Tim Blake Nelson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1964-05-11

Place of Birth

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Tim Blake Nelson

Biography

Timothy Blake Nelson (born May 11, 1964) is an American actor and playwright. Described as a "modern character actor, his roles include Delmar O'Donnell in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Gideon in Minority Report (2002), Doctor Steve Pendanski in Holes (2003), Doctor Jonathan Jacobo in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), Danny Dalton Jr. in Syriana (2005), Samuel Sterns in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Richard Schell in Lincoln (2012), the titular character of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), and Henry McCarty in Old Henry (2021). He portrayed Wade Tillman / Looking Glass in the HBO limited series Watchmen (2019), for which he received a Critics' Choice Television Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2020. Nelson's directorial credits include Eye of God (1997), which was nominated for the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and an Independent Spirit Award; O (2001), a modern-day adaptation of Othello; and the Holocaust drama The Grey Zone (2001). Eye of God and The Grey Zone were both adapted from Nelson's own plays. Nelson has also co-directed music videos for Billy Woods and Kenny Segal, including "Babylon by Bus" and "Soft Landing." He also co-directed the music video for Armand Hammer feat. Pink Siifu's "Trauma Mic." Nelson recently published his debut novel, City of Blows (2023), an epic group portrait of four men grappling for control of a script in a radically changing Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Blake Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Acting History

2025
The Testament of Ann Lee as Pastor Reuben Wight
2025
Atropia as Mr. Speaker (voice)
2025
Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte as Self
2025
On the End as Tom Ferreira
2025
The Lowdown as Dale Washberg
2025
Bang Bang as Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
2025
Captain America: Brave New World as Samuel Sterns
2024
Greedy People as Wallace
2024
The Invisibles as Charlie
2024
Asleep in My Palm as Tom
2023
The Bricklayer as O'Malley
2023
Ghosted as Borislov
2023
Poker Face as Kyle Owens
2022
George & Tammy as Roy Acuff
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Black Rabbits (voice)
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities as Nick Appleton
2022
Lost Ollie as Zozo (voice)
2022
Ninety-Five Senses as Coy (voice)
2022
Ghosts of the Ozarks as Torb
2021
Slugfest as Steve Englehart
2021
National Champions as Rodger Cummings
2021
Nightmare Alley as Carny Boss
2021
Old Henry as Henry
2021
Naked Singularity as Angus
2021
Monster as Leroy Sawicki
2019
Sequestrada as Thomas
2019
Just Mercy as Ralph Myers
2019
Watchmen as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass
2019
The Jesus Rolls as Doctor
2019
The True Don Quixote as Don Quixote
2019
The Report as Raymond Nathan
2019
Angel Has Fallen as VP Kirby
2019
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People as Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
2018
Dallas & Robo as The Woodsman
2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall as Johan
2017
Wormwood as Sidney Gottlieb
2017
Wormwood as Sidney Gottlieb
2017
Colossal as Garth
2017
The Institute as Dr. Lemelle
2017
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train as Truman
2016
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk as Wayne Foster
2016
The Confirmation as Vaughn
2016
Anesthesia as Adam Zarrow
2015
The Sound and the Fury as Father
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015
Fantastic Four as Dr. Allen
2015
Black Dog, Red Dog as Bob
2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Randy
2014
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power as Admiral Rickover
2014
Kill the Messenger as Alan Fenster
2014
The Homesman as The Freighter
2014
Child of God as Sheriff Fate
2014
Klondike as Joe Meeker
2013
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery as Self
2013
As I Lay Dying as Anse
2013
Blue Caprice as Ray
2013
Snake & Mongoose as Mike McAllister
2013
Bukowski as Henry Bukowski
2012
Lincoln as Richard Schell
2012
Adventures in the Sin Bin as Officer Totsch
2012
Big Miracle as Pat Lafaytette
2011
The Big Year as Fuchs
2011
Flypaper as Peanut Butter
2011
Detachment as Mr. Wiatt
2011
CHAOS as Casey Malick
2011
Yelling To The Sky as Coleman
2010
Saint John of Las Vegas as Ned
2009
Modern Family as Hank
2009
Leaves of Grass as Bolger
2008
American Violet as David Cohen
2008
The Incredible Hulk as Samuel Sterns
2007
The Darwin Awards as Perp
2007
The Astronaut Farmer as Kevin Munchak
2006
Hoot as Curly
2006
Fido as Mr. Theopolis
2006
The Amateurs as Barney
2006
Come Early Morning as Uncle Tim
2005
Syriana as Danny Dalton
2005
The Big White as Gary
2005
Warm Springs as Tom Loyless
2005
My Suicidal Sweetheart as Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
2004
Meet the Fockers as Officer LeFlore
2004
The Last Shot as Marshal Paris
2004
Bereft as Dennis
2004
A Foreign Affair as Jake Adams
2004
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed as Jacobo
2003
Wonderland as Billy Deverell
2003
Holes as Dr. Pendanski
2002
The Good Girl as Bubba
2002
Minority Report as Gideon
2002
Cherish as Daly
2001
Down from the Mountain as Self
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Paulie Krill
2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Delmar O'Donnell
2000
Hamlet as Flight Captain
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
1998
The Thin Red Line as Pvt. Brian Tills
1997
Prix Fixe as Busboy
1997
Donnie Brasco as FBI Technician
1996
Joe's Apartment as Cockroach (voice)
1995
Heavyweights as Camp Hope Salesman
1994
Amateur as Young Detective
1992
This Is My Life as Dennis
The Long Home
The Leader as Marshall Applewhite
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
Thelma as Arthur Ducoing