name	Antitrust
director	Peter Howitt
producer	David HobermanAshok AmritrajC.O. EricksonJulia Chasman
writer	Howard Franklin
starring	Ryan PhillippeTim RobbinsRachael Leigh CookClaire Forlani
music	Don Davis
followed by	}}

''Antitrust'' (also titled ''Conspiracy.com'' and ''Startup'') is a 2001 thriller film written by Howard Franklin and directed by Peter Howitt. ''Antitrust'' opened in the United States on January 12, 2001, to a poor reception; it was generally panned by critics.

Plot

Working with his three friends at their new software development company Skullbocks, Stanford graduate Milo Hoffman (Phillippe) is contacted by CEO Gary Winston (Robbins) of NURV (Never Underestimate Radical Vision) for a very attractive programming position: a fat paycheck, an almost-unrestrained working environment, and extensive creative control over his work. Accepting Winston's offer, Hoffman and his girlfriend, Alice Poulson (Forlani), move to NURV headquarters in Portland, Oregon.

Despite development of the flagship product (Synapse, a worldwide media distribution network) being well on schedule, Hoffman soon becomes suspicious of the excellent source code Winston personally provides to him, seemingly when needed most, while refusing to divulge the code's origin.

After his best friend, Teddy Chin (Yee Jee Tso), is murdered, Hoffman discovers that NURV is stealing the code they need from programmers around the world — including Chin — and then killing them to cover their tracks. Hoffman learns that not only does NURV employ an extensive surveillance system to observe and steal code, the company has infiltrated the Justice Department and most of the mainstream media. Even his girlfriend is a plant, an ex-con hired by the company to manipulate him.

While searching through a secret NURV database containing surveillance dossiers on employees, he finds that the company has information of a very personal nature about a friend and co-worker, Lisa Calighan (Cook). When he reveals to her that the company has this information, she agrees to help him expose NURV's crimes to the world. Coordinating with one of Hoffman's friends (Dushku) from his old startup, they plan to use a local public-access television station to hijack Synapse and broadcast their charges against NURV to the world. However, Calighan turns out to be a double agent, foils Hoffman's plan, and turns him over to Winston.

Hoffman had already confronted Poulson and convinced her to side with him against Winston and NURV. When it became clear that Hoffman had not succeeded, a backup plan is put into motion by Poulson, the fourth member of Skullbocks (Tygh Runyan), and the incorruptible internal security firm hired by NURV. As Winston prepares to kill Hoffman, the second team successfully usurps one of NURV's own work centers — "Building 21" — and transmits the incriminating evidence as well as the Synapse code. Winston and his entourage are publicly arrested for their crimes. After parting ways with the redeemed Poulson, Hoffman rejoins Skullbocks.

Allusions

Roger Ebert found Gary Winston to be a thinly disguised pastiche of Bill Gates; so much so that he was "surprised [the writers] didn't protect against libel by having the villain wear a name tag saying, 'Hi! I'm not Bill!'" Similarly, Ebert felt NURV "seems a whole lot like Microsoft." Ebert wasn't alone making these observations; parallels between the fictional and real-world software giants were also drawn by Lisa Bowman of ''ZDNet UK'', James Berardinelli of ''ReelViews'', and Rita Kempley of the ''The Washington Post''. Microsoft spokesman Jim Cullinan said, "From the trailers, we couldn't tell if the movie was about or Oracle."

Cast

Ryan Phillippe as Milo Hoffman

Rachael Leigh Cook as Lisa Calighan

Claire Forlani as Alice Poulson

Tim Robbins as Gary Winston

Douglas McFerran as Bob Shrot

Richard Roundtree as Lyle Barton

Tygh Runyan as Larry Banks

Yee Jee Tso as Teddy Chin

Nate Dushku as Brian Bissel

Ned Bellamy as Phil Grimes

Tyler Labine as Redmond Schmeichel

Scott Bellis as Randy Sheringham

David Lovgren as Danny Solskjær

Zahf Paroo as Desi

Jonathon Young as Stinky

Peter Howitt as Homeless Man

Production

Locations

Principal photography for ''Antitrust'' took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, and California. For later shots of Winston and Hoffman walking along a beach near the house, the CG house was placed in the background of Bowen Island, the shooting location. Catherine Hardwicke designed the interior sets for Winston's house, which featured several different units, or "pods", e.g., personal, work, and recreation units. No scenes take place in any of the personal areas, however; only public areas made it to the screen. While the digital paintings in Winston's home were created with green screen technology, the concept was based on technology that was already available in the real world. The characters even refer to Bill Gates' house which, in real life, had such art. The paintings which appeared for Hoffman were of a cartoon character, "Alien Kitty", developed by Floyd Hughes specifically for the film.

