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.

Filmography

• 2027The Rescue
• 2026The Leader — Marshall Applewhite, Executive Producer
• 2026The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd — Director, Writer, Producer
• 2025Atropia — Mr. Speaker (voice)
• 2025Bang Bang — Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
• 2025Captain America: Brave New World — Samuel Sterns
• 2025Eddington — Thanks
• 2025On the End — Tom Ferreira
• Task — Denny Coughlin
• The Lowdown — Dale Washberg
• 2025The Testament of Ann Lee — Pastor Reuben Wight
• 2024Asleep in My Palm — Tom, Producer
• 2024Greedy People — Wallace
• 2024The Invisibles — Charlie
• 2023Ghosted — Borislov
• Poker Face — Kyle Owens
• 2023The Bricklayer — O'Malley
• George & Tammy — Roy Acuff
• 2022Ghosts of the Ozarks — Torb
• Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities — Nick Appleton
• 2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio — Black Rabbits (voice)
• Lost Ollie — Zozo (voice)
• 2022Ninety-Five Senses — Coy (voice)
• 2021Monster — Leroy Sawicki
• 2021Naked Singularity — Angus
• 2021National Champions — Rodger Cummings
• 2021Nightmare Alley — Carny Boss
• 2021Old Henry — Henry
• Slugfest — Steve Englehart
• 2019Angel Has Fallen — VP Kirby
• 2019Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People — Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
• 2019Just Mercy — Ralph Myers
• 2019Sequestrada — Thomas
• 2019The Jesus Rolls — Doctor
• 2019The Report — Raymond Nathan
• 2019The True Don Quixote — Don Quixote
• Watchmen — Wade Tillman / Looking Glass
• Dallas & Robo — The Woodsman
• 2018The Ballad of Buster Scruggs — Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• 2018The Vanishing of Sidney Hall — Johan
• 2017Colossal — Garth
• 2017Deidra & Laney Rob a Train — Truman
• 2017The Institute — Dr. Lemelle
• 2017Wormwood — Sidney Gottlieb
• Wormwood — Sidney Gottlieb
• 2016Anesthesia — Adam Zarrow, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2016Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk — Wayne Foster
• 2016The Confirmation — Vaughn
• 2015Black Dog, Red Dog — Bob
• 2015Fantastic Four — Dr. Allen
• 2015The Sound and the Fury — Father
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — Randy
• 2014Child of God — Sheriff Fate
• 2014Kill the Messenger — Alan Fenster
• Klondike — Joe Meeker
• 2014Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power — Admiral Rickover
• 2014The Homesman — The Freighter
• 2013As I Lay Dying — Anse
• 2013Blue Caprice — Ray
• 2013Snake & Mongoose — Mike McAllister
• 2012Adventures in the Sin Bin — Totsch
• 2012Big Miracle — Pat Lafaytette
• 2012Lincoln — Richard Schell
• CHAOS — Casey Malick
• 2011Detachment — Mr. Wiatt
• 2011Flypaper — Peanut Butter
• 2011The Big Year — Fuchs
• 2011Yelling To The Sky — Coleman
• 2010Saint John of Las Vegas — Militant Ned
• 2009Leaves of Grass — Bolger, Director, Writer, Producer
• Modern Family — Hank
• 2008American Violet — David Cohen
• 2008The Incredible Hulk — Samuel Sterns
• 2007The Astronaut Farmer — Kevin Munchak
• 2007The Darwin Awards — Perp
• 2006Come Early Morning — Uncle Tim
• 2006Fido — Mr. Theopolis
• 2006Haskett's Chance — Director
• 2006Hoot — Curly
• 2006The Amateurs — Barney Macklehatton
• 2005Crazy for Love — Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
• 2005Syriana — Danny Dalton
• 2005The Big White — Gary
• 2005Warm Springs — Tom Loyless
• 2004Bereft — Dennis
• 2004Meet the Fockers — Officer LeFlore
• 2004Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed — Jacobo
• 2004The Last Shot — Marshal Paris
• 2003A Foreign Affair — Jake Adams
• 2003Holes — Dr. Pendanski
• 2003Wonderland — Billy Deverell
• 2002Cherish — Daly
• 2002Minority Report — Gideon
• 2002The Good Girl — Bubba
• 2001O — Director
• 2001The Grey Zone — Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Paulie Krill
• 2000Hamlet — Flight Captain
• 2000O Brother, Where Art Thou? — Delmar O'Donnell
• 1998The Thin Red Line — Pvt. Brian Tills
• 1997Donnie Brasco — FBI Technician
• 1997Eye of God — Director, Screenplay
• 1997Prix Fixe — Busboy
• 1996Joe's Apartment — Cockroach (voice)
• 1995Heavyweights — Camp Hope Salesman
• 1994Amateur — Young Detective
• Hardcore TV — Writer, Creator
• 1992This Is My Life — Dennis
• Michael Zero — Director
• The Long Home — Hovington

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2025The Coen Brothers Story — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 2013Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery — Self
• 2001Down from the Mountain — Self
• 2000The Coen Brothers — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self - Guest