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'Tim Blake Nelson' (born November 5, 1964) is an American character actor, film director, and singer.
Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he is a graduate of Holland Hall School and Brown University and a classicist.
He has appeared as an actor in ''Holes'', ''Heavyweights'', ''Minority Report'', ''Scooby-Doo 2, Monsters Unleashed'', ''Meet the Fockers'', ''The Good Girl'', ''Syriana'', 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'', the work upon which the film is based.[1] He sings "In the Jailhouse Now" on the soundtrack.[2]
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.
He is on the Board of Directors for The Actors Center in New York City, as well as Soho Rep Theatre.
Recently, he has been cast as Samuel Sterns in ''The Incredible Hulk''. [3]
Tim Blake Nelson is Jewish on his mother's side. His mother's parents escaped the Nazis during World War II and fled to the USA.Interview about ''The Grey Zone'' on National Public Radio's ''Weekend Edition''
1. Romney, Jonathan. "The Coen brothers: Double vision", ''The Guardian'', 19 May 2000.
2. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625789/
3. The Hulk to Face Tim Blake Nelson
★
★ Interview with Tim Blake Nelson by Kari Molvar in ''Brown Alumni Magazine''
| Contents |
| Biography |
| Personal life |
| Notes |
| External links |
Biography
Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he is a graduate of Holland Hall School and Brown University and a classicist.
He has appeared as an actor in ''Holes'', ''Heavyweights'', ''Minority Report'', ''Scooby-Doo 2, Monsters Unleashed'', ''Meet the Fockers'', ''The Good Girl'', ''Syriana'', 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'', the work upon which the film is based.[1] He sings "In the Jailhouse Now" on the soundtrack.[2]
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.
He is on the Board of Directors for The Actors Center in New York City, as well as Soho Rep Theatre.
Recently, he has been cast as Samuel Sterns in ''The Incredible Hulk''. [3]
Personal life
Tim Blake Nelson is Jewish on his mother's side. His mother's parents escaped the Nazis during World War II and fled to the USA.Interview about ''The Grey Zone'' on National Public Radio's ''Weekend Edition''
Notes
1. Romney, Jonathan. "The Coen brothers: Double vision", ''The Guardian'', 19 May 2000.
2. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625789/
3. The Hulk to Face Tim Blake Nelson
External links
★
★ Interview with Tim Blake Nelson by Kari Molvar in ''Brown Alumni Magazine''
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