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Timothy Simon Roth (born May 14, 1961) is an English actor and director. He was among the prominent British actors known as the "Brit Pack". For his performance in Rob Roy (1995), Roth won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award. After garnering attention in television productions Made in Britain (1982) and Meantime (1983), Roth was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer in his theatrical film debut The Hit (1984). He gained further recognition for his roles in films, including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Vincent & Theo and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (both 1990). Roth has collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on several films, including Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Four Rooms (1995) and The Hateful Eight (2015). Other film credits include The Legend of 1900 (1998), Planet of the Apes (2001), Funny Games (2007), Selma (2014), Luce (2019), and Bergman Island (2021). Roth made his directorial debut with~ The War Zone (1999). He played Cal Lightman in the Fox series Lie to Me (2009–2011), Jim Worth / Jack Devlin in the Sky Atlantic series Tin Star (2017–2020), and Emil Blonsky / Abomination in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the films The Incredible Hulk (2008), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), and the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022).
"Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown follows the Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon as he is summoned to help solve a murder and prevent a catastrophic event within the Vatican. The story begins with the death of a prominent physicist, Leonardo Vetra, who is found murdered at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. His chest is branded with a symbol representing the Illuminati, an ancient secret society. Before his death, Vetra had been working on a highly dangerous antimatter experiment. Robert Langdon is called to CERN to investigate Vetra's murder. He learns that the Illuminati, long thought to be extinct, have resurfaced and are threatening to destroy the Catholic Church with a devastating weapon stolen from CERN: antimatter. Langdon is soon joined by Vittoria Vetra, Leonardo's daughter and a brilliant scientist in her own right. Together, they follow a series of cryptic clues left by Vetra that lead them to Rome, where the papal conclave is about to elect a new pope. As Langdon and Vittoria race against time to unravel the Illuminati's plan, they uncover a conspiracy that involves ancient symbols, secret passages, and a centuries-old vendetta against the Catholic Church. Along the way, they encounter danger at every turn, including assassination attempts and deadly traps set by the Illuminati.
