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