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Birthday: May 11, 1964
Place of Birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Tim Blake Nelson

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
Movie Cast Year
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Delmar O'Donnell 2000
Syriana Danny Dalton 2005
Meet the Fockers Officer LeFlore 2004
The Incredible Hulk Samuel Sterns 2008
Fido Mr. Theopolis 2006
Hamlet Flight Captain 2000
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Jacobo 2004
Nightmare Alley Carny Boss 2021
Wonderland Billy Deverell 2003
American Violet David Cohen 2008
The Astronaut Farmer Kevin Munchak 2007
The Leader Marshall Applewhite 1970
Come Early Morning Uncle Tim 2006
Holes Dr. Pendanski 2003
Ghosts of the Ozarks Torb 2022
The Thin Red Line Pvt. Brian Tills 1998
The Last Shot Marshal Paris 2004
Leaves of Grass Bolger 2009
Saint John of Las Vegas Ned 2010
The Good Girl Bubba 2002
The Big White Gary 2005
Flypaper Peanut Butter 2011
Bereft Dennis 2004
The Amateurs Barney 2006
Warm Springs Tom Loyless 2005
The Darwin Awards Perp 2006
Hoot Curly 2006
Cherish Daly 2002
Prix Fixe Busboy 1997
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery Self 2013
A Foreign Affair Jake Adams 2003
Lincoln Richard Schell 2012
Detachment Mr. Wiatt 2011
The Big Year Fuchs 2011
Big Miracle Pat Lafaytette 2012
Asleep in My Palm Tom 2024
Yelling To The Sky Coleman 2011
Child of God Sheriff Fate 2014
As I Lay Dying Anse 2013
Adventures in the Sin Bin Officer Totsch 2012
Blue Caprice Ray 2013
My Suicidal Sweetheart Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob 2005
Greedy People Wallace 2024
Thelma Arthur Ducoing 1970
Snake & Mongoose Mike McAllister 2013
The Invisibles Charlie 2024
The Homesman The Freighter 2014
The Sound and the Fury Father 2015
Bukowski Henry Bukowski 2013
Captain America: Brave New World Dr. Samuel Sterns / The Leader 2025
Kill the Messenger Alan Fenster 2014
Fantastic Four Harvey Elder 2015
Ninety-Five Senses Coy (voice) 2022
The Bricklayer O'Malley 2023
Ghosted Borislov 2023
Bang Bang Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski 2024
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power Admiral Rickover 2014
Anesthesia Adam Zarrow 2016
Minority Report Gideon [Department of Containment] 2002
The Long Home 1970
The Confirmation Vaughn 2016
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall Johan 2018
Colossal Garth 2017
This Is My Life Dennis 1992
Black Dog, Red Dog Bob 2015
The Institute Dr. Lemelle 2017
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Wayne Foster 2016
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train Truman 2017
Amateur Young Detective 1994
Heavyweights Camp Hope Salesman 1995
Wormwood Sidney Gottlieb 2017
Monster Leroy Sawicki 2021
Angel Has Fallen VP Kirby 2019
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") 2018
Donnie Brasco FBI Technician 1997
The Report Raymond Nathan 2019
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People Teddy Roosevelt (voice) 2019
Sequestrada Thomas 2019
Just Mercy Ralph Myers 2019
Naked Singularity Angus 2021
The True Don Quixote Don Quixote 2019
Joe's Apartment Cockroach (voice) 1996
The Jesus Rolls Doctor 2019
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Black Rabbits (voice) 2022
Down from the Mountain Self 2001
Old Henry Henry 2021
National Champions Rodger Cummings 2021
Ann Lee 1970
Series Cast Year
Modern Family Hank 2009
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Paulie Krill 2000
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Self - Guest 1999
CHAOS Casey Malick 2011
Klondike Joe Meeker 2014
George & Tammy Roy Acuff 2022
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities Nick Appleton 2022
Slugfest Steve Englehart 2021
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Randy 2015
Lost Ollie Zozo (voice) 2022
Wormwood Sidney Gottlieb 2017
Dallas & Robo The Woodsman 2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015
Poker Face Kyle Owens 2023
Watchmen Wade Tillman / Looking Glass 2019
The Sensitive Kind 1970
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