
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

Just Mercy

Modern Family

Lost Ollie

Watchmen

Detachment

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Poker Face

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

Donnie Brasco

The True Don Quixote

Minority Report

The Thin Red Line

Old Henry

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Bang Bang

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Klondike

Nightmare Alley

The Report

Ghosted

Holes

George & Tammy

Lincoln

The Lowdown

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

Big Miracle

American Violet

Angel Has Fallen

Kill the Messenger

Warm Springs

The Grey Zone

Eddington

The Testament of Ann Lee

The Invisibles

Monster

The Homesman

Greedy People

National Champions

The Confirmation

Flypaper

Fido

Syriana

The Daily Show

Colossal

The Astronaut Farmer

Meet the Fockers

Wormwood

The Incredible Hulk