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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-05-11 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

Atropia as Mr. Speaker (voice)

2024

Greedy People as Wallace
The Invisibles as Charlie
Bang Bang as Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski

2023

The Bricklayer as O'Malley
Ghosted as Borislov
Poker Face as Kyle Owens

2022

2021

Nightmare Alley as Carny Boss
Monster as Leroy Sawicki
Old Henry as Henry
National Champions as Rodger Cummings
Slugfest as Steve Englehart

2019

Angel Has Fallen as VP Kirby
The Report as Raymond Nathan
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People as Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
Sequestrada as Thomas
Just Mercy as Ralph Myers
The True Don Quixote as Don Quixote
The Jesus Rolls as Doctor
Watchmen as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass

2018

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
Dallas & Robo as The Woodsman

2017

Colossal as Garth
The Institute as Dr. Lemelle
Wormwood as Sidney Gottlieb
Wormwood as Sidney Gottlieb

2016

Anesthesia as Adam Zarrow

2015

2014

Child of God as Sheriff Fate
The Homesman as The Freighter
Kill the Messenger as Alan Fenster
Klondike as Joe Meeker

2013

2012

Lincoln as Richard Schell
Big Miracle as Pat Lafaytette
Adventures in the Sin Bin as Officer Totsch

2011

Flypaper as Peanut Butter
Detachment as Mr. Wiatt
The Big Year as Fuchs
CHAOS as Casey Malick

2010

2009

2008

The Incredible Hulk as Samuel Sterns
American Violet as David Cohen

2007

The Astronaut Farmer as Kevin Munchak

2006

Fido as Mr. Theopolis
Come Early Morning as Uncle Tim
The Amateurs as Barney
Hoot as Curly

2005

Syriana as Danny Dalton
Warm Springs as Tom Loyless
My Suicidal Sweetheart as Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob

2004

Meet the Fockers as Officer LeFlore
The Last Shot as Marshal Paris
Bereft as Dennis

2003

Wonderland as Billy Deverell
Holes as Dr. Pendanski
A Foreign Affair as Jake Adams

2002

The Good Girl as Bubba
Cherish as Daly
Minority Report as Gideon [Department of Containment]

2001

2000

O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Delmar O'Donnell
Hamlet as Flight Captain

1999

1998

The Thin Red Line as Pvt. Brian Tills

1997

Prix Fixe as Busboy
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

-

The Leader as Marshall Applewhite
Thelma as Arthur Ducoing

Directing

2016

Anesthesia as Director

2009

Leaves of Grass as Director

2006

Haskett's Chance as Director

2001

O as Director
The Grey Zone as Director

1997

Eye of God as Director

-

Michael Zero as Director

Writing

2016

Anesthesia as Writer

2009

Leaves of Grass as Writer

2001

The Grey Zone as Writer

1997

Eye of God as Screenplay

1992

Hardcore TV as Writer

Production

2024

Asleep in My Palm as Producer

2016

Anesthesia as Producer

2009

Leaves of Grass as Producer

2001

The Grey Zone as Producer

Editing

2001

The Grey Zone as Editor

Creator

1992

Hardcore TV as Creator