Tim Blake Nelson
American actor, director and writer · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1964 · age 62
Timothy Blake Nelson is an American actor, director, and writer. Described as a "modern character actor", his roles include Delmar O'Donnell in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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TaskSeries, Denny Coughlin
Captain America: Brave New WorldFilm, 2025Samuel Sterns2023
GhostedFilm, Borislov2022
George & TammySeries, Roy Acuff2021
SlugfestSeries, Steve Englehart
Nightmare AlleyFilm, 2021Carny Boss2018
Dallas & RoboSeries, The Woodsman
The Ballad of Buster ScruggsFilm, 2018Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")2017
WormwoodSeries, Sidney Gottlieb2016
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkFilm, Wayne Foster2014
KlondikeSeries, Joe Meeker
Kill the MessengerFilm, 2014Alan Fenster2011
CHAOSSeries, Casey Malick
DetachmentFilm, 2011Mr. Wiatt2008
The Incredible HulkFilm, Samuel Sterns2006
FidoFilm, Mr. Theopolis2004
Meet the FockersFilm, Officer LeFlore2002
Minority ReportFilm, Gideon2000
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries, Paulie Krill
O Brother, Where Art Thou?Film, 2000Delmar O'Donnell1999
The Late Late Show with Craig KilbornSeries1997
Donnie BrascoFilm, FBI Technician1995
HeavyweightsFilm, Camp Hope Salesman1992
Hardcore TVSeries, Writer, Creator1964Born11 May 1964People around Tim
Close ties
James Franco Directed Child of God and The Sound and the Fury
Lee Wilkof Tim directed The Grey Zone and Anesthesia
Steven Spielberg Produced Lincoln (2013)
George Clooney Produced Syriana (2006)
Edward Norton Produced Leaves of Grass (2009)
Steven Soderbergh Produced Syriana and The Report
Steve Buscemi Tim directed The Grey Zone (2005)
Gerard Butler Produced Angel Has Fallen and The Bricklayer
Kevin Feige Produced The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Ty Burrell Tim produced Leaves of Grass (2009)
Michael K. Williams Tim directed Anesthesia (2015)
Charles Roven Produced Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
Raja Gosnell Directed Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
Jessica Hecht Tim directed The Grey Zone and Anesthesia
Ric Roman Waugh Directed Angel Has Fallen and National Champions
Ethan Coen Produced O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Joel Coen Produced O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Nicole Kassell Directed Watchmen
David Aaron Baker Tim directed Anesthesia (2015)
Roger Birnbaum Produced The Hustle and Heavyweights
Grant Harvey Tim directed The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
Tommy Lee Jones Directed The Homesman (2016)
Guillermo del Toro Directed Nightmare Alley (2022)
Elizabeth Marvel Tim directed The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
Known for
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2022
Just Mercy 2019
Detachment 2011
Donnie Brasco 1997
Minority Report 2002
Filmography 40
133 credits on file
Television 19
Media & music
Awards
About this person
(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 / The Leader in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Richard Schell in Lincoln (2012), the eponymous 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.