Simon Fraser University's Burnaby campus stood in for external shots of NURV headquarters.

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) was used for several internal locations. The centre's foyer area became the NURV canteen; the set decoration for which was inspired by Apple's canteen, which the producers saw during a visit to their corporate headquarters. The inside of the Chan—used for concerts—served as the shape for "The Egg", or "The NURV Center", where Hoffman's cubicle is located. Described as "a big surfboard freak" by Director Peter Howitt, Production Designer Catherine Hardwicke surrounded "The Egg" set with surfboards mounted to the walls; "The idea was to make NURV a very cool looking place." Both sets for NURV's Building 21 were also on UBC's campus. The internal set was an art gallery on campus, while the exterior was built for the film on the university's grounds. According to Howitt, UBC students kept attempting to steal the Building 21 set pieces.

Hoffman and Poulson's new home — a real house in Vancouver — was a "very tight" shooting location and a very rigorous first week for shooting because, as opposed to a set, the crew could not move the walls. The painting in the living room is the product of a young Vancouver artist, and was purchased by Howitt as his first piece of art.

The new Skullbocks office was a real loft, also in Vancouver, on Beatty Street.

Open source

''Antitrust''s pro-open source story excited industry leaders and professionals with the prospects of expanding the public's awareness and knowledge level of the availability of open-source software. The film heavily features Linux and its community, using screenshots of the Gnome desktop, consulting Linux professionals, as well as cameos by Miguel de Icaza and Scott McNealy (the latter appearing in the film's trailers). Jon Hall, executive director of Linux International and consultant on the film said "[''Antitrust''] is a way of bringing the concept of open source and the fact that there is an alternative to the general public, who often don't even know that there is one."

Despite the film's message about open source computing, MGM didn't follow-through with their marketing: the official website for ''Antitrust'' featured some videotaped interviews which were only available in Apple's proprietary QuickTime format.

Reception

Review aggregate websites Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic reported generally poor reception: based on 102 reviews, only 25% of critics gave the film positive write-ups, with a calculated metascore of 31 (out of 100). Professional critic Roger Ebert only gave the film two stars (out of four). Linux.com appreciated the film's open-source message but felt the film overall was lackluster, saying ''AntiTrust'' is probably worth a $7.50 ticket on a night when you've got nothing else planned."

James Keith La Croix of Detroit's ''Metro Times'' gave the film four stars, impressed that "''Antitrust'' is a thriller that actually thrills."

Video releases

''Antitrust'' was released as a "Special Edition" DVD on May 15, 2001 and on VHS on December 26, 2001. The DVD features audio commentary by the director and editor, an exclusive documentary, deleted scenes and alternative opening and closing sequences with director's commentary, the music video for "When It All Goes Wrong Again" by Everclear, and the original theatrical trailer. The DVD was re-released August 1, 2006.

Notes

References

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External links

Category:2001 films Category:American films Category:Computers in films Category:2000s thriller films Category:English-language films Category:Films shot in Vancouver Category:Films shot in California Category:Films set in Oregon Category:Free software culture and documents Category:Films directed by Peter Howitt

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birth name	Matthew Ryan Phillippe
birth date	September 10, 1974
birth place	New Castle, Delaware, US
othername	Ryan Phillippe
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1992–present
spouse	Reese Witherspoon (m. 1999–2007; 2 children) }}

Matthew Ryan Phillippe (; born September 10, 1974), better known as Ryan Phillippe, is an American actor. After appearing on the soap opera ''One Life to Live'', he came to fame in the late 1990s starring in a string of films, including ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', ''Cruel Intentions'', and ''54''. In the 2000s, he appeared in several films, including 2001's Academy Award Best Picture nominee ''Gosford Park'', 2005's Academy Award-winning ensemble film ''Crash'', and the 2006 war drama ''Flags of Our Fathers''. In 2007 he starred in ''Breach'', a movie based on the true story of FBI operative Eric O'Neill, while in 2008 he headlined Kimberly Peirce's Iraq war film ''Stop-Loss''. In 2010, he starred as Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer Greg Marinovich in ''The Bang-Bang Club''.

