Tim Blake Nelson
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), Dr. Pendanski in Holes (2003), Danny Dalton Jr. in Syriana (2005), Samuel Sterns in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Richard Schell in Lincoln (2012), the title character in 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.
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Acted in
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
as Dr. Samuel Sterns / The Leader
Greedy People
2024
as Wallace
Bang Bang
2024
as Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
Asleep in My Palm
2024
as Tom
The Bricklayer
2023
as O'Malley
Ghosted
2023
as Borislov
Poker Face
2023
as Kyle Owens
George & Tammy
2022
as Roy Acuff
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
as Black Rabbits (voice)
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
as Nick Appleton
Lost Ollie
2022
as Zozo (voice)
Ninety-Five Senses
2022
as Coy (voice)
Ghosts of the Ozarks
2022
as Torb
Slugfest
2021
as Steve Englehart
National Champions
2021
as Rodger Cummings
Nightmare Alley
2021
as Carny Boss
Old Henry
2021
as Henry
Naked Singularity
2021
as Angus
Monster
2021
as Leroy Sawicki
The Long Home
2021
Sequestrada
2019
as Thomas
Just Mercy
2019
as Ralph Myers
Watchmen
2019
as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass
The Jesus Rolls
2019
as Doctor
The True Don Quixote
2019
as Don Quixote
The Report
2019
as Raymond Nathan
Angel Has Fallen
2019
as VP Kirby
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
2019
as Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
Dallas & Robo
2018
as The Woodsman
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
as Johan
Wormwood
2017
Wormwood
2017
as Sidney Gottlieb
Colossal
2017
as Garth
The Institute
2017
as Dr. Lemelle
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
2017
as Truman
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2016
as Wayne Foster
The Confirmation
2016
as Vaughn
Anesthesia
2016
as Adam Zarrow
The Sound and the Fury
2015
as Father
Fantastic Four
2015
as Harvey Elder
Black Dog, Red Dog
2015
as Bob
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Randy
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
2014
as Admiral Rickover
Kill the Messenger
2014
as Alan Fenster
The Homesman
2014
as The Freighter
Child of God
2014
as Sheriff Fate
Klondike
2014
as Joe Meeker
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
2013
as Self
As I Lay Dying
2013
as Anse
Blue Caprice
2013
as Ray
Snake & Mongoose
2013
as Mike McAllister
Bukowski
2013
as Henry Bukowski
Lincoln
2012
as Richard Schell
Adventures in the Sin Bin
2012
as Officer Totsch
Big Miracle
2012
as Pat Lafaytette
The Big Year
2011
as Fuchs
Flypaper
2011
as Peanut Butter
Detachment
2011
as Mr. Wiatt
CHAOS
2011
as Casey Malick
Yelling To The Sky
2011
as Coleman
Saint John of Las Vegas
2010
as Ned
Modern Family
2009
as Hank
Leaves of Grass
2009
as Bolger
American Violet
2008
as David Cohen
The Incredible Hulk
2008
as Samuel Sterns
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
as Kevin Munchak
Hoot
2006
as Curly
Fido
2006
as Mr. Theopolis
The Darwin Awards
2006
as Perp
The Amateurs
2006
as Barney
Come Early Morning
2006
as Uncle Tim
Syriana
2005
as Danny Dalton
The Big White
2005
as Gary
Warm Springs
2005
as Tom Loyless
My Suicidal Sweetheart
2005
as Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
Meet the Fockers
2004
as Officer LeFlore
The Last Shot
2004
as Marshal Paris
Bereft
2004
as Dennis
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2004
as Jacobo
Wonderland
2003
as Billy Deverell
Holes
2003
as Dr. Pendanski
A Foreign Affair
2003
as Jake Adams
Minority Report
2002
as Gideon [Department of Containment]
Cherish
2002
as Daly
The Good Girl
2002
as Bubba
Down from the Mountain
2001
as Self
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Paulie Krill
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Delmar O'Donnell
Hamlet
2000
as Flight Captain
The Thin Red Line
1998
as Pvt. Brian Tills
Prix Fixe
1997
as Busboy
Donnie Brasco
1997
as FBI Technician
Joe's Apartment
1996
as Cockroach (voice)
Heavyweights
1995
as Camp Hope Salesman
Amateur
1994
as Young Detective
This Is My Life
1992
as Dennis
Thelma
as Arthur Ducoing
The Leader
as Marshall Applewhite
The Invisibles
as Charlie