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