Tim Smith Biography, Net Worth

Timothy Francis Robbins is an Oscar-winning actor, producer, director, screenwriter and also an activist and a musician. He was born at West Covina, California on October 16th, 1958 of British, German and French descent, but grew up in City of New York, where his acting career began whe he was still a child. He is famous for his roles in the movies “Bull Durham” (1988), “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994), and “Mystic River” (2003).

Tim Robbins net worth is approximately $300,000 as of early 2017, most of it from acting and his music. What makes him unique is not only his hard work-driven personality but also his involvement in social issues. Robbins is also an accomplished director and writer. In his work, he cleverly guides the audience through new angles on political and social issues, with realistic stories and characters that gave the viewer a sense of familiarity.

Tim Robin’s parents were Gil and Mary Robbins; Gil Robbins was a popular musician in the ’80’s country music group “The Highwaymen” and Mary was an actress. Robbins was born together with two sisters, Adele and Gabrielle, and a brother David, and they are all involved in cinematography. His acting career began while he attended Stuyvesant High School when he was a part of the drama club. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he continued pursuing his professional acting career, as he studied drama and acting at UCLA movieSchool, from which he graduated in 1982.

Tim began his acting career back in 1979 while he was at college, as the part of Theater for the New City. Soon after this, he co-founded a theater group called The Actors’ Gang and started to perform with them. Thanks to that his net worth started rising, as well as his popularity.

Since then his professional acting career took a turn with his first roles in television and movies such as “Sure Thing” (1985) with John Cusack, and “Top Gun” (1986) alongside Tom Cruise. His next role was his breakthrough, as a goofy baseball player in “Bull Durham” (1988) with Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon. His net worth was certainly rising.

In 1992 he was rewardedas the Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in the amoral movie “The Player” directed by Robert Altman, which increased the overall of a size of his wealth largely. From that time, his career has only gone upwards as he started to write, produce and direct movies such as “Dead Man Walking” (1995), for which he was nominated for directing and screenplay (Golden Globe), and “Cradle Will Rock” (1999). In 2003 he got an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his role in the movie “Mystic River”.

Some of his latest work includes the independent drama “The Secret Life of Words” (2005), a sci-fi blockbuster “War of the Worlds” (2005), and a family movie “Zathura: A Space Adventure” (2005), all of which added a lot to his wealth. Also, he voiced some of the animated characters in the movie “Embedded”, which he also directed and produced.

In his personal life, Robbins started engaged with actress Susan Sarandon in 1988, and the couple has two sons. They have common liberal political views, however, their relationship ended in December 2009.

Tim is also a big fan ofbaseball and hockey. Hence supporting his New York teams: the Mets and the Rangers and often goes to games. Robbins is also a qualified ice hockey player.