Tim Blake Nelson
Acting • Born 1964-05-11
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.
Filmography
109 credits
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Movie • 2000
Delmar O'Donnell
Syriana
Movie • 2005
Danny Dalton
Meet the Fockers
Movie • 2004
Officer LeFlore
The Incredible Hulk
Movie • 2008
Samuel Sterns
Fido
Movie • 2006
Mr. Theopolis
Hamlet
Movie • 2000
Flight Captain
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Movie • 2004
Jacobo
Nightmare Alley
Movie • 2021
Carny Boss
Wonderland
Movie • 2003
Billy Deverell
American Violet
Movie • 2008
David Cohen
The Astronaut Farmer
Movie • 2007
Kevin Munchak
The Leader
Movie
Marshall Applewhite
Come Early Morning
Movie • 2006
Uncle Tim
Holes
Movie • 2003
Dr. Pendanski
Ghosts of the Ozarks
Movie • 2022
Torb
The Thin Red Line
Movie • 1998
Pvt. Brian Tills
The Last Shot
Movie • 2004
Marshal Paris
Leaves of Grass
Movie • 2009
Bolger
Saint John of Las Vegas
Movie • 2010
Ned
The Good Girl
Movie • 2002
Bubba
The Big White
Movie • 2005
Gary
Flypaper
Movie • 2011
Peanut Butter
Bereft
Movie • 2004
Dennis
The Amateurs
Movie • 2006
Barney
Warm Springs
Movie • 2005
Tom Loyless
The Darwin Awards
Movie • 2007
Perp
Hoot
Movie • 2006
Curly
Cherish
Movie • 2002
Daly
Prix Fixe
Movie • 1997
Busboy
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
Movie • 2013
Self
A Foreign Affair
Movie • 2004
Jake Adams
Lincoln
Movie • 2012
Richard Schell
Detachment
Movie • 2011
Mr. Wiatt
The Big Year
Movie • 2011
Fuchs
Big Miracle
Movie • 2012
Pat Lafaytette
Asleep in My Palm
Movie • 2024
Tom
Yelling To The Sky
Movie • 2011
Coleman
Child of God
Movie • 2014
Sheriff Fate
As I Lay Dying
Movie • 2013
Anse
Adventures in the Sin Bin
Movie • 2012
Officer Totsch
Blue Caprice
Movie • 2013
Ray
Crazy for Love
Movie • 2005
Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
Greedy People
Movie • 2024
Wallace
Snake & Mongoose
Movie • 2013
Mike McAllister
The Invisibles
Movie • 2024
Charlie
The Homesman
Movie • 2014
The Freighter
The Sound and the Fury
Movie • 2015
Father
Bukowski
Movie • 2013
Henry Bukowski
Captain America: Brave New World
Movie • 2025
Samuel Sterns
Kill the Messenger
Movie • 2014
Alan Fenster
Fantastic Four
Movie • 2015
Dr. Allen
Ninety-Five Senses
Movie • 2022
Coy (voice)
The Bricklayer
Movie • 2023
O'Malley
Ghosted
Movie • 2023
Borislov
Bang Bang
Movie • 2025
Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
Movie • 2014
Admiral Rickover
Anesthesia
Movie • 2016
Adam Zarrow
Minority Report
Movie • 2002
Gideon
The Long Home
Movie
The Confirmation
Movie • 2016
Vaughn
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Movie • 2018
Johan
Colossal
Movie • 2017
Garth
This Is My Life
Movie • 1992
Dennis
Black Dog, Red Dog
Movie • 2015
Bob
The Institute
Movie • 2017
Dr. Lemelle
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Movie • 2016
Wayne Foster
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
Movie • 2017
Truman
Amateur
Movie • 1994
Young Detective
Heavyweights
Movie • 1995
Camp Hope Salesman
Wormwood
Movie • 2017
Sidney Gottlieb
Monster
Movie • 2021
Leroy Sawicki
Angel Has Fallen
Movie • 2019
VP Kirby
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Movie • 2018
Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
Donnie Brasco
Movie • 1997
FBI Technician
The Report
Movie • 2019
Raymond Nathan
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
Movie • 2019
Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
Sequestrada
Movie • 2019
Thomas
Just Mercy
Movie • 2019
Ralph Myers
Naked Singularity
Movie • 2021
Angus
The True Don Quixote
Movie • 2019
Don Quixote
Joe's Apartment
Movie • 1996
Cockroach (voice)
The Jesus Rolls
Movie • 2019
Doctor
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Movie • 2022
Black Rabbits (voice)
Down from the Mountain
Movie • 2001
Self
Old Henry
Movie • 2021
Henry
National Champions
Movie • 2021
Rodger Cummings
The Testament of Ann Lee
Movie • 2025
Pastor Reuben Wight
Atropia
Movie • 2025
Mr. Speaker (voice)
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
Movie
On the End
Movie • 2025
Tom Ferreira
Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte
Movie • 2025
Self
The Rescue
Movie • 2027
Modern Family
TV • 2009
Hank
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Paulie Krill
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV • 1999
Self - Guest
CHAOS
TV • 2011
Casey Malick
Klondike
TV • 2014
Joe Meeker
George & Tammy
TV • 2022
Roy Acuff
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
TV • 2022
Nick Appleton
Slugfest
TV • 2021
Steve Englehart
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
TV • 2015
Randy
Lost Ollie
TV • 2022
Zozo (voice)
Wormwood
TV • 2017
Sidney Gottlieb
Dallas & Robo
TV • 2018
The Woodsman
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Poker Face
TV • 2023
Kyle Owens
Watchmen
TV • 2019
Wade Tillman / Looking Glass
The Lowdown
TV • 2025
Dale Washberg
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest