Eli Roth
American filmmaker and actor
Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972) is an American director, producer, writer, and actor. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Cora (Bialis), a painter, and Sheldon H. Roth, a psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and clinical professor. His family is Jewish. He is known for directing horror movies, such as Cabin Fever (2003) and Hostel (2005). He also directed the action movie Death Wish (2018), a remake of the 1974 original.[1]
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Born | Eli Raphael Roth April 18, 1972 Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Actor, director, producer, screenwriter |
Years active | 1996–present |
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As an actor, Roth starred as Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's war movie Inglourious Basterds (2009), for which he received a Critic's Choice Movie Award and a SAG Award.
References
change- ↑ Bunch, Sonny (March 7, 2018). "Eli Roth's 'Death Wish' Cements His Status as the Premier Maker of 'Dad Horror'". Washington Post. Retrieved May 24, 2018.