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Tim Roth
August 14th, 2009 by Lynn DeVries

Tim Roth: Plays Dr. Cal Lightman

Full Name: Timothy Simon Smith
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[Photo: © 2009 FOX Broacasting Co.]
Birth Date: May 14, 1961
Astrological Sign: Taurus
Birth Place: London, England, UK
Spouse:
  • Nikki Butler (25 January 1993 – present) 2 children
College:
  • He attended Camberwell Art College and studied sculpture before he dropped out and pursued acting.
Awards:
  • Academy Awards

    • 1996 Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: Rob Roy (1995) – Nominated
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
    • 2002 Best Supporting Actor for: Planet of the Apes (2001) – Nominated
    • 1996 Best Supporting Actor for: Rob Roy (1995) – Nominated
  • BAFTA Awards
    • 1996 Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for: Rob Roy (1995) -Winner
    • 1985 Most Outstanding Newcomer to Film for: The Hit (1984) – Nominated
  • Berlin International Film Festival
    • 1999 C.I.C.A.E. Award Panorama for: The War Zone (1999) – Winner
  • Bodil Awards
    • 2000 Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film) for: The War Zone (1999) – Nominated
  • British Independent Film Awards
    • 1999 Best Director for: The War Zone (1999) – Nominated
  • DVD Exclusive Awards
    • 2003 Best Supporting Actor in a DVD Premiere Movie for: Emmett’s Mark (2002) – Nominated
  • Edinburgh International Film Festival
    • 1999 Best New British Feature for: The War Zone (1999) – Winner
  • Empire Awards, UK
    • 2002 Best British Actor for: Planet of the Apes (2001) – Nominated
  • European Film Awards
    • 1999 European Discovery of the Year for: The War Zone (1999) – Winner
  • Evening Standard British Film Awards
    • 1985 Most Promising Newcomer – Winner
  • Festróia – Tróia International Film Festival
    • 1999 First Works Section for: The War Zone (1999) – Winner
  • Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
    • 1999 Jury Award Best Director for: The War Zone (1999) – Winner
    • 1999 Best First Feature for: The War Zone (1999) – Winner
  • Golden Globes
    • 1996 Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: Rob Roy (1995) – Nominated
  • Independent Spirit Awards
    • 2001 Best Foreign Film for: The War Zone (1999) – Nominated
    • 1996 Best Male Lead for: Little Odessa (1994) – Nominated
  • Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
    • 1996 Best Supporting Actor for: Rob Roy (1995) – Winner
  • MTV Movie Awards
    • 2002 Best Villain for: Planet of the Apes (2001) – Nominated
  • Mystfest
    • 1984 Best Actor for: The Hit (1984) – Winner
      Shared with: Terence Stamp, John Hurt
  • San Francisco International Film Festival
    • 1995 – Piper-Heidsieck Award
  • Valladolid International Film Festival
    • 1999 Silver Spike for: The War Zone (1999) – Winner
    • 1999 Golden Spike for: The War Zone (1999) – Nominated
Fast Facts:
  • Height 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
  • He and Gary Oldman are very good friends from back in the days of when they worked in London theater.
  • He bears tattoos on his right arm for significant events in his life. He currently has 5 such tattoos.
  • Even with his reputation as an actor firmly established, Tim Roth still tends bar from time to time.
  • He has a son named Jack (b. 1983), with Lori Baker.

    Two sons, with Butler, Timothy (b. 1995) and Cormac (b. 1996)

  • One of the first actor/models to get the trendy “thorny tribal” tattoo around his arm.
  • His father changed the family name from the more British “Smith” to the German-Jewish ‘Roth’ in the 40s after World War II because he was a journalist who traveled in countries that disliked the British.
  • Was considered for the role of Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001), but dropped out to star in Tim Burton’s re-make of Planet of the Apes (1968). The role was then given to Alan Rickman.
  • Turned down the role of Johnny Rotten in Sid and Nancy (1986), because he felt the film depicted history that was “too recent.”
  • Was considered as a replacement for Anthony Hopkins, when Hopkins was reluctant to return to play Hannibal Lector in Hannibal (2001). However, in the end, Hopkins accepted the role.
  • Served as president of the jury for the Camera D’Or – a prize awarded to first time filmmakers – at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004.
  • Ranked #16 on Tropopkin’s Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100]
  • A former art student, Tim has played an artist in at least 3 roles: Vincent Van Gogh in Vincent & Theo, Jack in Tales from the Crypt (episode “Easel Kill Ya”) and Joey, an ex-con with a gift for drawing in No Way Home.
  • Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006
  • Was considered for the role of McStarley in The Condemned (2007).
Quotes:
  • I have a bad time between jobs because I’m always convinced I’ll never work again. I think it may be an English thing, this fear of unemployment.
  • (Of attending the Academy Awards Ceremony) “Like going to Liberace’s house on acid.”
  • There’s a lot of blood in that film. I think there’s only nine pints in a body; we had about four gallons.” – on “Reservoir Dogs
  • (On “Gridlock’d” co-star Tupac Shakur) “I found him to be incredibly talented. I used to call him “New Money” because he had a massive Bentley and a different model sat in the car each day, and he used to call me “Free Shit” because I always used to get loads of free stuff from companies. It’s a shame what happened – I think he could have gone on to be quite something as an actor.”
  • I’ve never really played a goody in the traditional sense. Anyway, I don’t think that I look the part of a heroic character, especially not in Hollywood, so they never really come up. On a childish level, villains are just more fun.
  • I remember watching the Sex Pistols on TV when I came home from school – I think it was Johnny Rotten and Siouxsie Sioux from the Banshees – and they started swearing and the guy interviewing them got fired for provoking them. It was a wonderful time. It was like saying, ‘Ugly is beautiful, everything you taught us is wrong.’
  • Every film you make as an actor it’s not yours, it’s the director’s.
  • I’m not a methodist actor. I don’t really have to go live in a hut in the tundra to play an accountant. People tell you that’s what you should do because it’s what Deniro does. It never worked for me. I’ve always been able to learn what I need to learn from the script
  • There’s stuff I’m really scared of doing that I think I *should* do. I *should* do some Shakespeare but it terrifies me. I want to… Harold Pinter adapted King Lear for me – into a film – and I want to try and make that at some point, but, you know, it’s damned hard finding money for Shakespeare if you’re not Kenneth Branagh, you know?
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