Born 1964 (age 62) · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Appears in 117 titles

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.

Filmography

The Incredible Hulk
6.2
The Incredible Hulk
2008
as Samuel Sterns
Minority Report
7.4
Minority Report
2002
as Gideon
Fantastic Four
4.4
Fantastic Four
2015
as Dr. Allen
Meet the Fockers
6.3
Meet the Fockers
2004
as Officer LeFlore
Donnie Brasco
7.5
Donnie Brasco
1997
as FBI Technician
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
7.3
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Delmar O'Donnell
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
7.1
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
Lincoln
6.8
Lincoln
2012
as Richard Schell
Angel Has Fallen
6.6
Angel Has Fallen
2019
as VP Kirby
Nightmare Alley
7.0
Nightmare Alley
2021
as Carny Boss
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
8.0
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
as Black Rabbits (voice)
The Thin Red Line
7.4
The Thin Red Line
1998
as Pvt. Brian Tills
Captain America: Brave New World
6.0
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
as Samuel Sterns
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Just Mercy
7.9
Just Mercy
2019
as Ralph Myers
Colossal
6.3
Colossal
2017
as Garth
Ghosted
6.9
Ghosted
2023
as Borislov
Detachment
7.6
Detachment
2011
as Mr. Wiatt
Holes
6.9
Holes
2003
as Dr. Pendanski
Syriana
6.4
Syriana
2005
as Danny Dalton