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

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

Modern Family

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Poker Face

The Incredible Hulk

Captain America: Brave New World

All Movies (92)

• The Rescue2027
• The Leader2026 · as Marshall Applewhite
• The Testament of Ann Lee2025 · as Pastor Reuben Wight
• The Coen Brothers - An American Story2025 · as Self
• Atropia2025 · as Mr. Speaker (voice)
• On the End2025 · as Tom Ferreira
• Bang Bang2025 · as Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
• Captain America: Brave New World2025 · as Samuel Sterns
• Greedy People2024 · as Wallace
• The Invisibles2024 · as Charlie
• Asleep in My Palm2024 · as Tom
• The Bricklayer2023 · as O'Malley
• Ghosted2023 · as Borislov
• Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022 · as Black Rabbits (voice)
• Ninety-Five Senses2022 · as Coy (voice)
• Ghosts of the Ozarks2022 · as Torb
• National Champions2021 · as Rodger Cummings
• Nightmare Alley2021 · as Carny Boss
• Old Henry2021 · as Henry
• Naked Singularity2021 · as Angus
• Monster2021 · as Leroy Sawicki
• Sequestrada2019 · as Thomas
• Just Mercy2019 · as Ralph Myers
• The Jesus Rolls2019 · as Doctor
• The True Don Quixote2019 · as Don Quixote
• The Report2019 · as Raymond Nathan
• Angel Has Fallen2019 · as VP Kirby
• Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People2019 · as Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs2018 · as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• The Vanishing of Sidney Hall2018 · as Johan
• Wormwood2017 · as Sidney Gottlieb
• Colossal2017 · as Garth
• The Institute2017 · as Dr. Lemelle
• Deidra & Laney Rob a Train2017 · as Truman
• Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk2016 · as Wayne Foster
• The Confirmation2016 · as Vaughn
• Anesthesia2016 · as Adam Zarrow
• The Sound and the Fury2015 · as Father
• Fantastic Four2015 · as Dr. Allen
• Black Dog, Red Dog2015 · as Bob
• Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power2014 · as Admiral Rickover
• Kill the Messenger2014 · as Alan Fenster
• The Homesman2014 · as The Freighter
• Child of God2014 · as Sheriff Fate
• Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery2013 · as Self
• As I Lay Dying2013 · as Anse
• Blue Caprice2013 · as Ray
• Snake & Mongoose2013 · as Mike McAllister
• Lincoln2012 · as Richard Schell
• Adventures in the Sin Bin2012 · as Officer Totsch
• Big Miracle2012 · as Pat Lafaytette
• The Big Year2011 · as Fuchs
• Flypaper2011 · as Peanut Butter
• Detachment2011 · as Mr. Wiatt
• Yelling To The Sky2011 · as Coleman
• Saint John of Las Vegas2010 · as Ned
• Leaves of Grass2009 · as Bolger
• American Violet2008 · as David Cohen
• The Incredible Hulk2008 · as Samuel Sterns
• The Darwin Awards2007 · as Perp
• The Astronaut Farmer2007 · as Kevin Munchak
• Hoot2006 · as Curly
• Fido2006 · as Mr. Theopolis
• The Amateurs2006 · as Barney
• Come Early Morning2006 · as Uncle Tim
• Syriana2005 · as Danny Dalton
• The Big White2005 · as Gary
• Warm Springs2005 · as Tom Loyless
• Crazy for Love2005 · as Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
• Meet the Fockers2004 · as Officer LeFlore
• The Last Shot2004 · as Marshal Paris
• Bereft2004 · as Dennis
• A Foreign Affair2004 · as Jake Adams
• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed2004 · as Jacobo
• Wonderland2003 · as Billy Deverell
• Holes2003 · as Dr. Pendanski
• The Good Girl2002 · as Bubba
• Minority Report2002 · as Gideon
• Cherish2002 · as Daly
• Down from the Mountain2001 · as Self
• The Coen Brothers2000 · as Self
• O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000 · as Delmar O'Donnell
• Hamlet2000 · as Flight Captain
• The Thin Red Line1998 · as Pvt. Brian Tills
• Prix Fixe1997 · as Busboy
• Donnie Brasco1997 · as FBI Technician
• Joe's Apartment1996 · as Cockroach (voice)
• Heavyweights1995 · as Camp Hope Salesman
• Amateur1994 · as Young Detective
• This Is My Life1992 · as Dennis
• The Long Home—
• The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd—

All TV Shows (17)

• The Lowdown2025 · as Dale Washberg
• Poker Face2023 · as Kyle Owens
• George & Tammy2022 · as Roy Acuff
• Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities2022 · as Nick Appleton
• Lost Ollie2022 · as Zozo (voice)
• Slugfest2021 · as Steve Englehart
• Watchmen2019 · as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass
• Dallas & Robo2018 · as The Woodsman
• Wormwood2017 · as Sidney Gottlieb
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt2015 · as Randy
• Klondike2014 · as Joe Meeker
• CHAOS2011 · as Casey Malick
• Modern Family2009 · as Hank
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Paulie Krill
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn1999 · as Self - Guest
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self - Guest