Tim Blake Nelson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

108

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

  • The Lowdown

    The Lowdown

  • Captain America: Brave New World

    Captain America: Brave New World

  • Poker Face

    Poker Face

  • Ghosted

    Ghosted

  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

    Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

  • Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

    Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

  • The Incredible Hulk

    The Incredible Hulk

  • Minority Report

    Minority Report

  • Angel Has Fallen

    Angel Has Fallen

  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

  • Watchmen

    Watchmen

  • Greedy People

    Greedy People

  • Meet the Fockers

    Meet the Fockers

  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

    The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • Detachment

    Detachment

  • The Bricklayer

    The Bricklayer

  • Donnie Brasco

    Donnie Brasco

  • The Homesman

    The Homesman

  • The Testament of Ann Lee

    The Testament of Ann Lee

  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  • Fantastic Four

    Fantastic Four

  • Syriana

    Syriana

  • The Thin Red Line

    The Thin Red Line

  • Old Henry

    Old Henry

  • Nightmare Alley

    Nightmare Alley

  • Bang Bang

    Bang Bang

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

    The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

  • Snake & Mongoose

    Snake & Mongoose

  • Naked Singularity

    Naked Singularity

  • Heavyweights

    Heavyweights

  • Big Miracle

    Big Miracle

  • Atropia

    Atropia

  • Holes

    Holes

  • The Leader

    The Leader

  • The Institute

    The Institute

  • Colossal

    Colossal

  • Fido

    Fido

  • The Invisibles

    The Invisibles

  • Kill the Messenger

    Kill the Messenger

  • The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

    The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

  • Cherish

    Cherish

  • Just Mercy

    Just Mercy

  • Anesthesia

    Anesthesia

  • Blue Caprice

    Blue Caprice

  • American Violet

    American Violet

  • Thelma

    Thelma

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • The Confirmation

    The Confirmation

  • Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

    Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

  • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

    Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

  • Bukowski

    Bukowski

  • National Champions

    National Champions

  • Hoot

    Hoot

  • The Long Home

    The Long Home

  • Joe's Apartment

    Joe's Apartment

  • Prix Fixe

    Prix Fixe

  • The Amateurs

    The Amateurs

  • Klondike

    Klondike

  • The Jesus Rolls

    The Jesus Rolls

  • George & Tammy

    George & Tammy

  • CHAOS

    CHAOS

  • The Report

    The Report

  • Lost Ollie

    Lost Ollie

  • Slugfest

    Slugfest

  • The Big Year

    The Big Year

  • Wormwood

    Wormwood

  • The Good Girl

    The Good Girl

  • The Darwin Awards

    The Darwin Awards

  • Child of God

    Child of God

  • The Big White

    The Big White

  • The Last Shot

    The Last Shot

  • Warm Springs

    Warm Springs

  • Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte

    Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte

  • The Astronaut Farmer

    The Astronaut Farmer

  • Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

    Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

  • Leaves of Grass

    Leaves of Grass

  • Wonderland

    Wonderland

  • Come Early Morning

    Come Early Morning

  • Adventures in the Sin Bin

    Adventures in the Sin Bin

  • Ninety-Five Senses

    Ninety-Five Senses

  • Dallas & Robo

    Dallas & Robo

  • As I Lay Dying

    As I Lay Dying

  • Yelling To The Sky

    Yelling To The Sky

  • Monster

    Monster

  • Saint John of Las Vegas

    Saint John of Las Vegas

  • A Foreign Affair

    A Foreign Affair

  • Flypaper

    Flypaper

  • Asleep in My Palm

    Asleep in My Palm

  • Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

    Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

  • My Suicidal Sweetheart

    My Suicidal Sweetheart

  • This Is My Life

    This Is My Life

  • The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

    The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

  • The True Don Quixote

    The True Don Quixote

  • Down from the Mountain

    Down from the Mountain

  • Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

    Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

  • Amateur

    Amateur

  • Ghosts of the Ozarks

    Ghosts of the Ozarks

  • The Sound and the Fury

    The Sound and the Fury

  • Bereft

    Bereft

  • Black Dog, Red Dog

    Black Dog, Red Dog

  • Wormwood

    Wormwood

  • Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

    Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

  • On the End

    On the End

  • Sequestrada

    Sequestrada