M MyList
Actor · Acting

Tim Blake Nelson

Born 1964-05-11
📍 Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

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.

Filmography 103

The Testament of Ann Lee
as Pastor Reuben Wight
2025
The Coen Brothers - An American Story
as Self
2025
Atropia
as Mr. Speaker (voice)
2025
On the End
as Tom Ferreira
2025
The Lowdown
as Dale Washberg
2025
Bang Bang
as Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
2025
Captain America: Brave New World
as Samuel Sterns
2025
Greedy People
as Wallace
2024
The Invisibles
as Charlie
2024
Asleep in My Palm
as Tom
2024
The Bricklayer
as O'Malley
2023
Ghosted
as Borislov
2023
Poker Face
as Kyle Owens
2023
George & Tammy
as Roy Acuff
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as Black Rabbits (voice)
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
as Nick Appleton
2022
Lost Ollie
as Zozo (voice)
2022
Ninety-Five Senses
as Coy (voice)
2022
Ghosts of the Ozarks
as Torb
2022
Slugfest
as Steve Englehart
2021
National Champions
as Rodger Cummings
2021
Nightmare Alley
as Carny Boss
2021
Old Henry
as Henry
2021
Naked Singularity
as Angus
2021
Monster
as Leroy Sawicki
2021
Sequestrada
as Thomas
2019
Just Mercy
as Ralph Myers
2019
Watchmen
as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass
2019
The Jesus Rolls
as Doctor
2019
The True Don Quixote
as Don Quixote
2019
The Report
as Raymond Nathan
2019
Angel Has Fallen
as VP Kirby
2019
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
as Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
2019
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
2018
Dallas & Robo
as The Woodsman
2018
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as Johan
2018
Wormwood
as Sidney Gottlieb
2017
Wormwood
as Sidney Gottlieb
2017
Colossal
as Garth
2017
The Institute
as Dr. Lemelle
2017
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
as Truman
2017
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
as Wayne Foster
2016
The Confirmation
as Vaughn
2016
Anesthesia
as Adam Zarrow
2016
The Sound and the Fury
as Father
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
Fantastic Four
as Dr. Allen
2015
Black Dog, Red Dog
as Bob
2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Randy
2015
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
as Admiral Rickover
2014
Kill the Messenger
as Alan Fenster
2014
The Homesman
as The Freighter
2014
Child of God
as Sheriff Fate
2014
Klondike
as Joe Meeker
2014
As I Lay Dying
as Anse
2013
Blue Caprice
as Ray
2013
Snake & Mongoose
as Mike McAllister
2013
Lincoln
as Richard Schell
2012
Adventures in the Sin Bin
as Officer Totsch
2012
Big Miracle
as Pat Lafaytette
2012
The Big Year
as Fuchs
2011
Flypaper
as Peanut Butter
2011
Detachment
as Mr. Wiatt
2011
CHAOS
as Casey Malick
2011
Yelling To The Sky
as Coleman
2011
Saint John of Las Vegas
as Ned
2010
Modern Family
as Hank
2009
Leaves of Grass
as Bolger
2009
American Violet
as David Cohen
2008
The Incredible Hulk
as Samuel Sterns
2008
The Darwin Awards
as Perp
2007
The Astronaut Farmer
as Kevin Munchak
2007
Hoot
as Curly
2006
Fido
as Mr. Theopolis
2006
The Amateurs
as Barney
2006
Come Early Morning
as Uncle Tim
2006
Syriana
as Danny Dalton
2005
The Big White
as Gary
2005
Warm Springs
as Tom Loyless
2005
Crazy for Love
as Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
2005
Meet the Fockers
as Officer LeFlore
2004
The Last Shot
as Marshal Paris
2004
Bereft
as Dennis
2004
A Foreign Affair
as Jake Adams
2004
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
as Jacobo
2004
Wonderland
as Billy Deverell
2003
Holes
as Dr. Pendanski
2003
The Good Girl
as Bubba
2002
Minority Report
as Gideon
2002
Cherish
as Daly
2002
Down from the Mountain
as Self
2001
The Coen Brothers
as Self
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Paulie Krill
2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Delmar O'Donnell
2000
Hamlet
as Flight Captain
2000
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
1999
The Thin Red Line
as Pvt. Brian Tills
1998
Donnie Brasco
as FBI Technician
1997
Joe's Apartment
as Cockroach (voice)
1996
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
1996
Heavyweights
as Camp Hope Salesman
1995
Amateur
as Young Detective
1994
This Is My Life
as Dennis
1992