Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American Academy Award winning actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and small time musician. He is the longtime companion of actress Susan Sarandon, with whom he shares strong liberal political views.

Biography

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Early life

Robbins was born in West Covina, California to a liberal Irish-American Roman Catholic family. He moved to Greenwich Village with his family at a young age while his father, Gil Robbins, pursued a career as a member of the folk music group The Highwaymen. Robbins joined Theater for the New City at age twelve, participated in the drama club at Stuyvesant High School, spent two years at SUNY Plattsburgh and then returned to California to attend drama school at UCLA.

Career

Upon his graduation in 1981, Robbins founded the Actors' Gang, an experimental theater group, in Los Angeles with actor friends from his college softball team. He also took small parts in films, such as the role of frat animal "Mother" in Fraternity Vacation (1985). His breakthrough part was pitcher "Nuke" LaLoosh in the 1988 baseball movie Bull Durham.

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