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Tim Blake Nelson

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  • Director
  • Writer
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Tim Blake Nelson at an event for Leaves of Grass (2009)
A lost toy, searching across the countryside for the boy who lost him, and the story of the boy who lost more than a best friend.
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Lost Ollie (2022)
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Tim Blake Nelson was born on 11 May 1964 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) and Leaves of Grass (2009). He has been married to Lisa Benavides-Nelson since 12 June 1994. They have three children.
BornMay 11, 1964
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BornMay 11, 1964
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Tim Blake Nelson in The Race Is On (2022)
George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Regina King and Tim Blake Nelson in Watchmen (2019)
Tim Blake Nelson in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
David Strathairn, John Hawkes, and Tim Blake Nelson in Lincoln (2012)
James Spader, John Hawkes, and Tim Blake Nelson in Lincoln (2012)
George Clooney, John Turturro, Chris Thomas King, and Tim Blake Nelson in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
George Clooney and Tim Blake Nelson in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
George Clooney and Tim Blake Nelson in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Tim Blake Nelson in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Known for

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
7.3
  • Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
  • 2018
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
7.7
  • Delmar O'Donnell
  • 2000
Leaves of Grass (2009)
Leaves of Grass
6.4
  • Bolger
  • 2009
Edward Norton in The Incredible Hulk (2008)
The Incredible Hulk
6.6
  • Samuel Sterns
  • 2008

Credits

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Actor

  • The Bricklayer
    • Post-production
  • Dune: Part Two
    • Post-production
  • Captain America: New World Order
    • In Production
  • Ninety-five Senses
    • In Production
  • The Invisibles
    • Pre-production
  • Ghosted
    • Post-production
  • Asleep in My Palm
    • Post-production
  • Thelma
    • Pre-production
  • Providence
    • Post-production
  • The Long Home
    • Completed
  • Poker Face (2023)
    Poker Face
  • Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain in George & Tammy (2022)
    George & Tammy
  • Guillermo del Toro in Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
    Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
  • Tilda Swinton and Gregory Mann in Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
    • (voice)
  • Lost Ollie (2022)
    Lost Ollie
  • National Champions (2021)
    National Champions
  • Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Bradley Cooper, and Rooney Mara in Nightmare Alley (2021)
    Nightmare Alley
  • Ghosts of the Ozarks (2021)
    Ghosts of the Ozarks
  • Stephen Dorff, Trace Adkins, Tim Blake Nelson, Richard Speight Jr., Max Arciniega, Scott Haze, and Gavin Lewis in Old Henry (2021)
    Old Henry
  • Bill Skarsgård, John Boyega, Ed Skrein, and Olivia Cooke in Naked Singularity (2021)
    Naked Singularity
  • Big City Greens (2018)
    Big City Greens
    • (voice)
  • Regina King in Watchmen (2019)
    Watchmen
  • Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken, John Turturro, Bobby Cannavale, Pete Davidson, and Audrey Tautou in The Jesus Rolls (2019)
    The Jesus Rolls
  • Tim Blake Nelson and Jacob Batalon in The True Don Quixote (2019)
    The True Don Quixote
  • Jamie Foxx, Michael B. Jordan, Brie Larson, Karan Kendrick, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. in Just Mercy (2019)
    Just Mercy

Director

  • Christina Ricci and David Hoflin in Z: The Beginning of Everything (2015)
    Z: The Beginning of Everything
  • Anesthesia (2015)
    Anesthesia
  • Leaves of Grass (2009)
    Leaves of Grass
  • Haskett's Chance
  • Kamelia Grigorova in The Grey Zone (2001)
    The Grey Zone
  • Publicity Poster
    O
  • Kansas
  • Eye of God (1997)
    Eye of God

Writer

  • Anesthesia (2015)
    Anesthesia
  • Leaves of Grass (2009)
    Leaves of Grass
  • Kamelia Grigorova in The Grey Zone (2001)
    The Grey Zone
  • Kansas
  • Eye of God (1997)
    Eye of God
  • Hardcore TV
  • The Unnaturals (1989)
    The Unnaturals
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Videos69

What We Know About "Watchmen" ... So Far
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What We Know About "Watchmen" ... So Far
'Buster Scruggs': The Coen Bros.' Misunderstood, Misanthropic Masterwork
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'Buster Scruggs': The Coen Bros.' Misunderstood, Misanthropic Masterwork
Clip: Waking Up to the Truth
Clip 1:43
Clip: Waking Up to the Truth
Clip: Visiting Pug
Clip 0:38
Clip: Visiting Pug
"Where Are We Going?" from Saint John of Las Vegas
Clip 0:55
"Where Are We Going?" from Saint John of Las Vegas
"Meeting Tast D Lite" from Saint John of Las Vegas
Clip 1:12
"Meeting Tast D Lite" from Saint John of Las Vegas
"Jill Says I Love You" from Saint John of Las Vegas
Clip 0:48
"Jill Says I Love You" from Saint John of Las Vegas
"Hair Pull" from Saint John of Las Vegas
Clip 0:15
"Hair Pull" from Saint John of Las Vegas
Clip: I Want My Girls
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Clip: I Want My Girls
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Personal details

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    • May 11, 1964
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
    • Lisa Benavides-NelsonJune 12, 1994 - present (3 children)
  • Other works
    His play, "Eye of God," was performed at the Profiles Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Darrell W. Cox in the cast.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    He is not only an accomplished actor, but a seasoned director, singer, and playwright.
  • Quotes
    [on The Thin Red Line (1998)] That was like film school for me. So many of us in that movie ended up barely being in the movie even though we spent five and a half months in Australia with Terrence Malick. It became obvious early on that Terry had really brought a group of us over there to pull from and improvise on a daily basis what his movie was going to be. So you really never knew when you were going to be on set or when you were going to have a day off, when you were going to be on camera when you were going to be in the furthest reaches of the background. So because I had just directed my first film and was eager to direct my next one I just decided that I needed to leave my actor's ego at the door and try my best to embrace the experience as a film school. And so what that role became for me and what that experience became for me was about watching Terry and learning from Terry because he has an utterly unique approach to how to make a movie in which the script is really something that's handed into the studio to get them to agree to give him the money to then go and make a movie which is really going to be written as he makes it, rather than using the script as a clear blueprint for what the movie will be. If you were to read the "Thin Red Line" script and use it to try and follow the movie you would be utterly lost. You would imagine that you had the wrong script.

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