
Tim Blake Nelson
1 FOLLOWER • 46 CREDITS • MAY 11, 1964 • 60
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.
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Known For

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

Poker Face

Modern Family

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

George & Tammy

Watchmen

The Infinity Saga

The Thin Red Line

Heavyweights

Nightmare Alley

Donnie Brasco

Dune: Part Two

The Jesus Rolls

Minority Report

Meet the Fockers

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Lincoln

Detachment

The Report

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Holes

Big Miracle

Klondike

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

The Good Girl

Fantastic Four

Ghosted

Just Mercy

Angel Has Fallen

Wormwood

Greedy People

Captain America: Brave New World

The Incredible Hulk

The Bricklayer

The Sensitive Kind

Colossal

Lost Ollie

CHAOS

Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Old Henry
Production Credits
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