FrameThrower · Actors · Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins
12 films · 941 frames · top-billed in 7 · 1986–2019
Born 16 October 1958 · West Covina, California, USA
Timothy Francis Robbins is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and musician. He is best known for his portrayal of Andy Dufresne in the prison drama film The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 12 films · 941 frames · top-billed in 7 · 1986–2019
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor2004
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture2003
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy1992
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor1992
- Officer of Arts and Letters2011
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 941 frames from the 12 films we hold. This is the look of the work Tim takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 12 films we hold, 45% of their frames are night, 46% low key — the look of the work Tim takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Dark Waters
2019 · Tom Terp
The Truth About Charlie
2002 · Hamilton Bartholomew
Arlington Road
1999 · Oliver Lang
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Andy Dufresne
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 · Norville Barnes
Jacob’s Ladder
1990 · Jacob
Code 46
· William Geld
Marjorie Prime
2017 · Jon
Green Lantern
2011 · Senator Hammond
War of the Worlds
2005 · Harlan Ogilvy
Short Cuts
1993 · Gene Shepard
Top Gun
1986 · Merlin
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 941 frames from Tim Robbins's 12 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.