Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins
Robbins at the Berlin Film Festival 2013
Born	Timothy Francis Robbins (1958-10-16) October 16, 1958 (age 65) West Covina, California, U.S.
Education	University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Occupations	Actor director producer screenwriter
Years active	1982–present
Works	Full list
Spouse	Gratiela Brancusi ​ ​ (m. 2017; div. 2022)​
Partner	Susan Sarandon (1988–2009)
Children	2, including Miles Robbins
Awards	Full list
Tim Robbins's voice from the BBC program Front Row, September 2, 2010.[1]
Website	timrobbins.net

Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958)^[2] is an American actor, director, and producer. He is best known for portraying Andy Dufresne in the film The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Jacob Singer in Jacob's Ladder (1990), as well as winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe award for his role in Mystic River (2003) and another Golden Globe for The Player (1992).

Robbins's other roles include starring as Lt. Samuel "Merlin" Wells in Top Gun (1986), Nuke LaLoosh in Bull Durham (1988), Erik in Erik the Viking (1989), Ed Walters in I.Q. (1994), Nick Beam in Nothing to Lose (1997) and Senator Robert Hammond in Green Lantern (2011). He also directed the films Bob Roberts (1992) and Dead Man Walking (1995), both of which were well received. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director for Dead Man Walking.

On television, Robbins played Secretary of State Walter Larson in the HBO comedy The Brink (2015), and in Here and Now (2018) portrayed Greg Boatwright. In 2023, he starred as Bernard Holland in the Apple TV+ series Silo.