Since then, he gained more attention for his roles in films, including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), and 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).

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Roth portrayed Emil Blonsky / The Abomination in The Incredible Hulk (2008), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), and the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022).

[11] Roth starred in television films in the 1980s, including Made in Britain, Meantime and Murder with Mirrors.

He played an East End character in King of the Ghetto, a controversial drama based on a novel by Farukh Dhondy set in Brick Lane and broadcast by the BBC in 1986.

Roth, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Bruce Payne and Paul McGann were dubbed the Brit Pack.

Roth became an international star when he collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on several films, including Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Four Rooms.

For the Harry Potter film series, Roth declined the role of Severus Snape, which went to Alan Rickman.

Leterrier wrote on Empire magazine: "it's great watching a normal Cockney boy become a superhero!".

[17] Roth starred in the television series Lie to Me as Cal Lightman, an expert on body language assisting local and federal law organisations with crime.

[19] He appeared on the cover of Manic Street Preachers' 2010 studio album, Postcards from a Young Man.

[29] Roth reprised his role as Emil Blonsky / Abomination in the film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), and in the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022), both set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

[35] He is also due to appear in historical crime drama, The Immortal Man, a continuation of the British television series Peaky Blinders.