Tim Blake Nelson
Acting
Born: May 11, 1964 (age 62) · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Incredible Hulk
2008
Minority Report
2002
Fantastic Four
2015
Meet the Fockers
2004
Donnie Brasco
1997
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
Lincoln
2012
Angel Has Fallen
2019
Modern Family
2009
Nightmare Alley
2021
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
Photos (5)
Movies (85)
The Incredible Hulk
Samuel Sterns
Captain America: Brave New World
Samuel Sterns
Minority Report
Gideon
Meet the Fockers
Officer LeFlore
Angel Has Fallen
VP Kirby
Nightmare Alley
Carny Boss
Ghosted
Borislov
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Delmar O'Donnell
The Thin Red Line
Pvt. Brian Tills
Fantastic Four
Dr. Allen
The Testament of Ann Lee
Pastor Reuben Wight
Lincoln
Richard Schell
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Black Rabbits (voice)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Wayne Foster
The Big Year
Fuchs
Kill the Messenger
Alan Fenster
Donnie Brasco
FBI Technician
Greedy People
Wallace
Just Mercy
Ralph Myers
Big Miracle
Pat Lafaytette
The Homesman
The Freighter
Joe's Apartment
Cockroach (voice)
The Bricklayer
O'Malley
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
Colossal
Garth
The Report
Raymond Nathan
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Jacobo
The Good Girl
Bubba
Old Henry
Henry
Syriana
Danny Dalton
Detachment
Mr. Wiatt
The Big White
Gary
Heavyweights
Camp Hope Salesman
Wonderland
Billy Deverell
Holes
Dr. Pendanski
The Darwin Awards
Perp
Flypaper
Peanut Butter
The Jesus Rolls
Doctor
Leaves of Grass
Bolger
Amateur
Young Detective
Naked Singularity
Angus
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Johan
Come Early Morning
Uncle Tim
The Institute
Dr. Lemelle
The Last Shot
Marshal Paris
The Confirmation
Vaughn
Hoot
Curly
The Amateurs
Barney Macklehatton
The Astronaut Farmer
Kevin Munchak
Fido
Mr. Theopolis
Warm Springs
Tom Loyless
As I Lay Dying
Anse
The Sound and the Fury
Father
Child of God
Sheriff Fate
Monster
Leroy Sawicki
This Is My Life
Dennis
Bang Bang
Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
Blue Caprice
Ray
Anesthesia
Adam Zarrow
American Violet
David Cohen
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
Truman
Atropia
Mr. Speaker (voice)
National Champions
Rodger Cummings
Ghosts of the Ozarks
Torb
Snake & Mongoose
Mike McAllister
Cherish
Daly
Hamlet
Flight Captain
Sequestrada
Thomas
Asleep in My Palm
Tom
Adventures in the Sin Bin
Totsch
Bereft
Dennis
Crazy for Love
Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
Ninety-Five Senses
Coy (voice)
Saint John of Las Vegas
Militant Ned
The Invisibles
Charlie
A Foreign Affair
Jake Adams
Yelling To The Sky
Coleman
Black Dog, Red Dog
Bob
Wormwood
Sidney Gottlieb
The Leader
Marshall Applewhite
The True Don Quixote
Don Quixote
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
Admiral Rickover
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
2026
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
On the End
Tom Ferreira
TV Shows (15)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Paulie Krill · 1 eps
Modern Family
Hank · 1 eps
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Randy · 4 eps
The Lowdown
Dale Washberg · 5 eps
Poker Face
Kyle Owens · 1 eps
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Nick Appleton · 1 eps
Watchmen
Wade Tillman / Looking Glass · 9 eps
Task
Denny Coughlin
Slugfest
Steve Englehart · 10 eps
George & Tammy
Roy Acuff · 1 eps
Klondike
Joe Meeker · 3 eps
CHAOS
Casey Malick · 13 eps
Wormwood
Sidney Gottlieb · 6 eps
Lost Ollie
Zozo (voice) · 4 eps
Dallas & Robo
The Woodsman · 8 eps
