Tim Blake Nelson

Tim Blake Nelson

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.

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Filmography

2025

Captain America: Brave New World
Captain America: Brave New World
as Samuel Sterns
Movie - Released: 2/12/2025
Atropia
Atropia
as Mr. Speaker (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/25/2025

2024

Asleep in My Palm
Asleep in My Palm
as Tom
Movie - Released: 3/1/2024
Greedy People
Greedy People
as Wallace
Movie - Released: 8/23/2024
The Invisibles
The Invisibles
as Charlie
Movie - Released: 3/10/2024
Bang Bang
Bang Bang
as Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
Movie - Released: 6/11/2024

2023

The Bricklayer
The Bricklayer
as O'Malley
Movie - Released: 12/14/2023
Ghosted
Ghosted
as Borislov
Movie - Released: 4/18/2023
Poker Face
Poker Face
as Kyle Owens
TV - Released: 1/26/2023

2022

Ghosts of the Ozarks
Ghosts of the Ozarks
as Torb
Movie - Released: 2/4/2022
Ninety-Five Senses
Ninety-Five Senses
as Coy (voice)
Movie - Released: 8/12/2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as Black Rabbits (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/9/2022
George & Tammy
George & Tammy
as Roy Acuff
TV - Released: 12/4/2022
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
as Nick Appleton
TV - Released: 10/25/2022
Lost Ollie
Lost Ollie
as Zozo (voice)
TV - Released: 8/24/2022

2021

Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
as Carny Boss
Movie - Released: 12/2/2021
Monster
Monster
as Leroy Sawicki
Movie - Released: 7/15/2021
Naked Singularity
Naked Singularity
as Angus
Movie - Released: 8/6/2021
Old Henry
Old Henry
as Henry
Movie - Released: 10/1/2021
National Champions
National Champions
as Rodger Cummings
Movie - Released: 12/10/2021
Slugfest
Slugfest
as Steve Englehart
TV - Released: 12/24/2021

2019

Angel Has Fallen
Angel Has Fallen
as VP Kirby
Movie - Released: 8/21/2019
The Report
The Report
as Raymond Nathan
Movie - Released: 9/12/2019
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
as Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/1/2019
Sequestrada
Sequestrada
as Thomas
Movie - Released: 12/31/2019
Just Mercy
Just Mercy
as Ralph Myers
Movie - Released: 12/25/2019
The True Don Quixote
The True Don Quixote
as Don Quixote
Movie - Released: 10/1/2019
The Jesus Rolls
The Jesus Rolls
as Doctor
Movie - Released: 10/17/2019
Watchmen
Watchmen
as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass
TV - Released: 10/20/2019

2018

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as Johan
Movie - Released: 3/2/2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
Movie - Released: 11/9/2018
Dallas & Robo
Dallas & Robo
as The Woodsman
TV - Released: 5/30/2018

2017

Colossal
Colossal
as Garth
Movie - Released: 4/6/2017
The Institute
The Institute
as Dr. Lemelle
Movie - Released: 3/3/2017
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
as Truman
Movie - Released: 1/23/2017
Wormwood
Wormwood
as Sidney Gottlieb
Movie - Released: 10/22/2017
Wormwood
Wormwood
as Sidney Gottlieb
TV - Released: 12/15/2017

2016

Anesthesia
Anesthesia
as Adam Zarrow
Movie - Released: 1/8/2016
The Confirmation
The Confirmation
as Vaughn
Movie - Released: 3/18/2016
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
as Wayne Foster
Movie - Released: 11/10/2016

2015

The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
as Father
Movie - Released: 10/23/2015
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four
as Harvey Elder
Movie - Released: 8/5/2015
Movie
Black Dog, Red Dog
as Bob
Movie - Released: 7/23/2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Randy
TV - Released: 3/6/2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2015

2014

Child of God
Child of God
as Sheriff Fate
Movie - Released: 4/28/2014
The Homesman
The Homesman
as The Freighter
Movie - Released: 5/18/2014
Kill the Messenger
Kill the Messenger
as Alan Fenster
Movie - Released: 10/9/2014
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
as Admiral Rickover
Movie - Released: 12/10/2014
Klondike
Klondike
as Joe Meeker
TV - Released: 1/20/2014

2013

Movie
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/11/2013
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying
as Anse
Movie - Released: 10/9/2013
Blue Caprice
Blue Caprice
as Ray
Movie - Released: 9/12/2013
Snake & Mongoose
Snake & Mongoose
as Mike McAllister
Movie - Released: 9/6/2013
Movie
Bukowski
as Henry Bukowski
Movie - Released: 6/19/2013

