Tim Blake Nelson
Acting
- Born:
- 1964-05-11
- Place of birth:
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Rescue
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
The Leader
The Testament of Ann Lee
The Coen Brothers Story
Atropia
On the End
The Lowdown
Bang Bang
Task
Captain America: Brave New World
Greedy People
The Invisibles
Asleep in My Palm
The Bricklayer
Ghosted
Poker Face
George & Tammy
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Lost Ollie
Ninety-Five Senses
Ghosts of the Ozarks
Slugfest
National Champions
Nightmare Alley
Old Henry
Naked Singularity
Monster
Sequestrada
Just Mercy
Watchmen
The Jesus Rolls
The True Don Quixote
The Report
Angel Has Fallen
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Dallas & Robo
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Wormwood
Wormwood
Colossal
The Institute
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
The Confirmation
Anesthesia
The Sound and the Fury
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Fantastic Four
Black Dog, Red Dog
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
Kill the Messenger
The Homesman
Child of God
Klondike
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
As I Lay Dying
Blue Caprice
Snake & Mongoose
Lincoln
Adventures in the Sin Bin
Big Miracle
The Big Year
Flypaper
Detachment
CHAOS
Yelling To The Sky
Saint John of Las Vegas
Modern Family
Leaves of Grass
American Violet
The Incredible Hulk
The Darwin Awards
The Astronaut Farmer
Hoot
Fido
The Amateurs
Come Early Morning
Syriana
The Big White
Warm Springs
Crazy for Love
Meet the Fockers
The Last Shot
Bereft
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Wonderland
A Foreign Affair
Holes
The Good Girl
Minority Report
Cherish
Down from the Mountain
The Coen Brothers
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Hamlet
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
The Thin Red Line
Prix Fixe
Donnie Brasco
Joe's Apartment
The Daily Show
Heavyweights
Amateur
This Is My Life
The Long Home