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Tim Robbins at Cannes, 2001 |
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| Born | Timothy Francis Robbins October 16, 1958 West Covina, California |
| Occupation | actor, director, producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1979 - present |
| Domestic partner(s) | Susan Sarandon (1988-) |
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Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist, and musician. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. West Covina is a city located in eastern Los Angeles County California, United States. Susan Sarandon (born Susan Abigail Tomalin; October 4 1946 is an American Actress. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. Activism, in a general sense can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a He is the longtime partner of actress Susan Sarandon. A domestic partnership is a legal or Personal relationship between two individuals who live together and share a common domestic life but are neither joined by a traditional Susan Sarandon (born Susan Abigail Tomalin; October 4 1946 is an American Actress.
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Robbins was born in West Covina, California, but raised in New York City, the son of Mary (née Bledsoe), an actress, and Gilbert Robbins, a musician, publishing executive, nightclub owner, and folk singer. West Covina is a city located in eastern Los Angeles County California, United States. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A nightclub (or "night club" or "club" is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous [1][2] Robbins has two sisters, Adele and Gabrielle, and a brother, David. Robbins was raised a Catholic. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". [3] He moved to Greenwich Village with his family at a young age while his father pursued a career as a member of the folk music group The Highwaymen. Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous The Highwaymen were a circa 1960 "collegiate folk" group which originated at Wesleyan University and had a number-one hit in 1961 with " Michael Robbins started doing theater at age twelve and joined the drama club at Stuyvesant High School. Stuyvesant High School ( IPA: /ˈstаɪvɛsənt/ commonly referred to as Stuy ( IPA: /ˈstаɪ/ is a New York City Public high school [4] He spent two years at SUNY Plattsburgh and then returned to California to study at the UCLA Film School. The State University of New York at Plattsburgh (also known as SUNY Plattsburgh or Plattsburgh State) is a four-year public Liberal arts college in California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.
Robbins's acting career began at Theater for the New City, where he spent his teenage years in their Annual Summer Street Theater and also played the title role in a musical adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince. Founded in 1971, Theater for the New City (known familiarly as “TNC" is one of New York City ’s leading Off-Off Broadway theaters known for radical Street theatre is a form of theatrical Performance and presentation in outdoor Public spaces without a specific paying Audience. Antoine de Saint Exupéry (ɑ̃twan də sɛ̃tɛgzypeˈʀi ( June 29, 1900 — July 31, 1944) was a French Writer and The Little Prince ( Le Petit Prince) published in 1943 is French Aviator Antoine de Saint Exupéry 's most famous Novella After graduation from college in 1981, Robbins founded the Actors' Gang, an experimental theater group, in Los Angeles with actor friends from his college softball team. The Actors' Gang is an Experimental theatre group based in Los Angeles California. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Softball is a team Sport popular especially in the United States. He also took small parts in films, such as the role of frat animal "Mother" in Fraternity Vacation (1985). Fraternity Vacation is a 1985 B-movie romp starring future movie star Tim Robbins as an egregious frat boy of the Theta Pi Gamma fraternity (or as they He played in The Love Boat, as a young version of one of the characters in retrospection about Second World War. The Love Boat (simply Love Boat in its final season is an American Television series set on a Cruise ship, which His breakthrough role was as pitcher Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh in the 1988 baseball movie Bull Durham. Bull Durham is a 1988 American movie about love and Baseball.
He received critical acclaim and won the Best Actor Award at Cannes for his starring role as an amoral movie executive in Robert Altman's 1992 film The Player. The Best Actor Award ( French: Prix d'interprétation masculine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, Robert Bernard Altman (February 20 1925 – November 20 2006 was an American Film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with The Player is a 1992 Film that tells the story of Griffin Mill ( Tim Robbins) a Hollywood studio executive who is being He made his directorial and screenwriting debut with 1992's Bob Roberts, a mockumentary about a right-wing senatorial candidate. Bob Roberts is a 1992 Film written and directed by Tim Robbins. Mockumentary (also known as a pseudo-documentary) a Portmanteau of Mock and documentary, is a film and TV Genre, or a single work In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Robbins then starred alongside Morgan Freeman in the critically acclaimed The Shawshank Redemption (1994), which was based on Stephen King's short story. Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr (born June 1 1937 is an Academy Award -winning American actor Film director and Narrator. The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American Drama film, written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption ( 1982) is a Novella by Stephen King, originally published in Different Seasons.
