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Encyclopedia > Tim Blake Nelson
Tim Blake Nelson
Born November 5, 1964 (1964-11-05) (age 43)
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tim Blake Nelson (born November 5, 1964) is an American character actor, film director, and singer. is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Nickname: Location in the state of Oklahoma Coordinates: , Country State Counties Tulsa, Osage, Wagoner, Rogers Government  - Mayor Kathy Taylor (D) Area  - City  186. ... is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... A character actor is an actor, especially in motion pictures, who predominantly performs in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ...

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Biography

Personal life

Nelson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Ruth 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 the U.S.A. in 1940.[3][4] Nickname: Location in the state of Oklahoma Coordinates: , Country State Counties Tulsa, Osage, Wagoner, Rogers Government  - Mayor Kathy Taylor (D) Area  - City  186. ... For other uses, see Oklahoma (disambiguation). ... Holland Hall School is a university preparatory school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. ... Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ... For other uses, see Classics (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... National Socialism redirects here. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...


Career

Nelson has appeared as an actor in Holes, Heavyweights, Minority Report, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Meet the Fockers, The Good Girl, Syriana, Hoot, 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.[5] He sings "In the Jailhouse Now" on the soundtrack.[6] Holes is a 2003 film based on the novel of the same title by Louis Sachar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Minority Report is a 2002 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, loosely based on the Philip K. Dick 1956 short story The Minority Report. It is set in the year 1895, when criminals are interviewed based on foreknowledge. ... Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed is a 2004 American movie sequel. ... Meet the Fockers (2004) is a comedy film and a sequel to Meet the Parents starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller. ... The Good Girl is a film from Chuck & Buck director Miguel Arteta and Chuck & Buck writer and star Mike White, produced by Matthew Greenfield and released by 20th Century Foxs Fox Searchlight Pictures division. ... Syriana is a 2005 Academy Award-winning geopolitical thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan. ... Hoot is a 2006 film based on Carl Hiassens novel of the same name. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... Warm Springs is a 2005 movie about Franklin D. Roosevelts struggle with polio, his discovery of the Warm Springs spa resort and his work to turn it into a center for the aid of polio victims, and his resumption of his political career. ... O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a dark comedy film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, set in Mississippi during the Great Depression (specifically, 1937). ... Joel and Ethan Coen, commonly called The Coen Brothers in the film business, are United States directors best known for their quirky comedies like Fargo and Raising Arizona; the brothers write their own scripts and alternate top billing for the screenplay. ... Joel and Ethan Coen, commonly called The Coen Brothers in the film business, are United States directors best known for their quirky comedies like Fargo and Raising Arizona; the brothers write their own scripts and alternate top billing for the screenplay. ... For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Odyssey (disambiguation). ... In the Jailhouse Now is a song performed by many artists and which has at least three versions. ...


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] The Grey Zone is a film directed by Tim Blake Nelson, 2001, and stars David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino and Daniel Benzali. ... O is a 2001 teen film version of William Shakespeares Othello. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... For other uses, see Othello (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... The Leader (Samuel Sterns) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain and the archenemy of the Hulk. ... The Incredible Hulk is a 2008 superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character the Hulk. ...


He is on the Board of Directors for The Actors Center in New York City, as well as Soho Rep Theatre. The Actors Center (not to be confused with The Actors Center, also in the DC area) was created in response to the needs of many of our most accomplished actors. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...


References

  1. ^ http://www.jewishmuseum.net/other/images/muse.pdf
  2. ^ http://aboutfilm.com/features/greyzone/feature.htm
  3. ^ Interview about The Grey Zone on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition
  4. ^ http://www.bluntreview.com/reviews/blake.htm
  5. ^ Romney, Jonathan. "The Coen brothers: Double vision", The Guardian, 19 May 2000.
  6. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625789/
  7. ^ Hollywood Reporter. "The Hulk to Face Tim Blake Nelson", The Hollywood Reporter, 2007-06-26. Retrieved on 2007-06-26. 

NPR redirects here. ... Weekend Edition is the name given to a set of American radio news magazines produced and distributed by National Public Radio (NPR). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

  • Tim Blake Nelson at the Internet Movie Database
  • Interview with Tim Blake Nelson by Kari Molvar in Brown Alumni Magazine

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Tim Blake Nelson @ Filmbug (412 words)
Nelson wrote and directed the film Eye of God, starring Martha Plimpton, Hal Holbrook and Kevin Anderson, which appeared at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, and was released theatrically in the United States later that year.
Nelson's other credits include Oedipus, with Frances McDormand and Billy Crudup, Troilus and Cressida, Les Bourgeois Avant-Garde, Mac Wellman's Dracula, The Amazon's Voice, An Imaginary Life, The Baltimore Waltz, Mad Forest, The Innocents' Crusade, Richard III and Twelfth Night.
Nelson was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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