Tim Robbins(I)
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Born in West Covina, California, but raised in New York City, Tim
Robbins is the son of former
The Highwaymen singer
Gil Robbins and actress
Mary Robbins (née Bledsoe). Robbins
studied drama at UCLA, where he graduated with honors in 1981. That
same year, he formed the Actors' Gang theater group, an experimental
ensemble that expressed radical political observations through the
European avant-garde form of theater. He started film work in
television movies in 1983, but hit the big time in 1988 with his
portrayal of dimwitted fastball pitcher "Nuke" Laloosh in
Bull Durham (1988). Tall with
baby-faced looks, he has the ability to play naive and obtuse
(Cadillac Man (1990) and
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994))
or slick and shrewd (The Player (1992)
and Bob Roberts (1992)).