Robbins has written, produced, and directed several films with strong social content, such as the critically acclaimed capital punishment saga Dead Man Walking (1995), starring Sarandon and Sean Penn. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Dead Man Walking is a 1995 film based on the book of the same name, which tells the story of Sister Helen Prejean (played by Susan Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning American Film Actor The film earned him a Oscar nomination for Best Director. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to His next directorial effort was 1999's Depression-era musical Cradle Will Rock. For the original 1937 musical see The Cradle Will Rock For the 1980 Van Halen hit see And the Cradle Will Rock Robbins has also appeared in mainstream Hollywood thrillers, such as 1999's Arlington Road (as a terrorist) and 2001's Antitrust (as a malicious computer tycoon). Arlington Road is a 1999 film which tells the story of a widowed George Washington University professor who suspects his new neighbors are involved in Terrorism Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion Antitrust (also titled Conspiracycom and Startup) is a 2001 Thriller film written by Howard Franklin A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a mogul, tycoon, baron, or industrialist, is a person who has reached a prominent place in Robbins has also acted in and directed several Actors' Gang theater productions.
Robbins won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and the SAG Award for his work in Mystic River (2003), as a man traumatized from having been molested as a child. Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts The Screen Actors Guild ( SAG) is an American labor union representing over 120000 Film and television principal performers and background Mystic River is an American Drama film released in 2003 directed by Clint Eastwood, and starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins Psychological trauma is a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a traumatic event. Child sexual abuse is a form of Child abuse in which a child is abused for the sexual gratification of an adult or older adolescent In 2005, he won the 39th annual Man of the Year Pudding Pot Award given by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard. The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, known informally simply as The Pudding, is a theatrical student society at Harvard University, known for its Burlesque His most recent acting roles include a temporarily blind man who is nursed to health by a psychologically wounded young woman in The Secret Life of Words and an Apartheid torturer in Catch a Fire. The Secret Life of Words is a 2005 Spanish - Irish Film, directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley and Catch a Fire is a 2006 dramatic thriller about Terrorism and Freedom fighters in Apartheid -era South Africa, based on a
In early 2006, Robbins directed[5] an adaptation of George Orwell's novel 1984, written by Michael Gene Sullivan[6] of the Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer Nineteen Eighty-Four (also titled 1984) by George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) is a 1949 English Novel The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The San Francisco Mime Troupe is a theatre of Political satire which performs free shows in various parks in the San Francisco Bay Area and around California The show opened at Actors' Gang, at their new location at The Ivy Substation in Culver City, California. The Actors' Gang is an Experimental theatre group based in Los Angeles California. Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. In addition to venues around the United States, it has played in Athens, Greece, the Melbourne International Festival in Australia and the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Hong Kong Arts Festival (香港藝術節/HKAF founded in 1973 is a focus programmes for the Culture of Hong Kong, in order to provides a wide range of art programmes from Robbins is considering adapting the play into a film version. [7]
In 2007, Robbins filmed The Return with co-star Rachel McAdams. Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17 1978, often reported as October 7 1976) is a multiple Teen Choice Award and MTV Movie Award Shooting took place in Illinois, including scenes filmed at Mojo's Music in Edwardsville, Illinois. Edwardsville is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States.
