About

Known credits:
114
Birthday:
1964-05-11
Place of birth:
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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Tim Blake Nelson

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
2025 Captain America: Brave New World Actor Dr. Samuel Sterns / The Leader N/A
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2024 Greedy People Actor Wallace 59
Average
2024 Bang Bang Actor Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski N/A
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2024 The Invisibles Actor Charlie 59
Average
2024 Asleep in My Palm Actor Tom 58
Average
2023 The Bricklayer Actor O'Malley 58
Average
2023 Ghosted Actor Borislov 67
Fair
2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Actor Black Rabbits (voice) 77
Good
2022 Lost Ollie Actor Zozo (voice) 73
Good
2022 Ninety-Five Senses Actor Coy (voice) 59
Average
2022 Ghosts of the Ozarks Actor Torb 59
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2021 Slugfest Actor Steve Englehart 69
Fair
2021 National Champions Actor Rodger Cummings 59
Average
2021 Nightmare Alley Actor Carny Boss 68
Fair
2021 Old Henry Actor Henry 66
Fair
2021 Naked Singularity Actor Angus 57
Average
2021 Monster Actor Leroy Sawicki 59
Average
2021 The Long Home Actor N/A
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2020 LA Cine File 2020 Actor Himself (archive footage) 60
Fair
2019 Sequestrada Actor Thomas 59
Average
2019 Just Mercy Actor Ralph Myers 75
Good
2019 The Jesus Rolls Actor Doctor 56
Average
2019 The True Don Quixote Actor Don Quixote 59
Average
2019 The Report Actor Raymond Nathan 66
Fair
2019 Angel Has Fallen Actor VP Kirby 65
Fair
2019 Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People Actor Teddy Roosevelt (voice) 59
Average
2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Actor Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") 69
Fair
2018 Dallas & Robo Actor The Woodsman 69
Fair
2018 The Vanishing of Sidney Hall Actor Johan 61
Fair
2017 Wormwood Actor Sidney Gottlieb 68
Fair
2017 Wormwood Actor Sidney Gottlieb 60
Fair
2017 Colossal Actor Garth 62
Fair
2017 The Institute Actor Dr. Lemelle 56
Average
2017 Deidra & Laney Rob a Train Actor Truman 58
Average
2016 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Actor Wayne Foster 59
Average
2016 The Confirmation Actor Vaughn 60
Fair
2016 Anesthesia Actor Adam Zarrow 58
Average
2015 The Sound and the Fury Actor Father 58
Average
2015 Fantastic Four Actor Harvey Elder 45
Bad
2015 Black Dog, Red Dog Actor Bob 59
Average
2015 For Justice Actor Ochs Rainey N/A
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2014 Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power Actor Admiral Rickover N/A
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2014 Kill the Messenger Actor Alan Fenster 63
Fair
2014 The Homesman Actor The Freighter 62
Fair
2014 Child of God Actor Sheriff Fate 57
Average
2014 Klondike Actor Joe Meeker 70
Good
2013 Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery Actor Self N/A
N/A
2013 As I Lay Dying Actor Anse 58
Average
2013 Blue Caprice Actor Ray 58
Average
2013 Snake & Mongoose Actor Mike McAllister 58
Average
2013 Bukowski Actor Henry Bukowski 59
Average
2012 Lincoln Actor Richard Schell 67
Fair
2012 Adventures in the Sin Bin Actor Officer Totsch 58
Average
2012 Big Miracle Actor Pat Lafaytette 62
Fair
2011 The Big Year Actor Fuchs 59
Average
2011 Flypaper Actor Peanut Butter 61
Fair
2011 Detachment Actor Mr. Wiatt 72
Good
2011 CHAOS Actor Casey Malick 68
Fair
2011 Yelling To The Sky Actor Coleman 58
Average
2010 Saint John of Las Vegas Actor Ned 58
Average
2009 Leaves of Grass Actor Bolger 59
Average
2008 American Violet Actor David Cohen 59
Average
2008 The Incredible Hulk Actor Samuel Sterns 61
Fair
2007 The Astronaut Farmer Actor Kevin Munchak 60
Fair
2006 Hoot Actor Curly 58
Average
2006 Fido Actor Mr. Theopolis 61
Fair
2006 The Darwin Awards Actor Perp 58
Average
2006 The Amateurs Actor Barney 58
Average
2006 Come Early Morning Actor Uncle Tim 58
Average
2005 Syriana Actor Danny Dalton 62
Fair
2005 The Big White Actor Gary 60
Fair
2005 Warm Springs Actor Tom Loyless 59
Average
2005 My Suicidal Sweetheart Actor Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob 59
Average
2004 Meet the Fockers Actor Officer LeFlore 61
Fair
2004 The Last Shot Actor Marshal Paris 58
Average
2004 Bereft Actor Dennis 58
Average
2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Actor Jacobo 60
Fair
2003 Wonderland Actor Billy Deverell 59
Average
2003 Holes Actor Dr. Pendanski 66
Fair
2003 A Foreign Affair Actor Jake Adams 58
Average
2002 Minority Report Actor Gideon [Department of Containment] 72
Good
2002 Cherish Actor Daly 59
Average
2002 The Good Girl Actor Bubba 60
Fair
2001 Down from the Mountain Actor Self 59
Average
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Actor Delmar O'Donnell 71
Good
2000 Hamlet Actor Flight Captain 58
Average
1998 The Thin Red Line Actor Pvt. Brian Tills 72
Good
1997 Prix Fixe Actor Busboy N/A
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1997 Donnie Brasco Actor FBI Technician 73
Good
1996 Joe's Apartment Actor Cockroach (voice) 57
Average
1995 Heavyweights Actor Camp Hope Salesman 60
Fair
1994 Amateur Actor Young Detective 59
Average
1992 This Is My Life Actor Dennis 59
Average
Detatchment Actor Mr. Wiatt 59
Average
Thelma Actor Arthur Ducoing N/A
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The Leader Actor Marshall Applewhite N/A
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The Sensitive Kind Actor N/A
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Directing
2016 Anesthesia Directing Director 58
Average
2009 Leaves of Grass Directing Director 59
Average
2006 Haskett's Chance Directing Director N/A
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2001 The Grey Zone Directing Director 60
Fair
2001 O Directing Director 59
Average
1997 Eye of God Directing Director 59
Average
Michael Zero Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2016 Anesthesia Writing Writer 58
Average
2009 Leaves of Grass Writing Writer 59
Average
2001 The Grey Zone Writing Writer 60
Fair
1997 Eye of God Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1992 Hardcore TV Writing Writer 70
Good

Production
2024 Asleep in My Palm Production Producer 58
Average
2016 Anesthesia Production Producer 58
Average
2009 Leaves of Grass Production Producer 59
Average
2001 The Grey Zone Production Producer 60
Fair

Editing
2001 The Grey Zone Editing Editor 60
Fair