know Where You Live. Live! — Self
• 2000Alan Clarke: His Own Man — Self
• 2000Made in Britain — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self - Guest
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee
• Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life — Self