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Filmography

Actor Credits
Prêt-à-Porter [1994]
TV Shows/Series
Jack & Bobby (Pres. Robert McCallister) [2005] (# of episodes: 1)
The Simpsons (Jim Hope) [1999] (# of episodes: 1)
Moonlighting (Fremmer) [1995] (# of episodes: 1)
Amazing Stories (Jordan`s Phantom) [1986] (# of episodes: 1)
Saturday Night Live (Bob Roberts) [1986 - 1992] (# of episodes: 2)
Hardcastle and McCormick (Johnson) [1984] (# of episodes: 1)
Hill Street Blues (Patrolman Lawrence Swan) [1984] (# of episodes: 1)
 

Tim Robbins Biography
Born in West Covina, California, but raised in New York City, Tim Robbins is the son of former The Highwaymen singer Gil Robbins and actress Mary Robbins. Robbins studied drama at UCLA, where he graduated with honors in 1981. That same year, he formed the Actors` Gang theater group, an experimental ensemble that expressed radical political observations through the European avant-garde form of theater. He started film work in TV movies in 1983, but hit the big time in 1988 with his portrayal of dim-witted fastball pitcher "Nuke" Laloosh in Bull Durham (1988). Tall with baby-faced looks, he has the ability to play naive and obtuse (Cadillac Man (1990) and The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)) or slick and shrewd (The Player (1992) and Bob Roberts (1992)).
 

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Trivia

Trivia and Quotes

Quotes
  • "In this time when a citizenry applauds the liberation of a country as it lives in fear of its own freedom...when people all over the country fear reprisal if they use their right to free speech, it is time to get angry. It is time to get fierce."
    War
  • A movie script is a malleable entity when you`re shooting and should be able to become different things and should be able to be rewritten at the last minute.
  • Haven`t criminal acts occurred in government? Shouldn`t there be accountability for inept policy decisions? Shouldn`t someone be fired? And you know something? I didn`t hear any of that, because I am still thinking about that starlet getting out of the car without the panties.
  • I`m fairly competent as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don`t have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with `It`s a masterpiece,` and then tell me what you think could be changed.
  • I`m six foot four and a half and I have a temper.
  • [On his screenwriting] "I always write from an actor`s perspective, which is writing dialogue that fits comfortably into one`s mouth, as opposed to dialogue that is strained and defective."
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  • After the September 11 attacks, he tried to fly out of New York City to be with Susan Sarandon and their children in Hollywood. Upon finding out that all flights were grounded, he and a friend drove from New York City to Los Angeles in a 56-hour trip that began on the morning of September 12, 2001.
  • Apparently "discovered" Jack Black, having given him his first film role in Bob Roberts (1992). The two remain good friends today and he has appeared in 3 films with him.
  • As co-presenters of the Academy Awards in 1993, he and his partner, Susan Sarandon, seized a chance to bring public attention to the plight of a few hundred Haitians with AIDS who had been interned in Guantánamo Bay.
  • At 6` 4½", he is the tallest actor ever to have won an Oscar, tied with John Wayne. The tallest actor ever nominated was James Cromwell at 6` 7".
  • By age 12, he was already a member of the Theater for the New City, an avant-garde acting troupe.
  • Grew up in Greenwich Village and graduated from Stuyvesant H.S. in New York City.
  • LA Weekly cover story detailed his struggle taking creative control of The Actors` Gang, the theater company he founded in 1981. Many long-time members of the group left the company during the controversy. [August 2001]
  • Was considered for the role of Dr. Doom in Fantastic Four (2005) and Eddie Darko in Donnie Darko (2001).
  • Was kicked off his high school hockey team for fighting.
  • Has played in the Heroes of Hockey game at the National Hockey League`s All-Star Game.
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