Tim Blake Nelson
94 movies · 16 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 11, 1964 (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."
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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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Tim Blake Nelson: movies and TV shows
Acting (103)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Long Home
as Hovington
- 2026
- 2026 The Leader
as Marshall Applewhite
- 2025 The Testament of Ann Lee
as Pastor Reuben Wight
- 2025 Atropia
as Mr. Speaker (voice)
- 2025 On the End
as Tom Ferreira
- 2025
- 2025 Bang Bang
as Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
- 2025
- 2025 Captain America: Brave New World
as Samuel Sterns
- 2024 Greedy People
as Wallace
- 2024 The Invisibles
as Charlie
- 2024 Asleep in My Palm
as Tom
- 2023 The Bricklayer
as O'Malley
- 2023 Ghosted
as Borislov
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as Black Rabbits (voice)
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022 Ninety-Five Senses
as Coy (voice)
- 2022 Ghosts of the Ozarks
as Torb
- 2021
- 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
- 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
- 2018 The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as Johan
- 2017
- 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 Fantastic Four
as Dr. Allen
- 2015 Black Dog, Red Dog
as Bob
- 2015
- 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
- 2013 As I Lay Dying
as Anse
- 2013 Blue Caprice
as Ray
- 2013 Snake & Mongoose
as Mike McAllister
- 2012 Lincoln
as Richard Schell
- 2012 Adventures in the Sin Bin
as Totsch
- 2012 Big Miracle
as Pat Lafaytette
- 2011 The Big Year
as Fuchs
- 2011 Flypaper
as Peanut Butter
- 2011 Detachment
as Mr. Wiatt
- 2011
- 2011 Yelling To The Sky
as Coleman
- 2010 Saint John of Las Vegas
as Militant Ned
- 2009
- 2009 Leaves of Grass
as Bolger
- 2008 American Violet
as David Cohen
- 2008 The Incredible Hulk
as Samuel Sterns
- 2007 The Darwin Awards
as Perp
- 2007 The Astronaut Farmer
as Kevin Munchak
- 2006 Hoot
as Curly
- 2006 Fido
as Mr. Theopolis
- 2006 The Amateurs
as Barney Macklehatton
- 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 Crazy for Love
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 A Foreign Affair
as Jake Adams
- 2003 Holes
as Dr. Pendanski
- 2002 The Good Girl
as Bubba
- 2002 Minority Report
as Gideon
- 2002 Cherish
as Daly
- 2000
- 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Delmar O'Donnell
- 2000 Hamlet
as Flight Captain
- 1998 The Thin Red Line
as Pvt. Brian Tills
- 1997 Prix Fixe
as Busboy
- 1997 Donnie Brasco
as FBI Technician
- 1996 Joe's Apartment
as Cockroach (voice)
- 1995 Heavyweights
as Camp Hope Salesman
- 1994 Amateur
as Young Detective
- 1992 This Is My Life
as Dennis
Behind the camera (12)
- Upcoming Michael Zero
Director
- 2026 The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2026 The Leader
Executive Producer
- 2025 Eddington
Thanks
- 2024 Asleep in My Palm
Producer
- 2016 Anesthesia
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2009 Leaves of Grass
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2006 Haskett's Chance
Director
- 2001 The Grey Zone
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- 2001 O
Director
- 1997 Eye of God
Director, Screenplay
- 1992
Talk shows and appearances (7)
- 2025
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2013
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1 episode
- 1996 The Daily Show
1 episode