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TIM ROTH
TIM ROTH
- 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.
- Was considered for the role of McStarley in The Condemned (2007).
- Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006
- 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.
- 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.
- Ranked #16 on Tropopkin's Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100]
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- His middle name is Simon.
- Tim appeared in print advertisements for H&M clothing stores in fall of 2000
- Tim appeared in print advertisements for Prada designer clothing in spring of 1996.
- Tim played a villain named "Welch" in Sam Shepard's off-Broadway play The God of Hell at the Actor's Studio in New York, in November 2004. The role marked Roth's American theater debut.
- Tim's movie, The Deciever was known as The Liar in England.
- Tim is an avid reader, mostly of books. He has stated that he's not as keen of magazines.
- Tim claims he's a workaholic.
- Tim played real life gangster Dutch Schultz in the movie Hoodlum. Many critics said he was woefully miscast.
- When Tim was 17 he wrote a letter to Stanley Kubrick, a letter to Martin Scorsese and a letter to Francis Ford Coppola telling them that he really liked their films and that if they are looking for an English actor, he'd be interested in the work. None of them ever called him.
- Tim's eldest son, Jack, is training to be an actor (performing at the Oval House theatre in southeast London) where Tim started out too.
- He doesn't like bagels.
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Does Tim have Parkinson's or a similar condition that causes him to move with jerky, uneven movements?
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