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

  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

    Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

  • Captain America: Brave New World

    Captain America: Brave New World

  • Poker Face

    Poker Face

  • The Incredible Hulk

    The Incredible Hulk

  • Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

    Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

  • Ghosted

    Ghosted

  • Watchmen

    Watchmen

  • Anesthesia

    Anesthesia

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • National Champions

    National Champions

  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  • Meet the Fockers

    Meet the Fockers

  • The Lowdown

    The Lowdown

  • Minority Report

    Minority Report

  • The Big White

    The Big White

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

    The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

  • Syriana

    Syriana

  • Fido

    Fido

  • Angel Has Fallen

    Angel Has Fallen

  • Bereft

    Bereft

  • Bukowski

    Bukowski

  • Greedy People

    Greedy People

  • The Testament of Ann Lee

    The Testament of Ann Lee

  • Just Mercy

    Just Mercy

  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

    The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Fantastic Four

    Fantastic Four

  • Donnie Brasco

    Donnie Brasco

  • The Long Home

    The Long Home

  • Kill the Messenger

    Kill the Messenger

  • Thelma

    Thelma

  • Nightmare Alley

    Nightmare Alley

  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

  • American Violet

    American Violet

  • Naked Singularity

    Naked Singularity

  • The Thin Red Line

    The Thin Red Line

  • The Bricklayer

    The Bricklayer

  • Warm Springs

    Warm Springs

  • Crazy for Love

    Crazy for Love

  • Cherish

    Cherish

  • The Good Girl

    The Good Girl

  • Detachment

    Detachment

  • Holes

    Holes

  • Come Early Morning

    Come Early Morning

  • Slugfest

    Slugfest

  • Colossal

    Colossal

  • Bang Bang

    Bang Bang

  • Klondike

    Klondike

  • This Is My Life

    This Is My Life

  • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

    Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

  • George & Tammy

    George & Tammy

  • Lost Ollie

    Lost Ollie

  • CHAOS

    CHAOS

  • Old Henry

    Old Henry

  • Heavyweights

    Heavyweights

  • The Big Year

    The Big Year

  • Hoot

    Hoot

  • Wormwood

    Wormwood

  • The Report

    The Report

  • Asleep in My Palm

    Asleep in My Palm

  • Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

    Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

  • The Homesman

    The Homesman

  • Big Miracle

    Big Miracle

  • The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

    The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

  • Wonderland

    Wonderland

  • Joe's Apartment

    Joe's Apartment

  • Amateur

    Amateur

  • Prix Fixe

    Prix Fixe

  • Monster

    Monster

  • The Astronaut Farmer

    The Astronaut Farmer

  • The Amateurs

    The Amateurs

  • Leaves of Grass

    Leaves of Grass

  • Flypaper

    Flypaper

  • Dallas & Robo

    Dallas & Robo

  • The Darwin Awards

    The Darwin Awards

  • Sequestrada

    Sequestrada

  • The Jesus Rolls

    The Jesus Rolls

  • The Confirmation

    The Confirmation

  • The Institute

    The Institute

  • Atropia

    Atropia

  • Child of God

    Child of God

  • Blue Caprice

    Blue Caprice

  • The Last Shot

    The Last Shot

  • As I Lay Dying

    As I Lay Dying

  • Black Dog, Red Dog

    Black Dog, Red Dog

  • The Sound and the Fury

    The Sound and the Fury

  • The Leader

    The Leader

  • Saint John of Las Vegas

    Saint John of Las Vegas

  • The Invisibles

    The Invisibles

  • Yelling To The Sky

    Yelling To The Sky

  • Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

    Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

  • Snake & Mongoose

    Snake & Mongoose

  • Wormwood

    Wormwood

  • Ninety-Five Senses

    Ninety-Five Senses

  • The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

    The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

  • Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

    Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

  • Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte

    Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte

  • The True Don Quixote

    The True Don Quixote

  • Adventures in the Sin Bin

    Adventures in the Sin Bin

  • A Foreign Affair

    A Foreign Affair

  • On the End

    On the End

  • Ghosts of the Ozarks

    Ghosts of the Ozarks

  • Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

    Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

  • Down from the Mountain

    Down from the Mountain

  • Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

    Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power