Editing Tim Roth (section)

== Personal life ==
Roth's son Jack, born to Lori Baker in 1984,<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Andrew |date=28 March 1997 |title=Look back in anger |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/1997/mar/28/features |access-date=27 February 2011}}</ref> is also an actor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-29 |title=Discovery: Jack Roth |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/jack-roth |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Roth married Nikki Butler in 1993. They had two sons, Timothy Hunter and Michael Cormac, named for [[Hunter S. Thompson]] and [[Cormac McCarthy]] respectively.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harvey |first=Chris |date=2017-08-26 |title=Tim Roth interview: 'I know what it's like to be bullied' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2017/08/26/tim-roth-interview-know-like-bullied/ |access-date=2025-02-12 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1999-08-14 |title=A brief history with Tim |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/1999/aug/15/featuresreview.review6 |access-date=2025-02-12 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> On 16 October 2022, Cormac, a musician, died aged 25 from [[germ cell tumor|germ cell cancer]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2022/music/obituaries-people-news/cormac-roth-dead-tim-roth-son-musician-1235418314/|title = Cormac Roth, Musician and Son of Tim Roth, Dies at 25|work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date = 31 October 2022|accessdate = 31 October 2022|last = Moreau|first = Jordan}}</ref>

=== Political views ===
As of 2008, Roth was a supporter of the [[Green Party of England and Wales]].<ref>{{cite news |last=McLean |first=Craig |date=3 April 2008 |title=Tim Roth: touching evil in Michael Haneke's Funny Games |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3672350/Tim-Roth-touching-evil-in-Michael-Hanekes-Funny-Games.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=dead |access-date=27 February 2011 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3672350/Tim-Roth-touching-evil-in-Michael-Hanekes-Funny-Games.html |archive-date=11 January 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Roth protested against the [[Iraq War]] and later criticised former Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] for his involvement, stating: "I've always felt Blair should be hauled off in handcuffs and put in [[HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs|Wormwood Scrubs]]. I think he's profited from the death of [[Reg Keys|Reg's]] son and the Iraq war. I think that's where he belongs... I have nothing but contempt for him."<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2016|title=Doing justice to his boy |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/culture/14538391.justice-boy/ |access-date=12 February 2025|website=The Northern Echo }}</ref> He endorsed Senator [[Bernie Sanders]] for President in the [[2016 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Caen |first=Melissa |date=20 October 2015 |title=Where Are Presidential Donations Coming From In California? |publisher=[[KPIX-TV]] |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/where-are-presidential-donations-coming-from-in-california/ |access-date=9 December 2015 }}</ref> Roth was critical of [[Donald Trump]]'s victory in 2016, saying: "I hate Trump. I hate everything that he stands for."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carroll |first=Rory |date=4 December 2016|title=Tim Roth: 'If you neglect the working class for so long, they will rebel against you' |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/04/tim-roth-if-you-neglect-working-class-for-so-long-they-will-rebel-against-you |access-date=22 February 2023|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>