Tim Blake Nelson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

107

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-05-11 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Tim Blake Nelson

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), 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.

Known For

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

  • Modern Family

    Modern Family

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Captain America: Brave New World

    Captain America: Brave New World

  • Poker Face

    Poker Face

  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

    Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

  • Ghosted

    Ghosted

  • Fantastic Four

    Fantastic Four

  • The Lowdown

    The Lowdown

  • The Incredible Hulk

    The Incredible Hulk

  • Angel Has Fallen

    Angel Has Fallen

  • Watchmen

    Watchmen

  • Minority Report

    Minority Report

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

    The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

    The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

  • Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

    Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

  • Old Henry

    Old Henry

  • The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

    The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

  • Meet the Fockers

    Meet the Fockers

  • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

    Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

  • Nightmare Alley

    Nightmare Alley

  • Detachment

    Detachment

  • The Thin Red Line

    The Thin Red Line

  • The Astronaut Farmer

    The Astronaut Farmer

  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

  • Holes

    Holes

  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  • The Institute

    The Institute

  • Donnie Brasco

    Donnie Brasco

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • Syriana

    Syriana

  • The Bricklayer

    The Bricklayer

  • The Testament of Ann Lee

    The Testament of Ann Lee

  • George & Tammy

    George & Tammy

  • Slugfest

    Slugfest

  • The Invisibles

    The Invisibles

  • Fido

    Fido

  • Kill the Messenger

    Kill the Messenger

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • The Report

    The Report

  • National Champions

    National Champions

  • Bereft

    Bereft

  • Greedy People

    Greedy People

  • Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

    Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

  • Ninety-Five Senses

    Ninety-Five Senses

  • Colossal

    Colossal

  • Snake & Mongoose

    Snake & Mongoose

  • The Homesman

    The Homesman

  • The Jesus Rolls

    The Jesus Rolls

  • Big Miracle

    Big Miracle

  • Joe's Apartment

    Joe's Apartment

  • Asleep in My Palm

    Asleep in My Palm

  • Child of God

    Child of God

  • Heavyweights

    Heavyweights

  • Thelma

    Thelma

  • Bukowski

    Bukowski

  • Lost Ollie

    Lost Ollie

  • Saint John of Las Vegas

    Saint John of Las Vegas

  • CHAOS

    CHAOS

  • Klondike

    Klondike

  • Wonderland

    Wonderland

  • The Big White

    The Big White

  • The Big Year

    The Big Year

  • Just Mercy

    Just Mercy

  • Dallas & Robo

    Dallas & Robo

  • Monster

    Monster

  • As I Lay Dying

    As I Lay Dying

  • Down from the Mountain

    Down from the Mountain

  • Atropia

    Atropia

  • The Confirmation

    The Confirmation

  • Anesthesia

    Anesthesia

  • Wormwood

    Wormwood

  • Adventures in the Sin Bin

    Adventures in the Sin Bin

  • Blue Caprice

    Blue Caprice

  • Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

    Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

  • The Darwin Awards

    The Darwin Awards

  • Cherish

    Cherish

  • The Long Home

    The Long Home

  • Leaves of Grass

    Leaves of Grass

  • Flypaper

    Flypaper

  • The Amateurs

    The Amateurs

  • Naked Singularity

    Naked Singularity

  • Hoot

    Hoot

  • Yelling To The Sky

    Yelling To The Sky

  • The Last Shot

    The Last Shot

  • My Suicidal Sweetheart

    My Suicidal Sweetheart

  • The Good Girl

    The Good Girl

  • The Leader

    The Leader

  • This Is My Life

    This Is My Life

  • Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

    Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

  • Bang Bang

    Bang Bang

  • Prix Fixe

    Prix Fixe

  • On the End

    On the End

  • The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

    The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

  • Amateur

    Amateur

  • Wormwood

    Wormwood

  • A Foreign Affair

    A Foreign Affair

  • Come Early Morning

    Come Early Morning

  • Warm Springs

    Warm Springs

  • The True Don Quixote

    The True Don Quixote

  • Ghosts of the Ozarks

    Ghosts of the Ozarks

  • American Violet

    American Violet

  • The Sound and the Fury

    The Sound and the Fury

  • Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

    Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

  • Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

    Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

  • Black Dog, Red Dog

    Black Dog, Red Dog

  • Sequestrada

    Sequestrada