Tim Roth Net Worth

Tim Roth's 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.
• [on attending the Academy Awards ceremony] Like going to Liberace's house on acid.
• [on Reservoir Dogs (1992)] 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 Gridlock'd (1997) 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.

Interesting Facts about Tim Roth

1. He and Gary Oldman are very good friends from back in the days of when they worked in London theater. They have appeared together in Meantime (1983) and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990).
2. He bears tattoos on his right arm for significant events in his life. He has 8 such tattoos, as of 2010.
3. Even with his reputation as an actor firmly established, Tim Roth still tends bar from time to time.
4. He has a son named Jack Roth (b. 1984), with Lori Baker.
5. Two sons, with Butler, Timothy (b. 1995) and Cormac (b. 1996)
6. One of the first actor/models to get the trendy "thorny tribal" tattoo around his arm.
7. His middle name is Simon.
8. His father was born in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn, NY to a British immigrant family of Irish ancestry. His mother was English. Tim's father changed the family name in 1944 from the British/American sounding "Smith" to the Jewish "Roth" in an act of Jewish solidarity during World War II.
9. Was considered for the role of Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), but dropped out to star in Tim Burton's remake of Planet of the Apes (1968). The role was then given to Alan Rickman.
10. Turned down the role of Johnny Rotten in Sid and Nancy (1986), because he felt the film depicted history that was "too recent."
11. 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.
12. President of the 'Camera d'Or' jury at the 57th Cannes International Film Festival in 2004.
13. Ranked #16 on Tropopkin's Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100]
14. A former art student himself, Tim has played an artist in at least three roles: Vincent Van Gogh in Vincent & Theo (1990), Jack Craig in Tales from the Crypt (1989) (episode "Easel Kill Ya") and Joey, an ex-con with a gift for drawing in No Way Home (1996).
15. Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 59th Cannes International Film Festival in 2006.
16. Was considered for the role of McStarley in The Condemned (2007).
17. Adorns the cover of "Postcards from a Young Man", the 2010 album by the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.
18. Tim Roth, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Bruce Payne, and Paul McGann were all part of a group of actors in the mid 1980's dubbed ''The Brit pack'' by the media, a reference to the American ''Brat Pack''.
19. Has no formal acting training.
20. Developed his trademark Cockney accent when in school to fit in with classmates and avoid being bullied.