Early life

Phillippe was born in New Castle, Delaware, the son of Susan, who ran a day care center in the family's house, and Richard Phillippe, who worked for DuPont. Phillippe is of French descent. He has three sisters. He attended New Castle Baptist Academy, where he played basketball and soccer, as well as earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do; he was also the Yearbook Editor in his senior year.

Career

Phillippe's acting career began with an appearance in ABC daytime drama ''One Life to Live''. His character Billy Douglas, whom he played from 1992 to 1993, was the first gay teenager on a daytime soap opera. After leaving the show, Phillippe moved to Los Angeles, where he appeared in a number of small parts in various television series including ''Matlock'', the TV mini-series ''The Secrets of Lake Success'', and movies, including the 1995 film ''Crimson Tide'' and the 1996 film ''White Squall''.

He was cast in the 1997 horror film, ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', which co-starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt. The film was a success, and led to Phillippe gaining wider renown and being cast in a few more high-profile films, including ''54'' in 1998 opposite Neve Campbell, Salma Hayek and Mike Myers. In 1999 he starred in ''Cruel Intentions'', a modern retelling of the Choderlos de Laclos novel, ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'', which also starred Phillippe's future wife, Reese Witherspoon, as well as his ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' co-star, Sarah Michelle Gellar. It was a success among its intended teenage audience, cementing Phillippe's ability to play characters that require sex appeal. Phillippe can also be seen in the Marcy Playground music video "Comin' Up From Behind", which also appears on the film's soundtrack.

In the years following, he appeared in the crime drama ''The Way of the Gun'', starred as a famed software engineer in the thriller ''Antitrust'', and co-starred in Robert Altman's ''Gosford Park'', which was nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture. Subsequently, Phillippe had supporting parts in the films ''Igby Goes Down'' (2002) and ''Crash'' (2005), which won the Oscar for Best Picture. His 2003 film, ''The I Inside'', premiered on cable.

In 2006, Phillippe played real-life Navy corpsman John Bradley in the war film ''Flags of Our Fathers'', directed by Clint Eastwood and following the journey of the United States Marines who lifted the flag at the battle of Iwo Jima. Phillippe has said that the film was the "best experience" of his career because of its "personal meaning" to him, and that he would have "given [his] life" to fight in World War II, noting that both of his grandfathers fought in the war. His performance was positively received by film critic Richard Roeper, who thought it was Phillippe's best performance to date. Phillippe's next role was in the thriller ''Breach'', in which he played FBI investigator Eric O'Neill opposite Chris Cooper. He has since commented that he believes Cooper to be "the best actor America has to offer". He then starred in ''Chaos'', in which he plays a police officer, ''Five Fingers'', a drama set in Morocco, Kimberly Pierce's Iraq war film ''Stop-Loss'', and the futuristic ''Franklyn''.

Next up for Phillippe was a rare comedic role as Lt. Dixon Piper in the unsuccessful film ''MacGruber'', based on the SNL skit of the same name. It was released in the US and Canada on May 21, 2010. As part of the film's promotion, Phillippe made his ''Saturday Night Live'' hosting debut on April 17, 2010, along with first-time musical performer Ke$ha. Two days later, on April 19, 2010, Phillippe co-hosted WWE Raw with Jonathan Swift and Charo, also in support of ''MacGruber''.

That same year, Phillippe starred in the Canadian/South African production ''The Bang Bang Club'', which tells the real-life story of the Bang-Bang Club, four South African photographers whose images documented the bloody end of apartheid. Phillippe stars as Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Greg Marinovich. Filming for the movie took place in South Africa, beginning in March 2009. Phillippe described the filming process as "really run-and-gun. There were no comforts, and I actually appreciate that". He noted that the experience has impacted him, explaining that "we were shooting during the day in Soweto, and it was an endless procession of funerals—death is so common. Kids there have no quality of life. It has made me want to get more involved in Africa-based charities." An early cut of the film was shown at Cannes Film Festival in May 2009, with the final version shown at Cannes in May 2010. The film officially premiered in September 2010 at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. The US rights to the movie were picked up by Tribeca Film, which premiered the movie at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival and opened the movie in limited release on April 22, 2011.

