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
• Nightmare Alley as Carny Boss
• The Thin Red Line as Pvt. Brian Tills
• Detachment as Mr. Wiatt
• Minority Report as Gideon
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• Donnie Brasco as FBI Technician
• The Report as Raymond Nathan
• Just Mercy as Ralph Myers
• Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Black Rabbits (voice)

TV

• Modern Family as Hank
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Paulie Krill
• Watchmen as Wade Tillman / Looking Glass
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
• CHAOS as Casey Malick
• Klondike as Joe Meeker
• George & Tammy as Roy Acuff
• Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities as Nick Appleton
• Slugfest as Steve Englehart
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Randy