Tim Robbins

Director, Actor

Filmography (All Films)

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Sure Thing, The (1985): Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Tim Robbins…; Early John Cusack film puts an agreeable spin on the plot of IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, where he and female–nemesis Daphne Zuniga uncomfortably…
Howard the Duck (1986): Dir. Willard Huyck
Feat. Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins, Jeffrey Jones; An H–Bomb of interstellar proportions, this George Lucus produced quack–job starred a dwarf–sized humanoid duck, sent to earth to…
Five Corners (1987): Dir. Tony Bill
Feat. Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, Todd Graff…; Ambitious, although ultimately chaotic, drama set in the Bronx in 1964, where a young Jodie Foster is stalked by her former boyfriend (Turturro), who…
Bull Durham (1988): Dir. Ron Shelton
Feat. Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins; Costner and Sarandon star in this much–admired romantic baseball comedy.
Tapeheads (1988): Dir. Bill Fishman
Feat. John Cusack, Tim Robbins; Eager to succeed in the L.A. as music–vid directors, John Cusack and Tim Robbins “do what they gotta do, so they can do what they wanna”.…
Erik the Viking (1990): Dir. Terry Jones
Feat. Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt; A swashbuckling comic fantasy from the Monty Python stable about a Nordic warrior who develops a conscience, and so leads his unruly band of…
Jacob's Ladder (1990): Dir. Adrian Lyne
Feat. Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pena, Danny Aiello…; Tim Robbins plays a Vietnam vet who begins to suffer from progressively frightening hallucenations. An intense, gripping journey into the unknown…
Cadillac Man (1990): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Robin Williams, Tim Robbins; Motor–mouthed car salesman Robin Williams has his dealership (and alas, the fun) beseiged by a jealous, machine–gun toting husband (Tim…
Miss Firecracker (1991): Dir. Thomas Schlamme
Feat. Holly Hunter, Tim Robbins, Alfre Woodard…; Feel–good Southern comedy stars Holly Hunter as the unsung, insecure cousin of the town beauty who dreams of becoming 'Miss Firecracker'…
Bob Roberts (1992): Dir. Tim Robbins
Feat. Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman…; Bob Dylan meets Ronald Reagan in this 'Spinal Tap' of politics. Robbins stars in this own scathing send up of the U.S. political system and…
Player, The (1992): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Whoopi Goldberg…; A glittering Tinseltown satire that manages to be an intricate, clever, surprising and entertaining thriller all at the same time, with a cast of…
Short Cuts (1993): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Waits…; Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason–Leigh, Tom Waits and Jack Lemmon lead 18 other stars in this extraordinary observation of the ordinary. Several of…
Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994): Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh; In a blissfully art–directed industrial '50s, an 'entry–level' innocent (Tim Robbins) is unwittingly catapulted to corporate supremacy.…
Pret-a-Porter (1994): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Sophia Loren…; Director Altman's take on the Paris fashion industry hasn't the edgy sarcasm or the incisiveness of his THE PLAYER and SHORT CUTS, but is…
Shawshank Redemption, The (1994): Dir. Frank Darabont
Feat. Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, William Sadler…; Compelling yarn made of an early non–horror Stephen King short story about an innocent prison inmate who spends two decades behind…
I.Q. (1995): Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Walter Matthau, Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins; Walter Matthau, playing Einstein, (yes Albert!), matchmakes niece Meg Ryan and mechanic Tim Robbins together in 1950s Princeton University. Teases…
Dead Man Walking (1996): Dir. Tim Robbins
Feat. Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon; In a feat of rare ambition and integrity, actor Tim Robbins proves supremely adept behind the camera with this even–handed presentation of the…
Nothing to Lose (1998): Dir. Steve Oedekerk
Feat. Tim Robbins, Martin Lawrence; Ad–man Tim Robbins loses his will to live after he discovers his wife's affair, and winds up indulging in petty crime with his…
Arlington Road (1999): Dir. Mark Pellington
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Hope Davis…; Intelligent terrorist thriller, seemingly inspired by events at Waco and Oklahoma City, weaves a complex tale of deception and paranoia around…
Cradle Will Rock (1999): Dir. Tim Robbins
Feat. John Cusack, Bill Murray, John Turturro…; Caught between government paranoia and unionist principles in depression–era New York, a theatre troupe voice their dissent by attempting to…
Mission to Mars (2000): Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle; A loop–ily solemn mission to the red planet in the year 2020 with Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins and Don Cheadle, that threatens at times to overcome…
High Fidelity (2000): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black…; American adaptation of Nick Hornby's beloved English novel about pop music obsession and the vagaries of romance loses surprisingly little in the…
Anti-Trust (2001): Dir. Peter Howitt
Feat. Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, Rachael Leigh Cook…; Dot.com billlionaire Tim Robbins (modelled on Bill Gates) tries to buy the soul of computer whizz Ryan Phillippe in this competent hacker thriller,…
Human Nature (2001): Dir. Michel Gondry
Feat. Tim Robbins, Rhys Ifans, Patricia Arquette…; An odd yet amusing burlesque from the makers of BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, presenting a wildly contrived scenario as an excuse to examine the comedy of…
Truth About Charlie, The (2002): Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Thandiwe Newton, Tim Robbins…; A remake of the 1963 classic CHARADE, in which a widow realises after her husband's death that he was involved in espionage. Interesting revival…
Mystic River (2003): Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon…; Dignified crime thriller shot in unfussy style by old pro Clint Eastwood, this is less thrilling than a reliable entertainment, with the emotional…
Code 46 (2003): Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton; A cerebral, provocative 'future shock' thriller in which Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton try to conduct a forbidden affair in a politically…
Zathura (A Space Adventure) (2005): Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins; Highly effective 'sequel of sorts' to JUMANJI, with two squabbling kid brothers unearthing a strange clockwork boardgame in the basement, which upon…
War of the Worlds (2005): Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto…; Dynamic and intense re–imagining of H.G. Wells sci–fi staple (for its first half at least), in which hostile aliens invade Earth in…
Secret Life of Words, The (2005): Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Julie Christie; Intense character–driven drama set on an isolated oil rig that explores the relationship between a hearing–impaired factory worker…
Catch a Fire (2006): Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Tim Robbins, Derek Luke; Sturdy, serious–minded political thriller from the steady hand of dir. Phillip Noyce, couched in the turbulence of South Africa’s Apartheid…
Noise (2007): Dir. Henry Bean
Feat. Tim Robbins, Bridget Moynahan, William Hurt…; Irreverent black comedy stars Tim Robbins as an outraged citizen impelled to take a stand against the daily irritation of New York noise…
City Of Ember (2008): Dir. Gil Kenan
Feat. Harry Treadaway, Saoirse Ronan, Tim Robbins…; Dystopian children's fantasy set in an underground city of the future that is threatened by eternal darkness but whose leaders protect their citizens…
Lucky Ones, The (2008): Dir. Neil Burger
Feat. Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams, Michael Pena; Low–key drama sees Robbins, McAdams and Pena play three soldiers who go on an unexpected road–trip together through the USA after…
Green Lantern (2011): Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard…; Superhero spectacle, with Ryan Reynolds as a test pilot granted a mystical green ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers, as well as…
Cinema Verite (2011): Dir. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Feat. Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini…; Crisply realised HBO production on the making of the world's first ever Reality TV series, PBS's landmark 1973 miniseries 'An American…
Thanks For Sharing (2012): Dir. Stuart Blumberg
Feat. Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins…; By making the primary addiction of its central characters sex, Stuart Blumberg’s film prompts the audience to ask themselves about their attitudes…
Spoils of Babylon, The (TV Mini-Series) (2014): Feat. Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell…; A florid send–up of the 'event mini–series' genre – a regular fixture on televisions in the 70s and 80s – that incorporates…
A Perfect Day (2015): Dir. Fernando León de Aranoa
Feat. Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko…; Trenchant, satisfying black comedy about a group of aid workers struggling with the task of removing a corpse from a well at the end of the Yugoslav…
Marjorie Prime (2017): Dir. Michael Almereyda
Feat. Jon Hamm, Geena Davis, Lois Smith…; An entirely thought–provoking chamber–piece set in the not–too–distant future where an elderly woman with encroaching…
Here and Now (TV Series) (2018): Feat. Holly Hunter, Tim Robbins, Daniel Zovatto…; Dark comedy TV series created by Alan Ball (SIX FEET UNDER), following Portlandian parents with three adopted kids from Liberia, Vietnam and…
Dark Waters (2019): Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins…; Compelling slow burn legal drama masterfully directed by Todd Haynes (CAROL) set in West Virginia, where a corporate defence attorney takes on a…

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