Tim Blake Nelson

Infobox actor


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birthdate = Birth date and age|1964|11|5|mf=y
birthplace = Tulsa, Oklahoma

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

Biography

Personal life

Nelson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Ruth Kaiser Nelson. [http://www.jewishmuseum.net/other/images/muse.pdf] He is a graduate of Holland Hall School and Brown University and a classicist. Nelson is Jewish; [ [http://aboutfilm.com/features/greyzone/feature.htm Feature Article and Interviews - THE GREY ZONE (2001) ] ] 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. [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1152404 Interview about "The Grey Zone"] on National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition"] [ [http://www.bluntreview.com/reviews/blake.htm Blunt Revew: Film Reviews, Celebrity Interviews, Music Reviews with Web Celeb Emily Blunt ] ] He currently resides In New York City with his wife, Lisa Benaveides, and his three sons.

Career

Nelson has appeared as an actor in "Heavyweights", "Minority Report", "", "Meet the Fockers", "The Good Girl", "Wonderland", "Syriana", "Hoot", "Holes", "Bereft" 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. [Romney, Jonathan. [http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,1083527,00.html "The Coen brothers: Double vision"] , "The Guardian", 19 May 2000.] He sings "In the Jailhouse Now" on the soundtrack. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625789/ Tim Blake Nelson ] ]

Tim Blake Nelson also appears as 'the Mountain Man' in the episode "Camping" from the TV series "Stella".

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. Nelson plays Samuel Sterns in the 2008 film "The Incredible Hulk", and has signed on to play his alter ego, the Leader, in the sequel.cite news | author = Hollywood Reporter| title = The Hulk to Face Tim Blake Nelson | publisher = The Hollywood Reporter | date = 2007-06-26 | url = http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6064 | accessdate=2007-06-26]

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

References

External links

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* [http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/storydetail.cfm?ID=61 Interview with Tim Blake Nelson by Kari Molvar in "Brown Alumni Magazine"]