The son of folk singer Gil Robbins, Tim Robbins was born in West Covina, Calif., on Oct. 16, 1958. At UCLA, he founded the Actors' Gang theater company, with which he's still active.Small parts in 1980s youth comedies led to bigger ones in Top Gun (1986) and his breakthrough role in Bull Durham (1988) as a dim-witted rookie pitcher. His success in Robert Altman's The Player started Robbins toward more politically and socially conscious films, such as the "mockumentary" Bob Roberts (which he also wrote and directed).
Two prison dramas have had lasting impact on Robbins's career -- the cult favorite The Shawshank Redemption and Dead Man Walking, the death penalty docudrama he adapted and directed (and for which he received a Best Director Oscar nomination). His sensitive performance as a murder suspect and abuse survivor in Mystic River brought Robbins his first Oscar in 2004.
AddJacob's LadderVietnam veteran Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) is tortured by psychological demons in this supernatural thriller. Singer has returned home to New York, but the death of his son and flashbacks from the war continue to haunt him. Although he receives help from his girlfriend (Elizabeth Peña), his... Read More
AddThe PlayerDirector Robert Altman's viciously funny masterpiece follows a happenin' Hollywood studio executive (Tim Robbins) whose life is falling apart (a rival wants his job, and he's facing a murder rap). Will Robbins face the music or turn his liabilities into assets? Packed with irreverence, myriad star... Read More
AddCode 46In this futuristic sci-fi romance, William (Tim Robbins) is an insurance examiner whose company assigns him to investigate the use of papelles, fake travel insurance papers required by the strict government. Along the way, he meets Maria (Samantha Morton), the woman responsible for the phony... Read More
AddNothing to LoseNick Beame (Tim Robbins), an advertising executive, thinks he's having a bad day when he discovers his wife Ann (Kelly Preston) in bed with his boss (Michael McKean). But Nick's day goes from bad to worse when he drives around aimlessly and soon finds himself in a poor neighborhood, staring at the... Read More
AddNoiseDesperate for some peace and quiet, New York attorney David Owen (Tim Robbins) takes matters into his own hands. He starts by leaving notes on cars whose owners don't turn off their alarms, but when he's not getting the results he wants, he ups the ante. He soon becomes known as "the Rectifier,"... Read More
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