In the summer of 2010, Phillippe began filming the adaptation of popular crime novel ''The Lincoln Lawyer'', taking on the role of Louis Roulet, a wealthy Los Angeles playboy accused of a crime for which his culpability is unclear. The movie, which also stars Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, and William H. Macy, opened on March 18, 2011, and was generally well-received by critics, scoring 82% on Rotten Tomatoes as of late March 2011. Phillippe filmed his next project, heist action movie ''Set Up'', in December 2010 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Also starring Bruce Willis, Jenna Dewan, and 50 Cent, the movie focuses on a group of young men from Detroit whose attempt at a diamond heist goes awry and brings them into conflict with a mob boss. The movie will have a theatrical release in 2011. Phillippe is next set to star in ''Chronicle'', a film to be directed by Jay Alaimo that will see Phillippe, Justin Long, and John Hawkes in a story about "about two childhood friends who reunite to launch the biggest marijuana dealership in New York City." Phillippe is also attached to star in Christopher McQuarrie's ''The Stanford Prison Experiment'', an upcoming film about the infamous 1971 psychology experiment.

Phillippe, Breckin Meyer, Seth Green, and David E. Siegal run a production company called Lucid Films. In 2010, Phillippe and Meyer began "getting a show going for Showtime", serving as executive producers. The comedy, ''Heavy and Rolling'', tells the story of a Manhattan towncar driver who assumes different identities as he moves towards madness. Phillippe also served as executive producer and narrator on ''Isolated'', a 2010 documentary that follows five surfers as they travel to remote New Guinea in search of untouched waves.

Personal life

In 1997, Phillippe attended a party given for actress Reese Witherspoon's 21st birthday. Upon meeting Witherspoon, Phillippe was reported to have spent all night talking to the young actress, with Witherspoon telling Phillippe, "I think you're my birthday present." The following morning, Phillippe left California to film ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' in North Carolina, and subsequently began a long-distance courtship with Witherspoon by mail, e-mail, and telephone. When Phillippe returned to Los Angeles, the couple continued dating and became engaged in December 1998. The following year, the pair starred in ''Cruel Intentions'' together. Phillippe and Witherspoon married on June 5, 1999, in a small ceremony on a plantation near North Charleston, South Carolina, when she was six months pregnant.

On September 9, 1999, Phillippe and Witherspoon had a daughter named Ava Elizabeth, after actress Ava Gardner. Their son, Deacon Reese was born on October 23, 2003 and named after Phillippe's distant relative, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Deacon Phillippe, a baseball player at the turn of the 20th century. Before they separated, they lived in a gated community in Brentwood, California.

On October 30, 2006, Phillippe and Witherspoon released a statement announcing that they had decided to formally separate. After more than seven years of marriage, Witherspoon filed for divorce from her husband on November 8, 2006, citing irreconcilable differences. In light of the couple's lack of a prenuptial agreement, she requested that the court refuse to grant spousal support to Phillippe, and asked for joint legal custody and sole physical custody of the pair's two children. Phillippe filed for joint physical custody of the children on May 15, 2007, and did not seek any spousal support. The couple's marriage officially ended on October 5, 2007, with final divorce arrangements settled on June 13, 2008, according to court documents. The couple have joint custody of their children.

In 2007, Phillippe began dating Australian actress Abbie Cornish, whom he had met the previous year while filming ''Stop-Loss''. On February 21, 2010, Cornish's publicist announced that Phillippe and Cornish had ended their relationship.

Phillippe subsequently dated model Alexis Knapp in the summer of 2010, before splitting in September 2010. After the break-up, Knapp discovered that she was pregnant, and gave birth on July 1, 2011 to a daughter, Kailani Merizalde Phillippe Knapp. Phillippe was present during the birth.

