Tim Roth Research Paper

Amara Alicea
3/18/11
English 12
Mrs. Wimmer
Tim Roth
Tim Roth a great British actor/director. Roth started his career years ago as a young British actor and is now starring in his own show, Lie to me as Dr. Cal Lightman. Roth has starred in several movies throughout his career and enjoys what he does.
Roth was born in Dulwich, London May 14, 1961. Roth is the son of Ann and Ernie, Ann his mother was a painter and teacher. He has one sibling a sister named Jill who later on became a journalist too like her parents. His father Ernie was a painter, journalist, and until 1970 a member of British community party. Tim’s father was born under the surname Smith in Sheepshead bay, Brooklyn NY to a British family of Irish descent. Roth’s real
name was Timothy Simon Smith when he changed his surname to Roth after World War II to hide his nationality.
Timothy does not remember much of his childhood because when going to school as a kid he was bullied and it took a toll of him.
He try to joke his way out it to help with the pain, hye took on others accents, he’d hide out in the art room, run the streets, he had learned to disappear. Tim was angry and filled with resentment; he had seen beatings occur and was sexually abused as a younger child. He will not release the name to anyone he wants to keep it confidential. . He demonstrated his talent for picking up accents at an early age when he attended school in Brixton, where he faced persecution from classmates for his comfortable background and quickly perfected a cockney accent to blend in.
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At first, Roth wanted to be a sculptor, so he studied at London's Camber well School of Art.
He then attended the strand school in Tuise for acting, Hill. Tim played in many movies throughout his career. Roth made his first acting debut at age 21 playing white power skinhead, which was made in Britain. In 1986 he played east End in king of the Ghetto B.B.C. 4 part drama. In 1984 he played an apprentice hit man in Stephen Frear’s ‘The Hit’ earning and evening standard award for the most promising Newcomer. In 1989 he played in the cook, the theft, his wife and lover, 1990-Vincent in Vincent and Theo. Roth played in several movies such as the Incredible Hulk (2008), The new youth (2007), The Last signal (2005), Silver city (2004), Invincible (2001), The Hotel of million dollars (2000), The imposter (1997) , and many more. Roth and other young British actors such as Bruce Payne, Gary Oldman, Colon Firth, and Paul McGann were dubbed the brit pack a nickname off the Brat Pack in the U.S. In the series of harry potter, Roth was originally chosen for the role of Severus Snape but turned down for the planet of the Apes job. In 2009 Roth stated the series show Lie to me, as a expert on body language. The show was based off Dr. Paul Ekman, Notable psychologist expert on body language and facial expressions. Roth said coming to America has been extraordinary.
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Roth has a son jack, born to Lori baker in 1984; he married Nikki Butler in 1993 and had two sons with her, Timothy Hunter born in 1995 and Michael Cormac in 1996.Tim Roth is a supporter of the green party of England and Wales. Roth currently has 5 tattoos, which some on his right arm are for significant events in his life. He was one of the first actors to get the trendy “thorny tribal” around his arm. (IMDb)
Roth won Best European Film discovery-1999 European film academy. Roth was awarded for best foreign film-2000 independent spirit awards, best performance by an actor I supporting role in motion, picture-1995 Hollywood a foreign press association. He also won best actor-1995 independent spirit award, and best supporting actor-1995 of motion picture arts and sciences. For big awards he won 1 BAFTA, nominated for 1 Oscar, and 1 Golden Globe.