Tim Blake Nelson profile
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Tim Blake Nelson

11th May 1964 Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Acting

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.

91 Movies 17 TV Shows 2 In Production 110 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Atropia poster
Atropia 15th November 2025 as Mr. Speaker (voice)
Bang Bang poster
Bang Bang 12th September 2025 as Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
Monster poster
Monster 15th July 2021 as Leroy Sawicki
Wormwood poster
Wormwood 22nd October 2017 as Sidney Gottlieb
Lincoln poster
Lincoln 9th November 2012 as Richard Schell
Hoot poster
Hoot 3rd November 2006 as Curly
Fido poster
Fido 7th September 2006 as Mr. Theopolis
Syriana poster
Syriana 23rd November 2005 as Danny Dalton
Crazy for Love poster
Crazy for Love 1st March 2005 as Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
Bereft poster
Bereft 13th September 2004 as Dennis
Holes poster
Holes 18th April 2003 as Dr. Pendanski
Hamlet poster
Hamlet 12th May 2000 as Flight Captain
Amateur poster
Amateur 5th August 1994 as Young Detective
Slugfest poster
Slugfest 24th December 2021 as Steve Englehart
Watchmen poster
Watchmen 20th October 2019 as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass
Wormwood poster
Wormwood 15th December 2017 as Sidney Gottlieb
CHAOS poster
CHAOS 1st April 2011 as Casey Malick
The Rescue poster Coming soon
The Rescue 29th January 2027
The Leader poster Coming soon
The Leader 5th June 2026 as Marshall Applewhite