Robbins lives in New York City. The City of New York Since 1988, Robbins has been in a relationship with actress Susan Sarandon whom he met on the set of Bull Durham. Susan Sarandon (born Susan Abigail Tomalin; October 4 1946 is an American Actress. Bull Durham is a 1988 American movie about love and Baseball. They have two sons: Jack Henry (born 1989) and Miles Guthrie (born 1992). Robbins, like Sarandon, is a lapsed Catholic,[8] and they both share liberal political views. In Roman Catholicism, a lapsed Catholic is a Catholic who has ceased practicing the Catholic religion Liberalism in the United States is a broad political and philosophical mindset favoring individual Liberty, and opposing restrictions on liberty whether they come from At 6 ft 5 in (1. 96 m), Robbins is one of the tallest actors in Hollywood. [9]
Robbins, cousin of Natural Law Party guru Timothy Robbins, is an avowed supporter of Ralph Nader and appeared on stage in character as Bob Roberts during the "Nader Rocks the Garden" rally at Madison Square Garden during Nader's campaign for the U. The Natural Law Party was founded in 1992 in the United States by a group of educators business leaders and lawyers in Fairfield, Iowa who practiced Transcendental Ralph Nader (born February 27 1934 is an American Attorney, Author, Lecturer, political activist, and independent candidate for President Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City. S. presidency in 2000. Robbins is a prominent spokesperson for anti-globalisation, a frequent critic of U. " Anti-globalization " is a term that encompasses a number of related ideas S. President George W. Bush, and a vocal opponent of the war in Iraq. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign In December 2007, he endorsed and campaigned for trial lawyer and senator John Edwards in the U.S. presidential election, 2008. Johnny Reid "John" Edwards (born June 10 1953 The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday November 4 2008 will be the 56th consecutive [10]
In 2003, a 15th anniversary celebration of Bull Durham at the National Baseball Hall of Fame was cancelled by Hall of Fame president Dale Petroskey. Dale Petroskey (born August 17 1955 is the Executive Vice President of Marketing for the Texas Rangers Baseball Club Petroskey, who was on the White House staff during the Reagan administration, said Robbins's public stance against President Bush and the war represented "a danger". See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence The United States Presidency of Ronald Reagan, also known as the Reagan Administration, was a Republican administration headed by Durham co-star Kevin Costner, a self-described Libertarian, defended Robbins and Sarandon, saying "I think Tim and Susan's courage is the type of courage that makes our democracy work. Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American Actor, producer and Academy Award -winning director Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the Pulling back this invite is against the whole principle about what we fight for and profess to be about. "[11] Robbins later said that Costner, Clint Eastwood, and Jack Valenti were the only major Hollywood figures that stood up for his free speech rights in this case and noted that all three men are either Republicans or very conservative Democrats, adding that he felt there could be common ground between individuals with different political beliefs. Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. Jack Joseph Valenti ( September 5 1921 – April 26 2007) was a long-time president of the Motion Picture Association of America.
Robbins is an avid baseball and hockey fan. He supports the New York Mets and the New York Rangers and frequently attends games. "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. The New York Rangers are a professional Ice hockey team based in New York, New York, United States. In 1995, Robbins did a series of promos for the MSG network advertising upcoming Rangers games.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1985 | Fraternity Vacation | Larry "Mother" Tucker | |
| The Sure Thing | Gary Cooper | ||
| 1986 | Howard the Duck | Phil Blumburtt | Razzie nominee for Worst Supporting Actor |
| Top Gun | Lt. Fraternity Vacation is a 1985 B-movie romp starring future movie star Tim Robbins as an egregious frat boy of the Theta Pi Gamma fraternity (or as they The Sure Thing is a 1985 Romantic comedy directed by Rob Reiner and written by Stephen L Howard the Duck (also known as Howard A New Breed of Hero in Europe is a 1986 live-action film produced by Lucasfilm and Top Gun is a 1986 American Film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer in association with Sam 'Merlin' Wells | ||
| 1988 | Tapeheads | Josh Tager | |
| Bull Durham | Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh | ||
| Five Corners | Harry | ||
| 1989 | Erik the Viking | Erik | |
| Miss Firecracker | Delmount | ||
| 1990 | Jacob's Ladder | Jacob Singer | |
