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We talked a little bit about Hallie Flanagan and who he knew in the federal theater and what was going on in that day. It was very interesting to hear about it from his perspective
Tim Robbins shares film, opinions Mar 20, 2007
Once in a while, you're walking down the street and there are eyes that are so compelling, so full of an emotion that you go: 'Whoa! There's something going on there. There's something happening. There's a story that I just saw the middle of right there.' You can tell there is some sort of tragedy being played out in front of you
Robbins: People-watching great acting tool Dec 18, 2003
I'm looking forward to screening 'Bob Roberts.' I feel it continues to have a resonance today and should lead to an interesting post-screening discussion
Entertainment Today: Showbiz News May 13, 2003
If you ever write about my family again ... I will (bleeping) hurt you
Cathy's World: James Woods as 'Rudy' Mar 26, 2003
Timothy Francis "Tim" Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist and musician. He is the former longtime partner of actress Susan Sarandon. He is known for his roles as Nuke in Bull Durham, Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption, and as Dave Boyle in Mystic River, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Robbins was born in West Covina, California, and raised in New York City, the son of Mary Robbins (née Bledsoe), an actress, and Gilbert Lee Robbins, (1931–2011) a musician, folk singer, actor and former manager of The Gaslight Cafe. Robbins has two sisters, Adele and Gabrielle, and a brother, David. Robbins was raised a Catholic. He moved to Greenwich Village with his family at a young age, while his father pursued a career as a member of the folk music group The Highwaymen. Robbins started doing theater at age twelve and joined the drama club at Stuyvesant High School. He spent two years at SUNY Plattsburgh and then returned to California to study at the UCLA Film School.
Robbins's acting career began at Theater for the New City, where he spent his teenage years in their Annual Summer Street Theater and also played the title role in a musical adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince. After graduation from college in 1981, Robbins founded the Actors' Gang, an experimental theater group, in Los Angeles with actor friends from his college softball team (including John Cusack). In 1982, he appeared as domestic terrorist Andrew Reinhardt in three episodes of the television program St. Elsewhere. In 1985, he guest-starred in the second episode of the television series Moonlighting, "Gunfight at the So-So Corral". He also took small parts in films, such as the role of frat animal "Mother" in Fraternity Vacation (1985) and "Lt. Sam 'Merlin' Wells" in the iconic fighter pilot film Top Gun (1986). He played in The Love Boat, as a young version of one of the characters in retrospection about Second World War. His breakthrough role was as pitcher Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh in the 1988 baseball movie Bull Durham.