Tim Roth

Tim Roth came from a family tied to the arts. His father, Ernie Roth, worked as a journalist and painter, and his mother, Ann, was a teacher and painter. He left school in his teens and studied at Camberwell College of Arts before turning toward acting. His early screen work was in British television and film, including the television film Made in Britain, in which he played a furious young skinhead, and the 1984 crime drama The Hit, directed by Stephen Frears.

Roth's reputation grew with roles in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. His American breakthrough came in 1992 when Quentin Tarantino cast him as Mr. Orange, the wounded undercover cop in Reservoir Dogs. He worked with Tarantino again on Pulp Fiction (1994), playing the diner robber Pumpkin. In 1995 he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the sneering villain Archibald Cunningham in Rob Roy.

Roth moved between studio pictures and independent films. He starred in Giuseppe Tornatore's The Legend of 1900, played General Thade in Planet of the Apes, and took the role of Emil Blonsky, later the Abomination, in The Incredible Hulk. From 2009 to 2011 he headlined the Fox series Lie to Me as the deception expert Cal Lightman. He also directed the dark family drama The War Zone (1999). Later work included The Hateful Eight, the television series Tin Star, and a return as Blonsky in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.

Tim Roth was born on May 14, 1961. In Cardology (Destiny Cards), May 14, 1961 corresponds to the Five of Diamonds, making the Five of Diamonds his Birth Card.

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