Curiosidades

He is not only an accomplished actor, but a seasoned director, singer, and playwright.

It is his voice in the film and on the soundtrack for "O Brother, Where Art Thou" singing "In the Jailhouse Now".

Graduate of Brown University

Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

His father was of Russian Jewish descent, and his maternal grandparents were German Jews. One of his maternal great-grandfathers was Max Samuel, a prominent self-made businessman.

He studied acting at Julliard and graduated in 1990.

Graduated Holland Hall School, 1982

He has acted with George Clooney in two films, E Aí, Meu Irmão, Cadê Você? (2000) and Syriana - A Indústria do Petróleo (2005).

Tim Blake Nelson's photograph appears in an exhibit in the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience in New Orleans, Louisiana--a wall of photos highlighting Jewish Southerners who have made contributions to arts, literature, drama and film, sports, and other cultural endeavors. Other people whose pictures appear in the same exhibit include the actors Ginnifer Goodwin, Tony Randall, Brent Spiner, and Evan Rachel Wood, playwrights Lillian Hellman and Tony Kushner, culinary historian Michael Twitty, and singers Dinah Shore and Kinky Friedman.