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Tim Blake Nelson

Acting

Born May 11, 1964 · 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Blake Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Oppenheimer Award

Filmography50+ titles

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2022as Black Rabbits (voice)

Just Mercy

2019as Ralph Myers

Modern Family

2009as Hank

Lost Ollie

2022as Zozo (voice)

Watchmen

2019as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass

Detachment

2011as Mr. Wiatt

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Paulie Krill

Poker Face

2023as Kyle Owens

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

2022as Nick Appleton

Donnie Brasco

1997as FBI Technician

The True Don Quixote

2019as Don Quixote

Minority Report

2002as Gideon

The Thin Red Line

1998as Pvt. Brian Tills

Old Henry

2021as Henry

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000as Delmar O'Donnell

Bang Bang

2025as Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

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

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

2015as Randy

Klondike

2014as Joe Meeker

Nightmare Alley

2021as Carny Boss

The Report

2019as Raymond Nathan

Ghosted

2023as Borislov

Holes

2003as Dr. Pendanski

George & Tammy

2022as Roy Acuff

Lincoln

2012as Richard Schell

The Lowdown

2025as Dale Washberg

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

2017as Johan

Big Miracle

2012as Pat Lafaytette

American Violet

2008as David Cohen

Angel Has Fallen

2019as VP Kirby

Kill the Messenger

2014as Alan Fenster

Warm Springs

2005as Tom Loyless

The Grey Zone

2001Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

Eddington

2025Thanks

The Testament of Ann Lee

2025as Pastor Reuben Wight

The Invisibles

2024as Charlie

Monster

2018as Leroy Sawicki

The Homesman

2014as The Freighter

Greedy People

2024as Wallace

National Champions

2021as Rodger Cummings

The Confirmation

2016as Vaughn

Flypaper

2011as Peanut Butter

Fido

2006as Mr. Theopolis

Syriana

2005as Danny Dalton

The Daily Show

1996as Self - Guest

Colossal

2016as Garth

The Astronaut Farmer

2006as Kevin Munchak

Meet the Fockers

2004as Officer LeFlore

Wormwood

2017as Sidney Gottlieb

The Incredible Hulk

2008as Samuel Sterns