Tim Blake Nelson

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Tim Blake Nelson

Born November 5, 1964 (1964-11-05) (age 43)
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tim Blake Nelson (born November 5, 1964) is an American director, singer and actor.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Nelson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Ruth Kaiser Nelson.[1] He is a graduate of Holland Hall School and Brown University and a classicist. Nelson is Jewish;[2] his maternal grandparents escaped the Nazis shortly before World War II, fleeing to the UK in 1938 and emigrating to the U.S.A. in 1940.[3][4] He currently resides In New York City with his wife, Lisa Benaveides, and his three sons.

[edit] Career

Nelson has appeared as an actor in Heavyweights, Minority Report, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Meet the Fockers, The Good Girl, Syriana, Hoot, Holes and the critically-acclaimed HBO film, Warm Springs. Nelson also had a featured role as Delmar in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?. According to directors Joel and Ethan Coen, he was the only one in the cast or crew who had read Homer's Odyssey, a work upon which the film is loosely based.[5] He sings "In the Jailhouse Now" on the soundtrack.[6]

Films he has written and directed include The Grey Zone, based on his play of the same name, and Eye of God. He is also the director of O, based on William Shakespeare's play Othello but set in a modern-day high school. Recently, he has been cast as Samuel Sterns in The Incredible Hulk. [7]

He is on the Board of Directors for The Actors Center in New York City, as well as Soho Rep Theatre.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.jewishmuseum.net/other/images/muse.pdf
  2. ^ Feature Article and Interviews - THE GREY ZONE (2001)
  3. ^ Interview about The Grey Zone on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition
  4. ^ Blunt Revew: Film Reviews, Celebrity Interviews, Music Reviews with Web Celeb Emily Blunt
  5. ^ Romney, Jonathan. "The Coen brothers: Double vision", The Guardian, 19 May 2000.
  6. ^ Tim Blake Nelson
  7. ^ Hollywood Reporter. "The Hulk to Face Tim Blake Nelson", The Hollywood Reporter, 2007-06-26. Retrieved on 2007-06-26. 

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