Tim Blake Nelson
Known for Acting · 109 credits
- Born
- 1964-05-11 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Also known as
- تیم بلیک نلسون
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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Known For
TV Shows (17)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Paulie Krill
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Modern Family
2009
as Hank
Poker Face
2023
as Kyle Owens
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Randy
Watchmen
2019
as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
as Nick Appleton
The Lowdown
2025
as Dale Washberg
CHAOS
2011
as Casey Malick
Lost Ollie
2022
as Zozo (voice)
George & Tammy
2022
as Roy Acuff
Klondike
2014
as Joe Meeker
Slugfest
2021
as Steve Englehart
Wormwood
2017
as Sidney Gottlieb
Dallas & Robo
2018
as The Woodsman
Movies (92)
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
as Samuel Sterns
The Incredible Hulk
2008
as Samuel Sterns
Angel Has Fallen
2019
as VP Kirby
Ghosted
2023
as Borislov
Minority Report
2002
as Gideon
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Delmar O'Donnell
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
as Black Rabbits (voice)
Fantastic Four
2015
as Dr. Allen
Lincoln
2012
as Richard Schell
The Thin Red Line
1998
as Pvt. Brian Tills
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
Detachment
2011
as Mr. Wiatt
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2016
as Wayne Foster
Meet the Fockers
2004
as Officer LeFlore
The Big White
2005
as Gary
Old Henry
2021
as Henry
The Testament of Ann Lee
2025
as Pastor Reuben Wight
Nightmare Alley
2021
as Carny Boss
Donnie Brasco
1997
as FBI Technician
Holes
2003
as Dr. Pendanski
Greedy People
2024
as Wallace
Just Mercy
2019
as Ralph Myers
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2004
as Jacobo
Syriana
2005
as Danny Dalton
Big Miracle
2012
as Pat Lafaytette
Kill the Messenger
2014
as Alan Fenster
The Bricklayer
2023
as O'Malley
The Big Year
2011
as Fuchs
Flypaper
2011
as Peanut Butter
The Homesman
2014
as The Freighter
Colossal
2017
as Garth
Crazy for Love
2005
as Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
The Good Girl
2002
as Bubba
Anesthesia
2016
as Adam Zarrow
The Institute
2017
as Dr. Lemelle
Naked Singularity
2021
as Angus
Joe's Apartment
1996
as Cockroach (voice)
The Report
2019
as Raymond Nathan
Heavyweights
1995
as Camp Hope Salesman
The Jesus Rolls
2019
as Doctor
The Last Shot
2004
as Marshal Paris
Hoot
2006
as Curly
Monster
2021
as Leroy Sawicki
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
as Johan
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
as Kevin Munchak
Atropia
2025
as Mr. Speaker (voice)
Leaves of Grass
2009
as Bolger
Wonderland
2003
as Billy Deverell
The Long Home
The Rescue
2027
Ghosts of the Ozarks
2022
as Torb
As I Lay Dying
2013
as Anse
Warm Springs
2005
as Tom Loyless
Fido
2006
as Mr. Theopolis
Come Early Morning
2006
as Uncle Tim
Blue Caprice
2013
as Ray
The Coen Brothers - An American Story
2025
as Self
The Darwin Awards
2007
as Perp
The Sound and the Fury
2015
as Father
National Champions
2021
as Rodger Cummings
The Confirmation
2016
as Vaughn
Bereft
2004
as Dennis
Bang Bang
2025
as Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
Amateur
1994
as Young Detective
Child of God
2014
as Sheriff Fate
Yelling To The Sky
2011
as Coleman
The Coen Brothers
2000
as Self
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
2017
as Truman
American Violet
2008
as David Cohen
Saint John of Las Vegas
2010
as Ned
Ninety-Five Senses
2022
as Coy (voice)
Hamlet
2000
as Flight Captain
This Is My Life
1992
as Dennis
Snake & Mongoose
2013
as Mike McAllister
The Amateurs
2006
as Barney
The True Don Quixote
2019
as Don Quixote
Sequestrada
2019
as Thomas
Down from the Mountain
2001
as Self
The Invisibles
2024
as Charlie
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
as Bob
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
2013
as Self
Cherish
2002
as Daly
Wormwood
2017
as Sidney Gottlieb
Asleep in My Palm
2024
as Tom
Adventures in the Sin Bin
2012
as Officer Totsch
The Leader
2026
as Marshall Applewhite
A Foreign Affair
2004
as Jake Adams
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
2019
as Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
On the End
2025
as Tom Ferreira
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
2014
as Admiral Rickover
Prix Fixe
1997
as Busboy
About 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)… With 109 credits spanning from 1992 to 2027, Tim Blake Nelson has appeared in 92 films and 17 TV shows.
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- Captain America: Brave New World (2025) — as Samuel Sterns
- The Incredible Hulk (2008) — as Samuel Sterns
- Angel Has Fallen (2019) — as VP Kirby
- Ghosted (2023) — as Borislov
- Minority Report (2002) — as Gideon
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