Tim Blake Nelson

ActorCrewProducerDirectorWriter May 11 (age 61) Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA 1992–2025 (33 year career)

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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 Scru…

Known For

Film

Minority Report

Gideon

Film

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Black Rabbits (voice)

Film

Donnie Brasco

FBI Technician

Film

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Delmar O'Donnell

Film

Just Mercy

Ralph Myers

Film

The Thin Red Line

Pvt. Brian Tills

Film

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Film

The Incredible Hulk

Samuel Sterns

Filmography

Acting (110)

Movies (93)

Captain America: Brave New World

2025

as Samuel Sterns

6.0

The Testament of Ann Lee

2025

as Pastor Reuben Wight

6.5

Atropia

2025

as Mr. Speaker (voice)

5.0

Bang Bang

2025

as Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski

7.2

The Coen Brothers - An American Story

2025

as Self

On the End

2025

as Tom Ferreira

Greedy People

as Wallace

The Invisibles

as Charlie

Asleep in My Palm

as Tom

Ghosted

as Borislov

The Bricklayer

as O'Malley

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2022

as Black Rabbits (voice)

Ninety-Five Senses

as Coy (voice)

Ghosts of the Ozarks

as Torb

Nightmare Alley

as Carny Boss

Old Henry

as Henry

Naked Singularity

as Angus

Monster

as Leroy Sawicki

National Champions

as Rodger Cummings

Angel Has Fallen

as VP Kirby

The Jesus Rolls

as Doctor

Just Mercy

as Ralph Myers

The Report

as Raymond Nathan

Sequestrada

as Thomas

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

2019

as Teddy Roosevelt (voice)

5.3

The True Don Quixote

2019

as Don Quixote

7.1

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

2018

as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

7.1

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

as Johan

Colossal

as Garth

The Institute

as Dr. Lemelle

Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

as Truman

Wormwood

as Sidney Gottlieb

The Confirmation

as Vaughn

Anesthesia

as Adam Zarrow

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

as Wayne Foster

Fantastic Four

as Dr. Allen

The Sound and the Fury

as Father

Black Dog, Red Dog

as Bob

Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

2014

as Admiral Rickover

The Homesman

as The Freighter

Kill the Messenger

as Alan Fenster

Child of God

as Sheriff Fate

Bukowski

as Henry Bukowski

Blue Caprice

as Ray

As I Lay Dying

as Anse

Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

as Self

Snake & Mongoose

as Mike McAllister

Lincoln

as Richard Schell

Big Miracle

as Pat Lafaytette

Adventures in the Sin Bin

as Officer Totsch

Detachment

as Mr. Wiatt

Yelling To The Sky

as Coleman

The Big Year

as Fuchs

Flypaper

as Peanut Butter

Saint John of Las Vegas

as Ned

Leaves of Grass

as Bolger

The Incredible Hulk

as Samuel Sterns

American Violet

as David Cohen

The Astronaut Farmer

as Kevin Munchak

The Darwin Awards

as Perp

Hoot

as Curly

Fido

as Mr. Theopolis

The Amateurs

as Barney

Come Early Morning

as Uncle Tim

Syriana

as Danny Dalton

The Big White

as Gary

Warm Springs

as Tom Loyless

Crazy for Love

as Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob

Meet the Fockers

as Officer LeFlore

A Foreign Affair

as Jake Adams

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

as Jacobo

Bereft

as Dennis

The Last Shot

as Marshal Paris

Holes

as Dr. Pendanski

Wonderland

as Billy Deverell

Minority Report

as Gideon

The Good Girl

as Bubba

Cherish

as Daly

Down from the Mountain

2001

as Self

7.6

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

as Delmar O'Donnell

Hamlet

as Flight Captain

The Coen Brothers

as Self

The Thin Red Line

as Pvt. Brian Tills

Donnie Brasco

as FBI Technician

Prix Fixe

as Busboy

Joe's Apartment

1996

as Cockroach (voice)

5.8

Heavyweights

1995

as Camp Hope Salesman

Amateur

as Young Detective

This Is My Life

as Dennis

The Long Home

Thelma

as Arthur Ducoing

The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

The Leader

as Marshall Applewhite

Television (17)

The Lowdown

as Dale Washberg

Poker Face

as Kyle Owens

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

as Nick Appleton

George & Tammy

as Roy Acuff

Lost Ollie

as Zozo (voice)

Slugfest

as Steve Englehart

Watchmen

as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass

Dallas & Robo

as The Woodsman

Wormwood

as Sidney Gottlieb

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self - Guest

6.2

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

as Randy

Klondike

as Joe Meeker

CHAOS

as Casey Malick

Modern Family

as Hank

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Paulie Krill

7.6

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self - Guest

The Daily Show

as Self - Guest

Tim Blake Nelson

Biography

Known For

Minority Report

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Donnie Brasco

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Just Mercy

The Thin Red Line

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The Incredible Hulk

Filmography

Acting (110)

Movies (93)

Television (17)

Crew (21)

Movies (20)

Television (1)