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