Filmography

''White Squall'' ''Lifeform'' ''Nowhere (film) ''Little Boy Blue (film) ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' ''54 (film) ''Playing by Heart'' ''Homegrown (film) ''Cruel Intentions'' '''' ''Company Man (film) ''Antitrust (film) ''Gosford Park'' ''Igby Goes Down'' '''' ''Crash (2004 film) ''Flags of Our Fathers (film) ''Five Fingers (2006 film) ''Chaos (2006 film) ''Breach (film) ''Stop-Loss (film) ''Franklyn'' ''MacGruber (film) ''The Bang-Bang Club (film) ''The Lincoln Lawyer (film) ''Setup (film)

+ Film	Year	Notes
1995	Crimson Tide (film)>Crimson Tide''	Seaman Grattam
1996	|	Gil Martin
1996	|	Private Ryan
1997	Nowhere'' ||	Shad
1997	Little Boy Blue'' ||	Jimmy West
1997	|	Barry William Cox
1998	54'' ||	Shane O'Shea
1998	|	Keenan
1998	Homegrown'' ||	Harlan Dykstra
1999	|	Sebastian Valmont
2000	|	Parker		*Main role
2000	Company Man'' ||	Petrov
2001	Antitrust'' ||	Milo Hoffman
2001	|	Henry Denton
2002	|	Oliver "Ollie" Slocumb
2003	|	Simon Cable		*Credited as Ryan Phillipe
2004	Crash'' ||	Officer Tommy Hansen		*Credited as Ryan Phillipe
2006	Flags of Our Fathers'' ||	John Bradley (Navy)>John "Doc" Bradley
2006	Five Fingers'' ||	Martijn
2006	Chaos'' ||	Shane Dekker
2007	Breach'' ||	Eric O'Neill
2008	Stop-Loss'' ||	SSgt. Brandon King
2009	|	Jonathan Preest / David Esser
2010	MacGruber'' ||	Lt. Dixon Piper
2011	The Bang Bang Club'' ||	Greg Marinovich
2011	The Lincoln Lawyer'' ||	Louis Roulet
2011	Setup'' ||	Vincent

'''' ''Matlock (TV series) '''' ''Due South'' ''Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare'' ''Chicago Hope'' '''' ''King of the Hill'' ''WWE Raw'' ''Nick Swardson's Pretend Time''

+ Television	Year	Notes
1992–1993	''One Life to Live''	List of One Life to Live characters#D>Billy Douglas	*13 episodes
1993	|	Stew Atkins		*Mini series
1994	Matlock'' ||	Michael		List of Matlock episodes#Season Nine (1994-1995)>The Scandal"
1994	|	Robert Fowler		*Television film
1994	|	Del Porter		List of Due South episodes#Season 1>The Gift of the Wheelman"
1995	|	Tom Redman		*Television film
1996	|	David Holgren		*Episode 2.16: "Women on the Verge"
1996	|	Rusty Dobson		Straight and Narrow (The Outer Limits)>Straight and Narrow"
2000	|	Wally		*Episode 5.08: "Twas the Nut Before Christmas" (voice role)
2010	|	Lt. Dixon Piper		*1 episode
2010	|	Handsome Guy		*Episode 1.01: "Powdered Doughnuts Make Me Go Nuts"

Awards

Favorite Supporting Actor: Horror Golden Raspberry Awards Film – Choice Actor Golden Slate (Hungary) Best Male Performance Teen Choice AwardsCritics Choice AwardsGotham AwardsBlack Reel AwardsTeen Choice AwardsPrism Awards

Year
1998	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	|		''I Know What You Did Last Summer''
rowspan="3">1999	|	Worst Actor	<		54 (film)>54''
rowspan="2">Teen Choice Awards	|	<		''Cruel Intentions''
Film – Sexiest Love Scene (Shared with Reese Witherspoon)
rowspan="2">2000	|	Best Actor in a Leading Role	<		54 (film)>54''
MTV Movie Awards	|		''Cruel Intentions''
2001	|	Film – Choice Actor		Antitrust (film)>Antitrust''
rowspan="6">2002	|	Best Acting Ensemble	<		''Gosford Park''
Florida Film Critics Circle	Florida Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Ensemble Cast
Online Film Critics Society	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Best Ensemble
Phoenix Film Critics Society	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Acting Ensemble
Satellite Awards	Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble
Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture
2005	|	Best Ensemble Cast		rowspan="3"
rowspan="2">2006	|	Best Ensemble
Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2008	|	Choice Movie Actor: Drama		rowspan="2"
2009	|	Performance in a Feature Film

References

External links

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:''Not to be confused with novelist Tom Robbins''

birth name	Timothy Francis Robbins
birth date	October 16, 1958
birth place	West Covina, California, United States
years active	1976–present
occupation	Actor, director, producer, screenwriter, activist, musician
partner	Susan Sarandon (1988–2009)
website	http://www.timrobbins.net/ }}

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.

