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