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