Early life

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 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.

Career

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 film ''Bull Durham''.

He received critical acclaim and won the Best Actor Award at Cannes for his starring role as an amoral film executive in Robert Altman's 1992 film ''The Player''. He made his directorial and screenwriting debut with 1992's ''Bob Roberts'', a mockumentary about a right-wing senatorial candidate. Robbins then starred alongside Morgan Freeman in the critically acclaimed ''The Shawshank Redemption'' (1994), which was based on Stephen King's short story.

Robbins has written, produced, and directed several films with strong social content, such as the critically acclaimed capital punishment saga ''Dead Man Walking'' (1995), starring Sarandon and Sean Penn. The film earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Director. His next directorial effort was 1999's Depression-era musical ''Cradle Will Rock''. Robbins has also appeared in mainstream Hollywood thrillers, such as 1999's ''Arlington Road'' (as a terrorist) and 2001's ''Antitrust'' (as a malicious computer tycoon), and in comical films such as The Hudsucker Proxy, Nothing to Lose, and High Fidelity. Robbins has also acted in and directed several Actors' Gang theater productions.

Robbins won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and the SAG Award for his work in ''Mystic River'' (2003), as a man traumatized from having been molested as a child. In 2005, he won the 39th annual Man of the Year Pudding Pot Award given by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard. His most recent acting roles include a temporarily blind man who is nursed to health by a psychologically wounded young woman in ''The Secret Life of Words'' and an Apartheid torturer in ''Catch a Fire''.

In early 2006, Robbins directed an adaptation of George Orwell's novel ''1984'', written by Michael Gene Sullivan of the Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe. The show opened at Actors' Gang, at their new location at The Ivy Substation in Culver City, California. In addition to venues around the United States, it has played in Athens, Greece, the Melbourne International Festival in Australia and the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Robbins is considering adapting the play into a film version.

Robbins appeared in 2008's ''The Lucky Ones'', with co-star Rachel McAdams. Shooting took place in Illinois, including scenes filmed at Mojo's Music in Edwardsville, Illinois.

Robbins has just finished writing and directing a new pilot for Showtime called ''Possible Side Effects'' about a family that runs a pharmaceutical company. It will premiere later in 2010.

Robbins played Senator Hammond, the disapproving father of the film's villain Hector Hammond, in the 2011 superhero film ''Green Lantern''.

In 2010, Robbins released the album ''Tim Robbins & The Rogues Gallery Band'', a collection of songs written over the course of 25 years that he ultimately took on a world tour. He was originally offered the chance to record an album in 1992 after the success of his film ''Bob Roberts'', but he declined because he had "too much respect for the process", having seen his father work so hard as a musician, and because he felt he had nothing to say at the time.

Personal life

In 1988, Robbins entered into a relationship with actress Susan Sarandon, whom he met on the set of ''Bull Durham''. They have two sons: John "Jack" Henry (born May 15, 1989) and Miles Guthrie (born May 4, 1992). Robbins, like Sarandon, is a lapsed Catholic, and they both share liberal political views. The end of Robbins' relationship with Sarandon was announced in December 2009.

Robbins supported Ralph Nader's 2000 presidential campaign and appeared on stage in character as Bob Roberts during the "Nader Rocks the Garden" rally at Madison Square Garden. Robbins is a prominent spokesperson for anti-globalisation, a frequent critic of former U.S. President George W. Bush, and a vocal opponent of the war in Iraq. In December 2007, he endorsed and campaigned for Senator John Edwards in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

In 2003, a 15th anniversary celebration of ''Bull Durham'' at the National Baseball Hall of Fame was canceled by Hall of Fame president Dale Petroskey. Petroskey, who was on the White House staff during the Reagan administration, told Robbins that his stance helped to "undermine the U.S. position, which could put our troops in even more danger." ''Durham'' co-star Kevin Costner, a self-described libertarian, defended Robbins and Sarandon, saying, "I think Tim and Susan's courage is the type of courage that makes our democracy work. Pulling back this invite is against the whole principle about what we fight for and profess to be about." Robbins later said that Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, and Jack Valenti were the only major Hollywood figures that stood up for his free speech rights in this case and noted that all three men are either Republicans or very conservative Democrats, adding that he felt there could be common ground between individuals with different political beliefs.

