Talk:Tim Roth

German-Jewish surname

Roth is a German surname, not a German-Jewish one. Yes, Jews may also use this surname, but it's still a German surname. Many jewish names are German based.

That seems like a good point. The name is as much a Nazi name as a Jewish one. The explanation does not ring true. The article says, "...partly through solidarity with the victims of the Holocaust, partly because the English were far from welcome in some of the countries to which his job took him" I know the English aren't the most popular people everywhere but surely immediately after the second world war the places Roth's father was likely to travel to would be more likely to accept an English surname than a German surname. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.187.233.172 (talk) 19:07, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

April Fools?

http://www.who-philes.com/?p=57 Alan (talk) 09:34, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

A Taboo Subject ?

While making "The War Zone" Tim Roth gave few interviews - inculding a french one - where he said that he was abused when he was a child but it's not put on the article nor on imdb. Why ?

"Roth later admitted that he had been abused as a child. He tells me that it happened from a young age 'right through until I was probably 11'. He makes it clear that it wasn't his father. " http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/04/05/sm_timroth05.xml&page=2

ROTH IS A JEWISH NAME --

However, what sounds realLy suspect and quite ridiculous -- is the following -- "His father adopted the surname Roth after World War II in order to hide his nationality when traveling in countries hostile to the British" -- How silly. If anything, Europe was intensely PRO British after the war, and still, unashamedly anti Semitic. Jews were still being harrassed in pogroms all over Esdtern Europe even after the horrors of the holocaust were gradually more known to people, which, according to many academics, hurried on the founding of Israel.

If Roth's father had wanted to be accepted on his journeying -- going under a Brit or US name would certainly have won him many friends -- whilst choosing a Jewish name would have done the exact opposite in an areas still bligted by condescending and hateful anti Semtitism.And Roth IS a Jewish name, whatever a previous poster stated -- yes, it is also used by Gentiles, but it IS an Ashkenazi name.

http://www.genealoj.org/ENtexte/page15.html

http://surnames.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=Jewish&title=Jewish+Names&usage=yes

http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Roth-name-meaning.ashx

So why did Roth assume a Jewish name? Who knows, but the explanation given ( by Roth himself ) is plain silly -- perhaps he just wanted an "actors name" which would attract interest. After all, may do the same in music and acting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.138.57.171 (talk) 01:15, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Roth goes into great detail into all of this, and his family background, in this interview. All Hallow's (talk) 01:18, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Tales from the Crypt

I noticed Tim isn't being credited with his acting role in the Tales of the Crypt episode "Easel Kill Ya". Is there a reason for this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.56.125.115 (talk) 16:36, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Broken release date

In the article, it's written that the release date for Broken is in 2014, and that it's "Filming". Except that it's already out in Europe (at least in France, since last week). A bit of editing is in order, I think.