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Tim Blake Nelson

Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, EditorBorn May 11, 1964 (61 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Detachment
  • The Homesman
  • Fido
  • Leaves of Grass
  • Wonderland
  • The Big White
  • The Grey Zone
  • The Confirmation
  • The Jesus Rolls
  • Child of God
  • The Institute
  • American Violet
  • Dead Man's Walk
  • The Sound and the Fury
  • Yelling to the Sky
  • Snake & Mongoose
  • The Invisibles
  • Adventures in the Sin Bin
  • Crazy for Love
  • The True Don Quixote

Known For

  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • The Incredible Hulk
  • Old Henry
  • Captain America: Brave New World
  • Leaves of Grass
  • Fantastic Four
  • O
  • Watchmen
  • Colossal
  • Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
  • Detachment
  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
  • Holes
  • The Grey Zone
  • Flypaper
  • The Good Girl
  • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
  • Anesthesia
  • The Big White
  • The Bricklayer
  • Greedy People
  • The Astronaut Farmer
  • Hoot

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Tim Blake Nelson Filmography

2025
The Testament of Ann Lee · as Pastor Reuben Wight
2025
Atropia · as Mr. Speaker (voice)
2025
The Lowdown (TV Series) · as Dale Washberg
2025
2025
2024
Greedy People · as Wallace
2024
Bang Bang · as Bernard 'bang Bang' Rozyski
2024
2023
2023
The Bricklayer · as O'malley
2023
Ghosted · as Borislov
2023
Poker Face (TV Series) · as Kyle Owens
2022
George & Tammy (TV Series) · as Roy Acuff
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio · as Black Rabbits (voice)
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (TV Series) · as Nick Appleton
2022
Lost Ollie (TV Series) · as Zozo (voice)
2022
Ninety-Five Senses · as Coy (voice)
2021
Slugfest (TV Series) · as Steve Englehart
2021
Nightmare Alley · as Carny Boss
2021
National Champions · as Rodger Cummings
2021
2021
Old Henry · as Henry
2021
Naked Singularity · as Angus
2021
2019
Sequestrada · as Thomas
2019
Just Mercy · as Ralph Myers
2019
The Report · as Raymond Nathan
2019
Watchmen (TV Series) · as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass
2019
2019
2019
Angel Has Fallen · as Vp Kirby
2019
The Hustle · as Portnoy
2018
Monster · as Leroy Sawicki
2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs · as Buster Scruggs (segment "the Ballad Of Buster Scruggs")
2018
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People · as Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
2018
Big City Greens (TV Series) · as Ernest Green
2018
Dallas & Robo (TV Series) · as The Woodsman
2017
Wormwood (2017) (TV Series) · as Sidney Gottlieb
2017
Wormwood · as Sidney Gottlieb
2017
2017
2017
The Institute · as Dr. Lemelle
2016
2016
Colossal · as Garth
2016
2015
Anesthesia · as Adam Zarrow
2015
Fantastic Four · as Dr. Allen
2015
2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (TV Series) · as Randy
2015
For Justice · as Ochs Rainey
2014
2014
2014
Kill the Messenger · as Alan Fenster
2014
The Homesman · as The Freighter
2014
Klondike (2014) (TV Series) · as Joe Meeker
2013
As I Lay Dying · as Anse
2013
Blue Caprice · as Ray
2013
Snake & Mongoose · as Mike Mcallister
2013
Child of God · as Sheriff Fate
2013
Bukowski · as Henry Bukowski
2012
Lincoln · as Richard Schell
2012
2012
Big Miracle · as Pat Lafaytette
2011
The Big Year · as Fuchs
2011
Flypaper · as Peanut Butter
2011
Black Dynamite (TV Series) · as Chief Magellan Horn
2011
Detachment · as Mr. Wiatt
2011
CHAOS (TV Series) · as Casey Malick
2011
2009
Modern Family (TV Series) · as Hank
2009
2009
2008
American Violet · as David Cohen
2008
The Incredible Hulk · as Samuel Sterns
2006
The Astronaut Farmer · as Kevin Munchak
2006
Fido · as Mr. Theopolis
2006
2006
Hoot · as Curly
2006
Come Early Morning · as Uncle Tim
2005
Syriana · as Danny Dalton
2005
2005
Stella (TV Series) · as Mountain Man
2005
Warm Springs · as Tom Loyless
2005
Crazy for Love · as Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
2005
The Moguls · as Barney
2004
Meet the Fockers · as Officer Leflore
2004
The Last Shot · as Marshal Paris
2004
Bereft · as Dennis
2004
2003
Wonderland · as Billy Deverell
2003
Holes · as Dr. Pendanski
2003
2 Brothers & a Bride · as Jake Adams
2002
The Good Girl · as Bubba
2002
Minority Report · as Gideon
2002
Cherish · as Daly
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Paulie Krill
2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou? · as Delmar O'donnell
2000
Hamlet · as Flight Captain
1998
The Thin Red Line · as Pvt. Brian Tills
1997
Donnie Brasco · as Fbi Technician
1996
Joe's Apartment · as Cockroach (voice)
1996
Dead Man's Walk (TV Series) · as Johnny Carthage
1995
Heavyweights · as Camp Hope Salesman
1995
House of Buggin' (TV Series) · as Kidnapper
1994
Amateur · as Young Detective
1992
This Is My Life · as Dennis

2025
2019
The American Game (TV Series) · as Self
2019
The Movies (TV Series) · as Self - Actor, The Grey Zone
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self
2012
Gold Rush: The Dirt (TV Series) · as Self
2010
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
2001
Dinner for Five (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest
2000
2000
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1996
The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1991
Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1983
Frontline (TV Series) · as Self
1979
SAG Foundation Conversations (TV Series) · as Self

2024
2024
Bang Bang · as Executive Producer
2023
2021
Old Henry · as Executive Producer
2019
Sequestrada · as Executive Producer
2015
2009
2003
2 Brothers & a Bride · as Executive Producer
2001

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