2012

Lincoln
Lincoln
as Richard Schell
Movie - Released: 11/9/2012
Big Miracle
Big Miracle
as Pat Lafaytette
Movie - Released: 2/2/2012
Adventures in the Sin Bin
Adventures in the Sin Bin
as Officer Totsch
Movie - Released: 6/8/2012

2011

Flypaper
Flypaper
as Peanut Butter
Movie - Released: 8/19/2011
Detachment
Detachment
as Mr. Wiatt
Movie - Released: 4/24/2011
The Big Year
The Big Year
as Fuchs
Movie - Released: 10/13/2011
Yelling To The Sky
Yelling To The Sky
as Coleman
Movie - Released: 3/11/2011
CHAOS
CHAOS
as Casey Malick
TV - Released: 4/1/2011

2010

Saint John of Las Vegas
Saint John of Las Vegas
as Ned
Movie - Released: 1/29/2010

2009

Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass
as Bolger
Movie - Released: 9/13/2009
Modern Family
Modern Family
as Hank
TV - Released: 9/23/2009

2008

The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk
as Samuel Sterns
Movie - Released: 6/12/2008
American Violet
American Violet
as David Cohen
Movie - Released: 8/28/2008

2007

The Astronaut Farmer
The Astronaut Farmer
as Kevin Munchak
Movie - Released: 2/23/2007

2006

Fido
Fido
as Mr. Theopolis
Movie - Released: 9/7/2006
Come Early Morning
Come Early Morning
as Uncle Tim
Movie - Released: 1/10/2006
The Amateurs
The Amateurs
as Barney
Movie - Released: 4/28/2006
The Darwin Awards
The Darwin Awards
as Perp
Movie - Released: 7/5/2006
Hoot
Hoot
as Curly
Movie - Released: 11/3/2006

2005

Syriana
Syriana
as Danny Dalton
Movie - Released: 11/23/2005
The Big White
The Big White
as Gary
Movie - Released: 10/27/2005
Warm Springs
Warm Springs
as Tom Loyless
Movie - Released: 4/30/2005
My Suicidal Sweetheart
My Suicidal Sweetheart
as Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
Movie - Released: 3/1/2005

2004

Meet the Fockers
Meet the Fockers
as Officer LeFlore
Movie - Released: 12/22/2004
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
as Jacobo
Movie - Released: 3/24/2004
The Last Shot
The Last Shot
as Marshal Paris
Movie - Released: 9/24/2004
Bereft
Bereft
as Dennis
Movie - Released: 9/13/2004

2003

Wonderland
Wonderland
as Billy Deverell
Movie - Released: 10/23/2003
Holes
Holes
as Dr. Pendanski
Movie - Released: 4/18/2003
A Foreign Affair
A Foreign Affair
as Jake Adams
Movie - Released: 1/21/2003

2002

The Good Girl
The Good Girl
as Bubba
Movie - Released: 1/12/2002
Cherish
Cherish
as Daly
Movie - Released: 1/17/2002
Minority Report
Minority Report
as Gideon [Department of Containment]
Movie - Released: 6/20/2002

2001

Down from the Mountain
Down from the Mountain
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/5/2001

2000

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Delmar O'Donnell
Movie - Released: 8/30/2000
Hamlet
Hamlet
as Flight Captain
Movie - Released: 5/12/2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Paulie Krill
TV - Released: 10/6/2000

1999

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 3/30/1999

1998

The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line
as Pvt. Brian Tills
Movie - Released: 12/23/1998

1997

Movie
Prix Fixe
as Busboy
Movie - Released: 6/1/1997
Donnie Brasco
Donnie Brasco
as FBI Technician
Movie - Released: 2/27/1997

1996

Joe's Apartment
Joe's Apartment
as Cockroach (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/26/1996

1995

Heavyweights
Heavyweights
as Camp Hope Salesman
Movie - Released: 2/17/1995

1994

Amateur
Amateur
as Young Detective
Movie - Released: 8/5/1994

1992

This Is My Life
This Is My Life
as Dennis
Movie - Released: 2/21/1992

Unknown

Movie
The Leader
as Marshall Applewhite
Movie
Thelma
Thelma
as Arthur Ducoing
Movie
Movie
Ann Lee
Ann Lee
Movie