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Tim Blake Nelson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1964-05-11 (Age: 62)

Place of Birth

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Tim Blake Nelson

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Blake Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography (91)

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The Rescue

2027
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⭐ 0 Role: Marshall Applewhite

The Leader

2026
⭐ 6.5 Role: Pastor Reuben Wight

The Testament of Ann Lee

2025
⭐ 6.5 Role: Self

The Coen Brothers - An American Story

2025
⭐ 5.9 Role: Mr. Speaker (voice)

Atropia

2025
⭐ 0 Role: Tom Ferreira

On the End

2025
⭐ 7.4 Role: Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski

Bang Bang

2025
⭐ 6.0 Role: Samuel Sterns

Captain America: Brave New World

2025
⭐ 6.4 Role: Wallace

Greedy People

2024
⭐ 6.5 Role: Charlie

The Invisibles

2024
⭐ 5.0 Role: Tom

Asleep in My Palm

2024
⭐ 5.8 Role: O'Malley

The Bricklayer

2023
⭐ 6.9 Role: Borislov

Ghosted

2023
⭐ 8.0 Role: Black Rabbits (voice)

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2022
⭐ 7.3 Role: Coy (voice)

Ninety-Five Senses

2022