Cormac Roth, musician and son of actor Tim Roth, dies at 25

LOS ANGELES — Cormac Roth, a musician and the youngest son of British actor Tim Roth, died Oct. 16 after a yearlong bout with cancer, his family confirmed Monday. He was 25.

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“He was a wild and electric ball of energy, and his spirit was filled with light and goodness,” his family said in a statement, obtained by Variety.

“As wild as he was, Cormac was also the embodiment of kindness. A gentle soul who brought so much happiness and hope to those around him. The grief comes in waves, as do the tears and laughter, when we think of that beautiful boy across the 25 years and 10 months that we knew him. An irrepressible and joyful and wild and wonderful child. Only recently a man. We love him. We will carry him with us wherever we go.”

Roth announced via Instagram in July that he had been diagnosed in November 2021 with stage 3 germ cell cancer.

“It has taken away half of my hearing, 60 pounds of weight, my confidence, and will continue its murderous path until I can manage to stop it somehow, and kill it,” he wrote, adding, “But it hasn’t taken away my will to survive, or my love of making music. It hasn’t taken me down yet.”

Roth, a graduate of Bennington College, was a guitarist, composer and producer who worked on the 2020 film “New Order.” He died in Los Angeles, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

His father, Tim Roth, is best-recognized from his roles in several films directed by Quentin Tarantino, including “Reservoir Dogs,” “Pulp Fiction” and “The Hateful Eight.” The elder Roth was Oscar-nominated for his turn in 1995′s “Rob Roy,” and appeared most recently in “She-Hulk: Attorney at Hulk,” Variety reported.

Cormac Roth is survived by his parents, Tim and Nikki Roth, and his older brother, Hunter Roth, according to THR.

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