
Tim Blake Nelson
Known for Acting · 109 credits
- Born
- 1964-05-11 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Also known as
- تیم بلیک نلسون
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (17)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Paulie Krill

The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest

Modern Family
2009
as Hank

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Randy

Poker Face
2023
as Kyle Owens

Watchmen
2019
as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
as Nick Appleton

The Lowdown
2025
as Dale Washberg

Slugfest
2021
as Steve Englehart

Wormwood
2017
as Sidney Gottlieb

Lost Ollie
2022
as Zozo (voice)

Klondike
2014
as Joe Meeker

CHAOS
2011
as Casey Malick

Dallas & Robo
2018
as The Woodsman

George & Tammy
2022
as Roy Acuff
Movies (92)

Captain America: Brave New World
2025
as Samuel Sterns

The Incredible Hulk
2008
as Samuel Sterns

Minority Report
2002
as Gideon

Ghosted
2023
as Borislov

Angel Has Fallen
2019
as VP Kirby

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
as Black Rabbits (voice)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Meet the Fockers
2004
as Officer LeFlore

Fantastic Four
2015
as Dr. Allen

The Thin Red Line
1998
as Pvt. Brian Tills

Donnie Brasco
1997
as FBI Technician

Nightmare Alley
2021
as Carny Boss

Holes
2003
as Dr. Pendanski

Lincoln
2012
as Richard Schell

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Delmar O'Donnell

Detachment
2011
as Mr. Wiatt

The Testament of Ann Lee
2025
as Pastor Reuben Wight

Just Mercy
2019
as Ralph Myers

The Bricklayer
2023
as O'Malley

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2004
as Jacobo

Colossal
2017
as Garth

Atropia
2025
as Mr. Speaker (voice)

Syriana
2005
as Danny Dalton

The Homesman
2014
as The Freighter

Old Henry
2021
as Henry

Greedy People
2024
as Wallace

Joe's Apartment
1996
as Cockroach (voice)

Heavyweights
1995
as Camp Hope Salesman

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2016
as Wayne Foster

Big Miracle
2012
as Pat Lafaytette

Kill the Messenger
2014
as Alan Fenster

The Report
2019
as Raymond Nathan

Flypaper
2011
as Peanut Butter

Wonderland
2003
as Billy Deverell

Amateur
1994
as Young Detective

Bang Bang
2025
as Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski

Naked Singularity
2021
as Angus

The Institute
2017
as Dr. Lemelle

Monster
2021
as Leroy Sawicki

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
as Johan

Fido
2006
as Mr. Theopolis

The Big Year
2011
as Fuchs

The Good Girl
2002
as Bubba

Anesthesia
2016
as Adam Zarrow

Leaves of Grass
2009
as Bolger

The Astronaut Farmer
2007
as Kevin Munchak

The Confirmation
2016
as Vaughn

The Invisibles
2024
as Charlie
The Long Home

Warm Springs
2005
as Tom Loyless

Hoot
2006
as Curly

Hamlet
2000
as Flight Captain

The Sound and the Fury
2015
as Father
The Leader
2026
as Marshall Applewhite

The Big White
2005
as Gary

National Champions
2021
as Rodger Cummings

The Jesus Rolls
2019
as Doctor

The Amateurs
2006
as Barney

The Last Shot
2004
as Marshal Paris

The Darwin Awards
2007
as Perp
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
2013
as Self
The Rescue
2027

Blue Caprice
2013
as Ray

Yelling To The Sky
2011
as Coleman

Saint John of Las Vegas
2010
as Ned

Snake & Mongoose
2013
as Mike McAllister

Come Early Morning
2006
as Uncle Tim

Ghosts of the Ozarks
2022
as Torb

Cherish
2002
as Daly

As I Lay Dying
2013
as Anse

This Is My Life
1992
as Dennis

Child of God
2014
as Sheriff Fate

American Violet
2008
as David Cohen

The Coen Brothers - An American Story
2025
as Self

Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
as Bob

Wormwood
2017
as Sidney Gottlieb

The True Don Quixote
2019
as Don Quixote

Adventures in the Sin Bin
2012
as Officer Totsch

Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
2017
as Truman

Crazy for Love
2005
as Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob

Ninety-Five Senses
2022
as Coy (voice)

Asleep in My Palm
2024
as Tom

Sequestrada
2019
as Thomas

The Coen Brothers
2000
as Self

Bereft
2004
as Dennis

Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
2014
as Admiral Rickover

Down from the Mountain
2001
as Self

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
2019
as Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

A Foreign Affair
2004
as Jake Adams

On the End
2025
as Tom Ferreira
Prix Fixe
1997
as Busboy
About 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)… With 109 credits spanning from 1992 to 2027, Tim Blake Nelson has appeared in 92 films and 17 TV shows.
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- Captain America: Brave New World (2025) — as Samuel Sterns
- The Incredible Hulk (2008) — as Samuel Sterns
- Minority Report (2002) — as Gideon
- Ghosted (2023) — as Borislov
- Angel Has Fallen (2019) — as VP Kirby
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