Tim Blake Nelson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 11, 1964
- Birthplace
- 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Blake Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- Michael Zero
Michael Zero TBA
Director
- The Long Home
The Long Home TBA
as Hovington
The Rescue 2027
Actor
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd 2026
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
The Leader 2026
as Marshall Applewhite, Executive Producer
The Testament of Ann Lee 2025
as Pastor Reuben Wight
The Coen Brothers Story 2025
as Self
Atropia 2025
as Mr. Speaker (voice)
On the End 2025
as Tom Ferreira
Bang Bang 2025
as Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
Eddington 2025
Thanks
Captain America: Brave New World 2025
as Samuel Sterns
Greedy People 2024
as Wallace
The Invisibles 2024
as Charlie
Asleep in My Palm 2024
as Tom, Producer
The Bricklayer 2023
as O'Malley
Ghosted 2023
as Borislov
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2022
as Black Rabbits (voice)
Ninety-Five Senses 2022
as Coy (voice)
Ghosts of the Ozarks 2022
as Torb
National Champions 2021
as Rodger Cummings
Nightmare Alley 2021
as Carny Boss
Old Henry 2021
as Henry
Naked Singularity 2021
as Angus
Monster 2021
as Leroy Sawicki
Sequestrada 2019
as Thomas
Just Mercy 2019
as Ralph Myers
The Jesus Rolls 2019
as Doctor
The True Don Quixote 2019
as Don Quixote
The Report 2019
as Raymond Nathan
Angel Has Fallen 2019
as VP Kirby
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People 2019
as Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018
as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall 2018
as Johan
Wormwood 2017
as Sidney Gottlieb
Colossal 2017
as Garth
The Institute 2017
as Dr. Lemelle
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train 2017
as Truman
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 2016
as Wayne Foster
The Confirmation 2016
as Vaughn
Anesthesia 2016
as Adam Zarrow, Director, Writer, Producer
The Sound and the Fury 2015
as Father
Fantastic Four 2015
as Dr. Allen
Black Dog, Red Dog 2015
as Bob
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power 2014
as Admiral Rickover
Kill the Messenger 2014
as Alan Fenster
The Homesman 2014
as The Freighter
Child of God 2014
as Sheriff Fate
- Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery 2013
as Self
As I Lay Dying 2013
as Anse
Blue Caprice 2013
as Ray
Snake & Mongoose 2013
as Mike McAllister
Lincoln 2012
as Richard Schell
Adventures in the Sin Bin 2012
as Totsch
Big Miracle 2012
as Pat Lafaytette
The Big Year 2011
as Fuchs
Flypaper 2011
as Peanut Butter
Detachment 2011
as Mr. Wiatt
Yelling To The Sky 2011
as Coleman
Saint John of Las Vegas 2010
as Militant Ned
Leaves of Grass 2009
as Bolger, Director, Writer, Producer
American Violet 2008
as David Cohen
The Incredible Hulk 2008
as Samuel Sterns
The Darwin Awards 2007
as Perp
The Astronaut Farmer 2007
as Kevin Munchak
Hoot 2006
as Curly
Fido 2006
as Mr. Theopolis
The Amateurs 2006
as Barney Macklehatton
Come Early Morning 2006
as Uncle Tim
- Haskett's Chance
Haskett's Chance 2006
Director
Syriana 2005
as Danny Dalton
The Big White 2005
as Gary
Warm Springs 2005
as Tom Loyless
Crazy for Love 2005
as Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
Meet the Fockers 2004
as Officer LeFlore
The Last Shot 2004
as Marshal Paris
Bereft 2004
as Dennis
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 2004
as Jacobo
Wonderland 2003
as Billy Deverell
A Foreign Affair 2003
as Jake Adams
Holes 2003
as Dr. Pendanski
The Good Girl 2002
as Bubba
Minority Report 2002
as Gideon
Cherish 2002
as Daly
The Grey Zone 2001
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
O 2001
Director
Down from the Mountain 2001
as Self
The Coen Brothers 2000
as Self
O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000
as Delmar O'Donnell
Hamlet 2000
as Flight Captain
The Thin Red Line 1998
as Pvt. Brian Tills
Eye of God 1997
Director, Screenplay
- Prix Fixe
Prix Fixe 1997
as Busboy
Donnie Brasco 1997
as FBI Technician
Joe's Apartment 1996
as Cockroach (voice)
Heavyweights 1995
as Camp Hope Salesman
Amateur 1994
as Young Detective
This Is My Life 1992
as Dennis
Credits from TMDB.