A Conversation with OSCAR®-Nominated Actor Tim Roth, Moderated by USC Professor John DeMita

ABOUT TIM ROTH

Tim Roth has made a career out of portraying unforgettable characters in one independent film after another. He made his studio feature debut in MGM’s “ROB ROY” opposite Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange, in a role that has been touted as one of the best villains in screen history, earning him a Golden Globe Nomination and an Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama.

Roth starred in Brian Grazer/Imagine’s Fox 1-hour drama series, “Lie To Me,” as a cutting-edge researcher who pioneered the field of deception detection. He played a human lie detector, skilled at reading the human face, body and voice to uncover the truth in criminal and private investigations.

He was also seen in “THE INCREDIBLE HULK,” in which he co-stared with Edward Norton as well as the starring role in Francis Ford Coppola’s “YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH,” and “FUNNY GAMES” opposite Naomi Watts.

Roth made his return to the stage in Sam Shepard’s off Broadway production of “THE GOD OF HELL”, for the first time since early in his career in London where he received great notices in Kafka’s masterpiece “THE METAMORPHOSIS.”

This British born actor’s career was surprisingly spawned out of a schoolyard dare. With art being his passion, Roth spent his youth aspiring to become a sculptor and painter. But when he jokingly auditioned for a play in high school and landed the role, Roth soon found that he truly loved the craft of acting. After graduation he went on to study drama at a fine arts school in London.

Working steadily in public theatre, his first job in front of the camera was the lead in the controversial and British Prix Italia Award-winning telefilm, “MADE IN BRITAIN.” Tim’s second project came immediately after, starring in Michael Leigh’s (“Life is Sweet”) critically acclaimed film, “MEANTIME.” As his success continued, Roth starred in over fifteen film and television projects including Stephen Frears’ “THE HIT,” for which he won the Standard Award for Best Newcomer; “THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE and HER LOVER;” “ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD” with Gary Oldman; and Robert Altman’s “VINCENT AND THEO” in which he portrayed Vincent Van Gogh.

Roth gained worldwide recognition for his roles in two Quentin Tarantino films: “RESERVOIR DOGS” and “PULP FICTION.” In “Reservoir Dogs,” Roth starred with Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn and Steve Buscemi in this grim tale of a jewelry heist gone wrong. Roth’s portrayal of Mr. Orange, an undercover cop who gets caught in the line of fire, is a compellingly realistic glance at the agony of dying. Roth also co-starred in “Pulp Fiction” (Golden Globe and Academy Award winner for best screenplay) as a petty robber who picks “the wrong place to hold up.” The ensemble cast included John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Sam Jackson and Harvey Keitel.

He made his directorial debut with the stunning, critically acclaimed film “THE WAR ZONE,” starring Ray Winstone (“Nil By Mouth”), based on the book by Alexander Stuart. The film premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews and was also at the Cannes Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival.

His other credits include Tim Burton’s remake of the classic “PLANET OF THE APES,” opposite Mark Wahlberg and Helena Bonham Carter, “BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY,” “DARK WATER,” the Walter Salles thriller where he appeared opposite Jennifer Connelly, “LUCKY NUMBERS” directed by Nora Ephron, Giuseppe Tornatore’s “LEGEND OF 1900,” Werner Herzog’s first English language film, “INVINCIBLE,” “JUMPIN’ AT THE BONEYARD,” “BODIES, REST AND MOTION,” “MURDER IN HEARTLAND,” “HEART OF DARKNESS” opposite John Malkovich, “FOUR ROOMS,” “LITTLE ODESSA,” “CAPTIVES,” “GRIDLOCK’D,” Woody Allen’s “EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU,” “HOODLUM.” (MGM), “DECEIVER,” (MGM), “SILVER CITY,” “EVEN MONEY” opposite Danny DeVito and Kim Basinger, Win Wenders film “DON’T COME KNOCKIN,” “ARBITRAGE,” opposite Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon, “THE LIABILITY” opposite Peter Mullan, and “GRACE OF MONACO,” opposite Nicole Kidman.

Roth’s recent credits include “BROKEN,” which won the Best British Independent Film award at BIFA in 2012 and earned Tim a British Independent Film Award nomination for Best Actor; “CHRONIC,” which earned Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best Feature and Best Male Lead for Tim’s performance; and “600 MILLAS,” which represented Mexico in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 88th Academy Awards. He co-starred in Quentin Tarantino’s 8th film “THE HATEFUL EIGHT” opposite Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh. He also co-starred in Discovery Channel’s first scripted 3-part mini-series “Klondike,” from Executive Producer Ridley Scott; he starred in the three-part BBC drama “10 Rillington Place,” where he played notorious serial killer John Christie; and in the International Emmy nominated BBC TV movie “Reg.”

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