Tim Blake Nelson
8.1Acting

Tim Blake Nelson

May 11, 1964 - Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

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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Credits

Cast

Media
Movie2000O Brother, Where Art Thou?Delmar O'Donnell
Movie2005SyrianaDanny Dalton
Movie2004Meet the FockersOfficer LeFlore
Movie2008The Incredible HulkSamuel Sterns
Movie2006FidoMr. Theopolis
Movie2000HamletFlight Captain
Movie2004Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters UnleashedJacobo
Movie2021Nightmare AlleyCarny Boss
Movie2003WonderlandBilly Deverell
Movie2008American VioletDavid Cohen
Movie2007The Astronaut FarmerKevin Munchak
MovieN/AThe LeaderMarshall Applewhite
Movie2006Come Early MorningUncle Tim
Movie2003HolesDr. Pendanski
Movie2022Ghosts of the OzarksTorb
Movie1998The Thin Red LinePvt. Brian Tills
Movie2004The Last ShotMarshal Paris
Movie2010Saint John of Las VegasNed
Movie2009Leaves of GrassBolger
Movie2002The Good GirlBubba
Movie2005The Big WhiteGary
Movie2011FlypaperPeanut Butter
Movie2004BereftDennis
Movie2006The AmateursBarney
Movie2005Warm SpringsTom Loyless
Movie2006The Darwin AwardsPerp
Movie2006HootCurly
Movie2002CherishDaly
Movie2013Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting GallerySelf
Movie1997Prix FixeBusboy
Movie2003A Foreign AffairJake Adams
Movie2012LincolnRichard Schell
Movie2011DetachmentMr. Wiatt
Movie2011The Big YearFuchs
Movie2012Big MiraclePat Lafaytette
Movie2024Asleep in My PalmTom
Movie2011Yelling To The SkyColeman
Movie2014Child of GodSheriff Fate
Movie2013As I Lay DyingAnse
Movie2012Adventures in the Sin BinOfficer Totsch
Movie2013Blue CapriceRay
Movie2005My Suicidal SweetheartDoctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
Movie2024Greedy PeopleWallace
MovieN/AThelmaArthur Ducoing
Movie2013Snake & MongooseMike McAllister
Movie2024The InvisiblesCharlie
Movie2014The HomesmanThe Freighter
Movie2015The Sound and the FuryFather
Movie2013BukowskiHenry Bukowski
Movie2025Captain America: Brave New WorldSamuel Sterns
Movie2014Kill the MessengerAlan Fenster
Movie2015Fantastic FourDr. Allen
Movie2022Ninety-Five SensesCoy (voice)
Movie2023The BricklayerO'Malley
Movie2023GhostedBorislov
Movie2024Bang BangBernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
Movie2014Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear PowerAdmiral Rickover
Movie2016AnesthesiaAdam Zarrow
Movie2002Minority ReportGideon
MovieN/AThe Long Home
Movie2016The ConfirmationVaughn
Movie2018The Vanishing of Sidney HallJohan
Movie2017ColossalGarth
Movie1992This Is My LifeDennis
Movie2015Black Dog, Red DogBob
Movie2017The InstituteDr. Lemelle
Movie2016Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkWayne Foster
Movie2017Deidra & Laney Rob a TrainTruman
Movie1994AmateurYoung Detective
Movie1995HeavyweightsCamp Hope Salesman
Movie2017WormwoodSidney Gottlieb
Movie2021MonsterLeroy Sawicki
Movie2019Angel Has FallenVP Kirby
Movie2018The Ballad of Buster ScruggsBuster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
Movie1997Donnie BrascoFBI Technician
Movie2019The ReportRaymond Nathan
Movie2019Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the PeopleTeddy Roosevelt (voice)
Movie2019SequestradaThomas
Movie2019Just MercyRalph Myers
Movie2021Naked SingularityAngus
Movie2019The True Don QuixoteDon Quixote
Movie1996Joe's ApartmentCockroach (voice)
Movie2019The Jesus RollsDoctor
Movie2022Guillermo del Toro's PinocchioBlack Rabbits (voice)
Movie2001Down from the MountainSelf
Movie2021Old HenryHenry
Movie2021National ChampionsRodger Cummings
MovieN/AThe Testament of Ann Lee
Movie2025AtropiaMr. Speaker (voice)
MovieN/AThe Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
TV Show2009Modern FamilyHank1
TV Show2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationPaulie Krill1
TV Show1999The Late Late Show with Craig KilbornSelf - Guest1
TV Show2011CHAOSCasey Malick13
TV Show2014KlondikeJoe Meeker3
TV Show2022George & TammyRoy Acuff1
TV Show2022Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of CuriositiesNick Appleton1
TV Show2021SlugfestSteve Englehart10
TV Show2015Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtRandy4
TV Show2022Lost OllieZozo (voice)4
TV Show2017WormwoodSidney Gottlieb6
TV Show2018Dallas & RoboThe Woodsman8
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf1
TV Show2023Poker FaceKyle Owens1
TV Show2019WatchmenWade Tillman / Looking Glass9
TV Show2025The Lowdown8

Crew

Media
Movie2001ODirectorDirecting
Movie2009Leaves of GrassDirectorDirecting
Movie2001The Grey ZoneDirectorDirecting
Movie2001The Grey ZoneWriterWriting
Movie1997Eye of GodDirectorDirecting
Movie2016AnesthesiaDirectorDirecting
Movie2016AnesthesiaWriterWriting
Movie2009Leaves of GrassWriterWriting
Movie2009Leaves of GrassProducerProduction
Movie2016AnesthesiaProducerProduction
Movie2001The Grey ZoneEditorEditing
Movie2001The Grey ZoneProducerProduction
Movie2024Asleep in My PalmProducerProduction
MovieN/AMichael ZeroDirectorDirecting
Movie1997Eye of GodScreenplayWriting
Movie2006Haskett's ChanceDirectorDirecting
MovieN/AThe Life and Deaths of Wilson SheddDirectorDirecting
MovieN/AThe Life and Deaths of Wilson SheddWriterWriting
MovieN/AThe Life and Deaths of Wilson SheddProducerProduction
TV Show1992Hardcore TVWriterWriting
TV Show1992Hardcore TVCreatorCreator