Timothy Francis Robbins
Timothy Francis Robbins was bornon 16 October 1958 in West Covina, California, United States, American, is American actor. Timothy Francis "Tim" Robbins is an actor cum producer who is as famous for his acting talents as he is for his activism. A man with liberal political views, he often chooses films that promote liberty and civil rights for all. He is known to act in movies that highlight social and political issues such as capital punishment, child sexual abuse and libertarian politics. The son of an actress and a musician, he developed an early interest in show business. He was a member of his school drama club and started doing theatre when he was 12. As a teenager he spent many years in the Annual Summer Street Theater at Theater for the New City and played the leading role in a musical adaptation of ‘The Little Prince’. He began his professional acting career as a television actor and appeared as a domestic terrorist in the program ‘St. Elsewhere’. Gradually he set his eyes on entering Hollywood and started doing minor roles in films. His portrayal of a likeable baseball player in the movie ‘Bull Durham’ got him noticed and helped to propel his career to great heights. Famous for his slender frame and mellow voice, Robbins is especially talented at playing soft-spoken and sensitive characters on screen.
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Towering at a height of 6 feet 5 inches, he was the tallest Academy award winning actor as on 2011
He appeared in a Spanish film, ‘The Secret Life of Words’ in 2005 in which he played a burn victim, Josef, who is temporarily blinded by an oil rig fire, and his relationship with his taciturn nurse, Hanna
He starred in the 2003 drama film ‘Mystic River’ which also had actors like Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon, and Emmy Rossum
In 1999 he wrote, produced and directed the drama film ‘Cradle Will Rock’ that chronicles the events that surrounded the production of the 1937 musical ‘The Cradle Will Rock’ by Marc Blitzstein
He wrote and directed the crime drama film ‘Dead Man Walking’ in 1995 which had Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn in leading roles
He starred along with Morgan Freeman in the drama film ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ in 1994
He turned director and screenwriter with his 1992 film ‘Bob Roberts’
He first got noticed for his performance in the romantic sports comedy ‘Bull Durham’ in 1988 in which he played the character of the rookie pitcher Nuke
His first major role was in the highly forgettable, flop film ‘Howard the Duck’ in 1986 which almost threatened to end his career
He began his acting career as a television actor in 1982
He enrolled at the UCLA Film School from where he graduated in 1981
During the mid 1980s he started doing minor roles in films like ‘Toy Soldiers’, ‘Fraternity Vacation’ (1985), ‘Top Gun’ (1986), etc
