Actor

Eric Roth

Writing

Career Snapshot

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Acting credits

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

1.6

Low visibility

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Movies: 32Series: 6Crew credits: 35

TMDB ID: 27

IMDb ID: nm0744839

Known for: Writing

Born: March 22, 1945

Age: 80

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1972 - 2025

Years active: 54

Average TMDB rating: 6.87

Wikidata: Q942932

Other jobs

Screenplay (18)Executive Producer (6)Writer (4)Teleplay (2)Thanks (2)Conductor (1)Original Film Writer (1)Producer (1)

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Biography

Eric R. Roth (born March 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter. He has been nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: Forrest Gump (1994), The Insider (1999), Munich (2005), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), A Star Is Born (2018), and Dune (2021) — winning for Forrest Gump; he also earned a Best Picture nomination for producing Mank (2020). Roth also worked on screenplays for the Oscar-nominated films Ali (2001), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).