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Tim Blake Nelson

Born: 1964

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), Dr. Pendanski in Holes (2003), Danny Dalton Jr. in Syriana (2005), Samuel Sterns in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Richard Schell in Lincoln (2012), the title character in 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Blake Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For Acting
Gender Male
Place of Birth Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Resources

Movies

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Delmar O'Donnell in O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Syriana

Danny Dalton in Syriana

Meet the Fockers

Officer LeFlore in Meet the Fockers

The Incredible Hulk

Samuel Sterns in The Incredible Hulk

Fido

Mr. Theopolis in Fido

Hamlet

Flight Captain in Hamlet

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Jacobo in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Nightmare Alley

Carny Boss in Nightmare Alley

Wonderland

Billy Deverell in Wonderland

American Violet

David Cohen in American Violet

The Astronaut Farmer

Kevin Munchak in The Astronaut Farmer

The Leader

Marshall Applewhite in The Leader

Come Early Morning

Uncle Tim in Come Early Morning

Holes

Dr. Pendanski in Holes

Ghosts of the Ozarks

Torb in Ghosts of the Ozarks

The Thin Red Line

Pvt. Brian Tills in The Thin Red Line

The Last Shot

Marshal Paris in The Last Shot

Saint John of Las Vegas

Ned in Saint John of Las Vegas

Leaves of Grass

Bolger in Leaves of Grass

The Good Girl

Bubba in The Good Girl

The Big White

Gary in The Big White

Flypaper

Peanut Butter in Flypaper

Bereft

Dennis in Bereft

The Amateurs

Barney in The Amateurs

Warm Springs

Tom Loyless in Warm Springs

The Darwin Awards

Perp in The Darwin Awards

Hoot

Curly in Hoot

Cherish

Daly in Cherish

Prix Fixe

Busboy in Prix Fixe

Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

Self in Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

A Foreign Affair

Jake Adams in A Foreign Affair

Lincoln

Richard Schell in Lincoln

Detachment

Mr. Wiatt in Detachment

The Big Year

Fuchs in The Big Year

Big Miracle

Pat Lafaytette in Big Miracle

Asleep in My Palm

Tom in Asleep in My Palm

Yelling To The Sky

Coleman in Yelling To The Sky

Child of God

Sheriff Fate in Child of God

As I Lay Dying

Anse in As I Lay Dying

Adventures in the Sin Bin

Officer Totsch in Adventures in the Sin Bin

Blue Caprice

Ray in Blue Caprice

My Suicidal Sweetheart

Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob in My Suicidal Sweetheart

Greedy People

Wallace in Greedy People

Thelma

Arthur Ducoing in Thelma

Snake & Mongoose

Mike McAllister in Snake & Mongoose

The Invisibles

Charlie in The Invisibles

The Homesman

The Freighter in The Homesman

The Sound and the Fury

Father in The Sound and the Fury

Bukowski

Henry Bukowski in Bukowski

Captain America: Brave New World

Dr. Samuel Sterns / The Leader in Captain America: Brave New World

Kill the Messenger

Alan Fenster in Kill the Messenger

Fantastic Four

Harvey Elder in Fantastic Four

Ninety-Five Senses

Coy (voice) in Ninety-Five Senses

The Bricklayer

O'Malley in The Bricklayer

Ghosted

Borislov in Ghosted

Bang Bang

Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski in Bang Bang

Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

Admiral Rickover in Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

Anesthesia

Adam Zarrow in Anesthesia

Minority Report

Gideon [Department of Containment] in Minority Report

The Long Home

in The Long Home

The Confirmation

Vaughn in The Confirmation

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

Johan in The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

Colossal

Garth in Colossal

This Is My Life

Dennis in This Is My Life

Black Dog, Red Dog

Bob in Black Dog, Red Dog

The Institute

Dr. Lemelle in The Institute

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Wayne Foster in Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

Truman in Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

Amateur

Young Detective in Amateur

Heavyweights

Camp Hope Salesman in Heavyweights

Wormwood

Sidney Gottlieb in Wormwood

Monster

Leroy Sawicki in Monster

Angel Has Fallen

VP Kirby in Angel Has Fallen

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Donnie Brasco

FBI Technician in Donnie Brasco

The Report

Raymond Nathan in The Report

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

Teddy Roosevelt (voice) in Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

Sequestrada

Thomas in Sequestrada

Just Mercy

Ralph Myers in Just Mercy

Naked Singularity

Angus in Naked Singularity

The True Don Quixote

Don Quixote in The True Don Quixote

Joe's Apartment

Cockroach (voice) in Joe's Apartment

The Jesus Rolls

Doctor in The Jesus Rolls

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Black Rabbits (voice) in Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Down from the Mountain

Self in Down from the Mountain

Old Henry

Henry in Old Henry

National Champions

Rodger Cummings in National Champions

TV Shows