Tim Blake Nelson

Actor
BirthdayMay 11, 1964 (61 year old)
Place of birthTulsa, Oklahoma, USA
GenderMale

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

Samuel Sterns

Jun 12, 2008

Gideon [Department of Containment]

Jun 20, 2002

Harvey Elder

Aug 5, 2015

Officer LeFlore

Dec 22, 2004

FBI Technician

Feb 27, 1997

Delmar O'Donnell

Aug 30, 2000

Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Nov 9, 2018

Richard Schell

Nov 9, 2012

VP Kirby

Aug 21, 2019

Pvt. Brian Tills

Dec 23, 1998

Black Rabbits (voice)

Nov 9, 2022

Carny Boss

Dec 2, 2021

Hank

Sep 23, 2009

Ralph Myers

Dec 25, 2019

Garth

Apr 6, 2017

Borislov

Apr 18, 2023

Mr. Wiatt

Apr 24, 2011

Wade Tillman / Looking Glass

Oct 20, 2019

Dr. Pendanski

Apr 18, 2003

Samuel Sterns

Jun 12, 2008

Gideon [Department of Containment]

Jun 20, 2002

Harvey Elder

Aug 5, 2015

Officer LeFlore

Dec 22, 2004

FBI Technician

Feb 27, 1997

Delmar O'Donnell

Aug 30, 2000

Acting


Participated in 93 movies, 17 TV series

2025

Dr. Samuel Sterns / The Leader


2024

Wallace


2024

Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski


2024

Charlie


2024

Tom, Producer


2023

O'Malley


2023

Borislov


2023

Kyle Owens


2022

Roy Acuff


2022

Black Rabbits (voice)


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