TIM ROBBINS (Dave Boyle) has a long list of notable film credits as an actor, his career likewise highlighted by writing, producing and directorial accomplishments. Key acting roles occurred in films such as The Truth About Charlie, Human Nature, The Player, Bull Durham, Bob Roberts, Jacob’s Ladder, High Fidelity, The Hudsucker Proxy, Short Cuts, and the remarkable The Shawshank Redemption.
Robbins also appeared in the films Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Mission to Mars, Top Gun, Nothing to Lose, Arlington Road, Jungle Fever, Cadillac Man, The Sure Thing and Five Corners. He will soon be seen in Michael Winterbottom’s Code 46.
Robbins has won numerous awards for his acting including Best Actor Award at the Cannes International Film Festival and the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor for The Player. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor for Bob Roberts and by The Screen Actors Guild for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor for The Shawshank Redemption.
As a director, Robbins has distinguished himself with Cradle Will Rock, which he also wrote and produced, winning the Best Film and Best Director at the Barcelona Film Festival and the National Board of Review Award for Special Achievement in Filmmaking. Dead Man Walking, which he also wrote and produced, won multiple awards including the Humanitas Award and four Awards at the Berlin Film Festival, as well as an Oscar nomination for Best Director. His first film, Bob Roberts, won the Bronze Award for Best Film at the Tokyo International Film Festival and Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor Award at the Boston Film Festival. In addition, Roberts served as executive producer for the films The Specter of Hope and The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera, a documentary about filmmaker Sam Fuller, which won the Cable ACE Award for Best Documentary.
Robbins also serves as Artistic Director for the Actor’s Gang, a group formed in 1982 that has over 75 productions and more than 100 awards to their credit. As a playwright he has written seven plays produced in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and at the Edinburgh Festival. He has recently directed Mephisto at the Actor’s Gang, and is currently directing a play he has written called Embedded, which will open in October at the Actor’s Gang Theater in Los Angeles.
Robbins lives in New York City, a proud father of 3 mischievous children.
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