| Cadillac Man | Larry | ||
| 1992 | Bob Roberts | Bob Roberts | also as writer, director |
| The Player | Griffin Mill | BAFTA Nominee for Best Actor | |
| 1993 | Short Cuts | Gene Shepard | |
| 1994 | I.Q. | Ed Walters | |
| Prêt-à-Porter (Ready to Wear) | Joe Flynne | ||
| The Shawshank Redemption | Andy Dufresne | Oscar nominee for Best Picture | |
| The Hudsucker Proxy | Norville Barnes | ||
| 1995 | Dead Man Walking | as writer/director only Academy Award nominee |
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| 1997 | Nothing to Lose | Nick Beam | |
| 1999 | Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me | The President | |
| Cradle Will Rock | as writer/director only | ||
| Arlington Road | Oliver Lang | ||
| 2000 | Mission to Mars | Woodrow 'Woody' Blake | |
| High Fidelity | Ian 'Ray' Raymond | ||
| 2001 | Antitrust | Gary Winston | |
| 2002 | Human Nature | Dr. Tapeheads is a 1988 Comedy film directed by Bill Fishman The film features John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Sam Moore, and Bull Durham is a 1988 American movie about love and Baseball. Five Corners is a 1987 film starring Tim Robbins, Jodie Foster, and John Turturro. Erik the Viking is a 1989 Film written and directed by Terry Jones, who also makes an appearance in it Miss Firecracker is a 1989 Comedy film directed by Thomas Schlamme. Jacob's Ladder is a 1990 Psychological horror Film directed by Adrian Lyne, based on a Screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin Cadillac Man is a 1990 Comedy film starring Robin Williams and Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a 1992 Film written and directed by Tim Robbins. The Player is a 1992 Film that tells the story of Griffin Mill ( Tim Robbins) a Hollywood studio executive who is being Short Cuts is a 1993 Drama film directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt it is inspired by nine IQ is a 1994 Romantic comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, and Walter Matthau Prêt-à-Porter (English Ready to Wear) is a 1994 satirical Black comedy written directed and produced by Robert Altman The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American Drama film, written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the Stephen King The Hudsucker Proxy is a 1994 Film directed by the Coen brothers, telling a fictitious story about the rise and fall of a naive executive and Dead Man Walking is a 1995 film based on the book of the same name, which tells the story of Sister Helen Prejean (played by Susan Nothing to Lose is a 1997 Comedy starring Martin Lawrence and Tim Robbins. Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me is the second film in the Austin Powers series, released in 1999. For the original 1937 musical see The Cradle Will Rock For the 1980 Van Halen hit see And the Cradle Will Rock Arlington Road is a 1999 film which tells the story of a widowed George Washington University professor who suspects his new neighbors are involved in Terrorism Mission to Mars is a 2000 science fiction movie directed by Brian de Palma about a rescue mission to Mars following a disaster High Fidelity is a 2000 film directed by Stephen Frears and starring John Cusack. Antitrust (also titled Conspiracycom and Startup) is a 2001 Thriller film written by Howard Franklin Human Nature is a 2001 Comedy film, written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry. Nathan Bronfman | |
| The Truth About Charlie | Lewis Bartholomew | ||
| 2003 | Mystic River | Dave Boyle | Academy Award winner SAG Award winner Golden Globe winner |
| Code 46 | William Geld | ||
| 2004 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Public News Anchor | (Cameo - uncredited) |
| 2005 | The Secret Life of Words | Josef | |
| Zathura | Dad | ||
| War of the Worlds | Harlan Oglivy | ||
| 2006 | Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny | The Stranger | |
| Catch a Fire | Nic Vos | ||
| 2007 | Noise | David Owen | |
| 2008 | The Lucky Ones | Cheever | completed |
| City of Ember | TBA | post-production |
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by John Turturro for Barton Fink |
Award for Best Actor - Cannes Film Festival 1992 for The Player |
Succeeded by David Thewlis for Naked |
| Preceded by Chris Cooper for Adaptation. |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 2003 for Mystic River |
Succeeded by Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby |
| Preceded by Chris Cooper for Adaptation. |
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture 2004 for Mystic River |
Succeeded by Clive Owen for Closer |
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| NAME | Robbins, Tim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robbins, Timothy Francis |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | actor, screenwriter, director, producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | West Covina, California, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |