Tim Robbins

His 1.96 meter height is imposing, and yet his gestures and gait are those of a calm and peaceful person. A perception that many times contradicts his work, and that is that he is capable of convincing equally as a kind and cheerful guy or as a depressed and psychopath. His greatest artistic recognition came two years ago, when he won the Oscar for best supporting actor inMystic River , the Clint Eastwood dramain which Robbins played Dave Boyle, a man traumatized by a horrible childhood experience. The actor was 46 years old at the time and that award meant the culmination of a wide harvest of successes, which includes two Golden Globes to date, an award for best performance at Cannes and a Screen Actors Guild award, as well as two BAFTA nominations. and another to the Oscar in the category of best director.

Born on October 16, 1958 in West Covina, California, Timothy Francis Robbins is the youngest son of Mary, a publishing executive, and Gil, a musician and singer. Like him, his older siblings turned to the artistic world: David is a composer, Adele is also an actress and Gabrielle earns her living as a cabaret artist. The taste for acting soon came to Tim: at the age of 12 he was already acting at the Theater of New City and at the Stuyvesant Institute he dared to direct his first theatrical pieces. The icing on his acting precocity came when he moved to Los Angeles and graduated from UCLA with a degree in drama. In 1981 he founded the Actor’s Gang theater group, characterized from its beginnings by its avant-garde character and its interest in works with a political and provocative content, such as those of Bertold Brecht.

In the early 80s he appeared in television series such as Sad Song of Hill Street orLuz de luna , and also took part in a telefilm. Her film debut dates from 1984, in the war drama Young Commandos . She later shared the bill with John Cusack in the Rob Reiner comedy Love Games at the University (1985), and with Tom Cruise in Top Gun. Idols of the air (1986). Two years later her life would change forever when she became part of the cast ofDurham Buffaloes . His female lead, Susan Sarandon , would become the love of her life. After almost twenty years, Tim and Susan are still together, they are known in Hollywood as the champions of an arch-democratic “progressivism” (a bit of an exaggeration, it must be said) and they have two sons, Miles and Jack.

From the 90s he forged the success of his career. She collaborated with Robert Altman on three of his films: AcidThe Hollywood Game (1992), the choirCrossed lives (1993) and the voidReady-to-wear (1994). Also in 94 she starred in the “coeniania” and undervaluedThe great leap and above all the prisonLife imprisonment , Frank Darabont ‘s superb behind – the – scenes debut. Robbins later fell for Meg Ryan in the romanticThe Genie of Love (1994), scared Jeff Bridges inArlington Road (1999) and went into space with Gary Sinise inMission to Mars (2000). But in addition to his acting work, Tim Robbins has been on the other side of the camera three times: he debuted in political satireCitizen Bob Roberts (1992), which he also starred in; It was followed by the harsh and vindictiveDeath Penalty (1995), for which Susan Sarandon won the Best Actress Oscar; and in 1999 she transferred to the screen a real episode of the life of Orson Welles inDown the curtain

His latest works of interest areHigh fidelity (2000), together with John Cusack (whom he is a great friend of after having worked together on six films), the correctConspiracy on the net (2001), the futuristCode 46 , with Samantha Morton , the aforementioned Mystic River (2003), The War of the Worlds (2005), by Spielberg, and the recentThe secret life of words (2005), a memorable drama directed by the Spanish Isabel Coixet . It has to release the family adventure Zathura, a space adventure and the musical comedy Tenacious D: Giving the note . And at the moment he is shooting Catch the Fire , directed by the Australian Phillip Noyce .