Robbins is an avid baseball and hockey fan. He supports the New York Mets and the New York Rangers and frequently attends games. In 1995, Robbins did a series of promos for MSG Network advertising upcoming Rangers games, and has narrated a documentary on the 1969 Mets for SNY. Robbins is a passionate ice hockey player who participates regularly in the New York adult recreational hockey community. At 6 feet, 5 inches or 1.95 metres, he is the tallest Academy Award winning actor, as of 2011.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1976		Assassin	Uncredited
1982	''St. Elsewhere''	Andrew Reinhardt	Three episodes
	''No Small Affair''	Nelson
	Boe
	''Fraternity Vacation''	Larry "Mother" Tucker
''The Sure Thing''	Gary Cooper
		Phil Blumburtt
''Top Gun''	Lt. Sam 'Merlin' Wells
	''Tapeheads''	Josh Tager
''Bull Durham''	Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh
	Harry
	''Erik the Viking''	Erik
''Miss Firecracker''	Delmount
	Jeff
		Jacob Singer
''Cadillac Man''	Larry
1991	''Jungle Fever''	Jerry
	''Bob Roberts''	Bob Roberts
''The Player''	Griffin Mill	Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor
1993	''Short Cuts''	Gene Shepard	Golden Globe Awards
		Ed Walters
	Joe Flynne	Title in English: ''Ready to Wear''[[National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
''The Shawshank Redemption''	Andy Dufresne
''The Hudsucker Proxy''	Norville Barnes
1995			Bulgaria	Golden Aphrodite Award at the Love is Folly International Film FestivalHumanitas Prize>Humanitas Prize for Feature Film Category Palm Springs International Film Festival Award for Best DirectorPrize of the Ecumenical JuryPrize of the Guild of German Art House CinemasReader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"Nominated — Academy Award for Best DirectorNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best ScreenplayNominated — Golden Berlin Bear Award for Best Film
1997		Nick Beam
	''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me''	The President
''Cradle Will Rock''		Sitges Film Festival	Gran Angular Award for Best DirectorGran Angular Award for Best FilmIstanbul International Film Festival>Istanbul International Film Festival Award for International CompetitionNational Board of Review Special Achievement in Filmmaking AwardNominated — Palme d'Or (1999 Cannes Film Festival)
''Arlington Road''	Oliver Lang
	''Mission to Mars''	Woodrow 'Woody' Blake
	Ian 'Ray' Raymond
2001		Gary Winston
		Dr. Nathan Bronfman
''The Truth About Charlie''	Lewis Bartholomew
		Dave Boyle	Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorBoston Society of Film Critics Award for Best CastBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorOhio
''[[Code 46''	William Geld
2004	''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy''	Public News Anchor	(Cameo — uncredited)
	''The Secret Life of Words''	Josef	ADIRCAE Award for Best Performance in a Leading RoleNominated — Barcelona Film Award for Best Actor (Millor Actor)Nominated — Cinema Writers Circle Award for Best Actor (Mejor Actor)
	Dad
	Harlan Ogilvy
	''Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny''	The Stranger
	Nic Vos
2007		David Owen
		Fred Cheaver
''City of Ember''	Loris Harrow
		Senator Hammond
''Cinema Verite''	Bill Loud

References

External links

Artists bio David Lieberman Artists' Representatives

Robbins' blog at The Huffington Post

Text of the luncheon speech given by Tim Robbins to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 2003

''Video Interview with Tim Robbins'' on AMC's ''Shootout''

Embedded Live, the play and Embedded /Live, the DVD

Interview from On The Media, February 20, 2004

Interview from Media Matters, June 5, 2005

TheAge.com Article: "Tim Robbins: Hall of Fame Violates Freedom"

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