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Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972) is an American film director, producer, writer and actor. He is part of the group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat Pack, because of their association and their focus on the horror genre. Roth is an award-winning actor, most known for his role as Donny Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, for which he won both a SAG Award (Best Ensemble) and…
Known for
- The Thing Expanded — Self2026
- Ice Cream Man — Marty2026
- Death Boom — Self – Narrator (voice)2026
- Scratching the Surface: A Look Back — Self2026
- Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast — Self2026
- Night Always Comes — Blake2025
- The Piano Killer2025
- Phoning It In — Self (voice)2024
- The Idol — Andrew Finkelstein2023
- Eli Roth Presents: The Legion of Exorcists — Self - Host2023
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Key facts
- Born
- Eli Raphael Roth , ( 1972-04-18 ) April 18, 1972 (age 54) , Newton, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Alma mater
- New York University
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter producer actor
- Years active
- 1996–present
- Spouse
- Lorenza Izzo ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2014 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2019 )
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- Eli
- Family name
- Roth
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newton
- Spouse
- Lorenza Izzo
- Occupation
- animator
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- EliRothIBAug09.jpg
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- Writers Guild of America West
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- date of birth
- 1972-04-18
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- start of work period
- 1996-00-00
- social media followers
- 253407
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- English language
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- birth name
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Encyclopedic overview
Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972) is an American filmmaker and actor. As a director and producer, he is most closely associated with the horror genre, namely splatter films, having directed the films Cabin Fever (2002) and Hostel (2005).
Roth continued to work in the horror genre, directing films like Hostel: Part II (2007), The Green Inferno (2013) and Thanksgiving (2023). He also expanded into other genres, directing the erotic thriller film Knock Knock (2015), the action film remake Death Wish (2018), the fantasy film The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018), and the action-comedy Borderlands (2024). As an actor, Roth starred as Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds (2009), for which he received a Critic's Choice Movie Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the ensemble.
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