Say the name Tim Robbins, and what comes to mind is likely his performance as convicted murderer Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption or his Oscar-winning turn as Dave in the murder mystery Mystic River . In many respects it’s fitting that two of his most memorable roles involve men in legal peril, because outside of Hollywood , Robbins has committed his life’s work to bringing the arts to the less fortunate—and particularly the incarcerated—with his theater group The Actors’ Gang.

“It’s central to who I am and why I feel I’ve been able to survive in an industry that’s pretty brutal,” Robbins told Newsweek . “I have a consistency that has fed my heart and soul, for [about] the last 44 years. It is where I can continue to grow as a writer, as an actor, as a director and as a p

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