Tim Blake Nelson

Acting · Born 1964-05-11 in 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…

Filmography

• O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Delmar O'Donnell
• Syriana as Danny Dalton
• Meet the Fockers as Officer LeFlore
• The Incredible Hulk as Samuel Sterns
• Fido as Mr. Theopolis
• Hamlet as Flight Captain
• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed as Jacobo
• Nightmare Alley as Carny Boss
• Wonderland as Billy Deverell
• American Violet as David Cohen