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