Tim Blake Nelson
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.
Known For
Delmar O'Donnell
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Danny Dalton
Syriana
Officer LeFlore
Meet the Fockers
Samuel Sterns
The Incredible Hulk
Mr. Theopolis
Fido
Flight Captain
Hamlet
Jacobo
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Carny Boss
Nightmare Alley
Billy Deverell
Wonderland
David Cohen
American Violet
Kevin Munchak
The Astronaut Farmer
Marshall Applewhite
The Leader
Uncle Tim
Come Early Morning
Dr. Pendanski
Holes
Torb
Ghosts of the Ozarks
Pvt. Brian Tills
The Thin Red Line
Marshal Paris
The Last Shot
Bolger
Leaves of Grass
Ned
Saint John of Las Vegas
Bubba
The Good Girl
Gary
The Big White
Peanut Butter
Flypaper
Dennis
Bereft
Barney
The Amateurs
Tom Loyless
Warm Springs
Perp
The Darwin Awards
Curly
Hoot
Daly
Cherish
Busboy
Prix Fixe
Self
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
Jake Adams
A Foreign Affair
Richard Schell
Lincoln
Mr. Wiatt
Detachment
Fuchs
The Big Year
Pat Lafaytette
Big Miracle
Tom
Asleep in My Palm
Coleman
Yelling To The Sky
Sheriff Fate
Child of God
Anse
As I Lay Dying
Officer Totsch
Adventures in the Sin Bin
Ray
Blue Caprice
Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
My Suicidal Sweetheart
Wallace
Greedy People
Arthur Ducoing
Thelma
Mike McAllister
Snake & Mongoose
Charlie
The Invisibles
The Freighter
The Homesman
Father
The Sound and the Fury
Henry Bukowski
Bukowski
Samuel Sterns
Captain America: Brave New World
Alan Fenster
Kill the Messenger
Harvey Elder
Fantastic Four
Coy (voice)
Ninety-Five Senses
O'Malley
The Bricklayer
Borislov
Ghosted
Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
Bang Bang
Admiral Rickover
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
Adam Zarrow
Anesthesia
Gideon [Department of Containment]
Minority Report
The Long Home
Vaughn
The Confirmation
Johan
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Garth
Colossal
Dennis
This Is My Life
Bob
Black Dog, Red Dog
Dr. Lemelle
The Institute
Wayne Foster
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Truman
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
Young Detective
Amateur
Camp Hope Salesman
Heavyweights
Sidney Gottlieb
Wormwood
Leroy Sawicki
Monster
VP Kirby
Angel Has Fallen
Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
FBI Technician
Donnie Brasco
Raymond Nathan
The Report
Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
Thomas
Sequestrada
Ralph Myers
Just Mercy
Angus
Naked Singularity
Don Quixote
The True Don Quixote
Cockroach (voice)
Joe's Apartment
Doctor
The Jesus Rolls
Black Rabbits (voice)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Self
Down from the Mountain
Henry
Old Henry
Rodger Cummings
National Champions
Ann Lee
Mr. Speaker (voice)
Atropia
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
89
Gender
Male
Birthday
1964-05-11
Place of Birth
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As
تیم بلیک نلسون