Place of birth: West Covina, California (USA)
Biography:
Tim Robins, is the son of singer and musician Gil Robbins, and was raised in New York’s Greenwich Village.
His acting career began at the age of 12 with the Theater New City, while studying at Stuyvesant High School. Later, he studies acting at UCLA.
Upon graduating in 1981, he formed a small theatrical group called Actor’s Gang, together with which he devoted himself to performing avant-garde plays, which dealt with mostly socio-political issues.
In the ’80s, he was working on various television series, gaining experience and then going to the movies.
Already on the big screen, she plays small roles in the odd movie, such as “Click, click” from the hand of director Jerry Schatzberg, which had the leading role of Demi Moore.
Eventually, he began to play increasingly important roles, although still secondary, but yes, more important. For example, in the hit film directed by Tony Scott, “Top Gun” in 1986.
In 1992, he made his debut in directing and writing the script for the political satire “Citizen Bob Roberts”.
His moment to marry would come, in 1988; and he did it with the actress Susan Sarandon, whom he would have met during the filming of the Durham movie “The Buffaloes”.
In the 90s and into the new millennium, he has done many leading roles, and luxury supporting roles.
Thanks to the film “Mystic River” directed by Clint Eastwood, he won the Oscar for best supporting actor in 2003. Two years later, he starred in the film by Isabel Coixet, “The Secret Life of Words.” This film has been consecrated, at the XX Goya Awards ceremony, as the winner of the award for best film.
Filmography:
- Human nature (2003)
- The Truth About Charlie (2003)
- Mystic River (2003)
- Conspiracy on the Net (2000)
- High Fidelity (2000)
- Arlington Road, You Will Fear Your Neighbor (1999)
- Mission to Mars (1999)
- Down with the curtain (1999, director, screenwriter and producer)
- Death penalty (1995, director and screenwriter)
- Life sentence (1994)
- The Big Leap (1994)
- Cross Lives (1993)
- Citizen Bob Roberts (1992, actor, director and screenwriter)
- Wild Fever (1991)
- The Hollywood Game (1991)
- Cadillac Man (1990)
- Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
- Erik the Viking (1989)
- The Durham Buffaloes (1988)
- Five Corners (Bronx Stories) (1988)
- Top Gun (Idols of the Air) (1986)
- Howard: A New Hero (1986)
- Malice in Wonderland (1985)