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Birth Name: Timothy Francis Robbins
Birth Place: West Covina, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/16/1958, Libra
Profession: Actor; director; writer

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Tim Robbins Drama Passed Over by Showtime | Today's News: Our Take | 4/11/2009

Now Tim Robbins really has something to complain about.

Despite good buzz for the speechifying actor's pharmaceutical drama pilot, Possible Side Effects, Showtime is taking a pass.

At least Robbins is in good company: The cabler has passed on all four pilots it ordered this outing. The other three are the L Word spinoff starring Leisha Hailey, the Matthew Perry/Peter Tolan comedy The End of Steve, and the comedy Ronna and Beverly, from a team that includes Weeds creator Jenji Kohan. read more 7 Comments
Ellen Burstyn Has Possible Side Effects | Today's News: Our Take | 9/30/2008
A possible side effect of Tim Robbins' new series? It's got Ellen Burstyn on its roster.According to Variety, the Oscar-winning actress has joined the upcoming Showtime drama, Possible Side Effects, that explores the inner workings of a family-owned pharmaceutical company.Burstyn will play the matriarch of the Hunt clan, which presumably includes already-announced stars Josh Lucas and Tim Blake Nelson.Robbins is writing, directing and executive producing the project, along with Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Daniel Thomas. Now how about we get Susan Sarandon on board too? — Joyce Eng read more be the first to leave a comment
In the Works: West Wing Alum Feels the Burn, More | Today's News: Our Take | 10/5/2007
Bradley Whitford and Neve Campbell (Party of Five) are set to front Burn Up, a four-hour global-warming thriller being shopped around to the networks, says Variety.... Showtime has given a pilot order to Possible Side Effects, a drama about a family that runs a pharmaceutical company, says the Reporter. Tim Robbins wrote and directed the pilot and will exec-produce the series, but will not star in it.... Versus will premiere Sports Unfiltered with Dennis Miller on Nov. 6, to air Tuesdays at 10 pm/ET.... Lewis Black has been tapped to moderate The Root of All Evil, a Comedy Central series that will "put pop culture on trial" (whatever that means). read more
Movie News: Who Has the Next Harry Potter? | Today's News: Our Take | 7/13/2007
Who will spellbind young moviegoers once Deathly Hallows has come and gone? Warner Bros. has picked up the big-screen rights to the seven-book Septimus Heap series, while Relativity Media has acquired Tunnels, a children's fantasy series out of the U.K.... Also per Variety, Aaron Sorkin is penning three films for DreamWorks, kicking off with The Trial of the Chicago 7, which Steven Spielberg hopes to direct.... Per the Reporter, Naomi Watts will star opposite Clive Owen in the thriller The International.... Tim Robbins and Martin Landau have joined the fantasy feature City of Ember, starring Bill Murray. read more
In the Works: Showtime Peddles More Drugs | Today's News: Our Take | 3/7/2007
• Tim Robbins will write, exec-produce and direct Possible Side Effects for Showtime, a drama pilot about a dysfunctional family tied to the big-bucks pharmaceutical industry, says Variety.• Sources tell the New York Post's Page Six that Star Jones, who just recently booked an SVU gig (detailed below), has inked a deal to host her own Court TV show later this year. UPDATE: Court TV announced Wednesday that Star will front a show about criminal justice issues that intersect with the pop culture world. • Filmmaker Curtis Hanson (8 Mile, L.A. Confidential) has inked a multiyear deal to create, develop and produce programming for CBS Paramount Network Television.• Lifetime has ordered 13 episodes of Side Order of Life, starring Marisa Coughlan as a photographer who rethinks her life after a pal gets cancer, with Jason Priestley playing her fiancé. A July premiere is slated.• Fox News is in talks to pick up 24 creator Joel Surnow's 1/2 Hour News Hour, which ... read more

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Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon courtesy Walter McBride/Retna

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Tim Robbins: Credits

Title	Year	Type
City Of Ember (Actor - Lorris Harrow)	2008	Movie
Noise (Actor - David Owen)	2008	Movie
The Lucky Ones (Actor - Fred Cheaver)	2008	Movie
Then She Found Me (Actor - Himself)	2008	Movie
Catch A Fire (Actor - Nic Vos)	2006	Movie