Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins in Warner Brothers' The Shawshank Redemption - 1994

Biography

Born 10/16/1958

The son of folk-singer Gil Robbins, actor-writer-director Tim Robbins came of age on the LSD-drenched streets of NYC's Greenwich Village, caught between 60s psychedelia and the Pope. "My parents were by no stretch of the imagination bohemians or hippies or anything like that. We were Catholics, and...
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Awards

  • In 2004, received Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
  • In 2004, received Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
  • In 2004, received Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Highlights

  • In 2008, Co-starred as an Iraq War veteran in Neil Burger's "The Lucky Ones" with Michael Pena and Rachel McAdams
  • In 2008, Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • In 2006, Co-starred in the political thriller "Catch a Fire," directed by Phillip Noyce

Family & Companions

  • Susan Sarandon: co-starred in "Bull Durham" (1988); also appeared in the Robbins-directed "Bob Roberts" (1992) and won an Oscar under his direction for "Dead Men Walking" (1995)
  • Adele Robbins: sister (Directed by brother in "Dead Man Walking" (1995))
  • Gabrielle Robbins: sister (Older)

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