Tim Blake Nelson

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.

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PHOTOS

TV Series

Modern Family

Modern Family

7.9
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

7.635
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

4.2
CHAOS

CHAOS

6.3
Klondike

Klondike

7.118
George & Tammy

George & Tammy

7.067
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

7.528
Slugfest

Slugfest

6.3
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

7.132
Lost Ollie

Lost Ollie

7.8
Wormwood

Wormwood

6.4
Dallas & Robo

Dallas & Robo

6
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.343
Poker Face

Poker Face

7.6
Watchmen

Watchmen

7.658
The Lowdown

The Lowdown

0
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

7.528

Movies

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

7.319
Syriana

Syriana

6.4
Meet the Fockers

Meet the Fockers

6.25
The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk

6.222
Fido

Fido

6.432
Hamlet

Hamlet

5.8
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

6.079
Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley

6.974
Wonderland

Wonderland

6.069
American Violet

American Violet

6.7
The Astronaut Farmer

The Astronaut Farmer

6.237
The Leader

The Leader

0
Come Early Morning

Come Early Morning

5.6
Holes

Holes

6.863
Ghosts of the Ozarks

Ghosts of the Ozarks

5.2
The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line

7.45
The Last Shot

The Last Shot

5.7
Saint John of Las Vegas

Saint John of Las Vegas

5.587
Leaves of Grass

Leaves of Grass

6.015
The Good Girl

The Good Girl

6.223
The Big White

The Big White

6.203
Flypaper

Flypaper

6.4
Bereft

Bereft

3.667
The Amateurs

The Amateurs

5.6
Warm Springs

Warm Springs

6.8
The Darwin Awards

The Darwin Awards

5.6
Hoot

Hoot

5.6
Cherish

Cherish

6.105
Prix Fixe

Prix Fixe

0
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

0
A Foreign Affair

A Foreign Affair

5.4
Lincoln

Lincoln

6.856
Detachment

Detachment

7.626
The Big Year

The Big Year

6
Big Miracle

Big Miracle

6.7
Asleep in My Palm

Asleep in My Palm

5
Yelling To The Sky

Yelling To The Sky

5.523
Child of God

Child of God

4.871
As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying

5.235
Adventures in the Sin Bin

Adventures in the Sin Bin

4.324
Blue Caprice

Blue Caprice

5.764
My Suicidal Sweetheart

My Suicidal Sweetheart

5.8
Greedy People

Greedy People

6.344
Thelma

Thelma

0
Snake & Mongoose

Snake & Mongoose

5.071
The Invisibles

The Invisibles

6.5
The Homesman

The Homesman

6.5
The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

5
Bukowski

Bukowski

7.75
Captain America: Brave New World

Captain America: Brave New World

6.069
Kill the Messenger

Kill the Messenger

6.616
Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four

4.429
Ninety-Five Senses

Ninety-Five Senses

7.417
The Bricklayer

The Bricklayer

5.81
Ghosted

Ghosted

6.94
Bang Bang

Bang Bang

0
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

0
Anesthesia

Anesthesia

5.7
Minority Report

Minority Report

7.349
The Long Home

The Long Home

0
The Confirmation

The Confirmation

6.4
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

6.7
Colossal

Colossal

6.283
This Is My Life

This Is My Life

5.889
Black Dog, Red Dog

Black Dog, Red Dog

7.5
The Institute

The Institute

4.233
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

6
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

5.621
Amateur

Amateur

6.228
Heavyweights

Heavyweights

6.1
Wormwood

Wormwood

6.907
Monster

Monster

6.4
Angel Has Fallen

Angel Has Fallen

6.593
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

7.134
Donnie Brasco

Donnie Brasco

7.536
The Report

The Report

7.036
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

5.3
Sequestrada

Sequestrada

5.667
Just Mercy

Just Mercy

7.855
Naked Singularity

Naked Singularity

4.6
The True Don Quixote

The True Don Quixote

7.4
Joe's Apartment

Joe's Apartment

5.8
The Jesus Rolls

The Jesus Rolls

4.474
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

8.058
Down from the Mountain

Down from the Mountain

7.556
Old Henry

Old Henry

7.264
National Champions

National Champions

6.442
Ann Lee

Ann Lee

0
Atropia

Atropia

2
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

0