Tim Roth plays undercover police officer Mr. Orange in Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs.
Mr. Orange is the assumed identity of Freddie Newandyke, a police officer who infiltrates a gang assembled for a diamond robbery. His real identity is revealed to viewers early, while the other criminals remain unaware for most of the film.
Roth was one of the principal performers in the ensemble cast, alongside Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi and Chris Penn. Keitel also served as a producer and helped bring attention to the screenplay during the film’s development.
Reservoir Dogs was Tarantino’s feature-film directorial debut and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1992. A common mix-up is confusing Roth’s Mr. Orange with Mr. Pink, played by Steve Buscemi, or Mr. Blonde, played by Madsen. The characters are identified mainly by color-based aliases rather than ordinary names.