
Tim Blake Nelson
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.…
Filmography
Possible Side Effects
2009 · 10.0

The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
2026 · 9.0

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · 8.0

Modern Family
2009 · 7.9

Just Mercy
2019 · 7.8

Lost Ollie
2022 · 7.8

Detachment
2011 · 7.6

Watchmen
2019 · 7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · 7.6

Donnie Brasco
1997 · 7.5

Black Dog, Red Dog
2015 · 7.5

Poker Face
2023 · 7.5

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022 · 7.4

The Thin Red Line
1998 · 7.4

Ninety-Five Senses
2022 · 7.4

Minority Report
2002 · 7.4

Old Henry
2021 · 7.4

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 · 7.3

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 · 7.1

Klondike
2014 · 7.1

The True Don Quixote
2019 · 7.1

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015 · 7.1

Task
2025 · 7.0

The Report
2019 · 7.0

Nightmare Alley
2021 · 6.9

The Lowdown
2025 · 6.9

Holes
2003 · 6.9

Wormwood
2017 · 6.9

Ghosted
2023 · 6.9

Lincoln
2012 · 6.8

Big Miracle
2012 · 6.7

George & Tammy
2022 · 6.7

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018 · 6.7

Bang Bang
2025 · 6.7

American Violet
2008 · 6.7

Angel Has Fallen
2019 · 6.6

CHAOS
2011 · 6.6

Kill the Messenger
2014 · 6.6

The Invisibles
2024 · 6.6

The Homesman
2014 · 6.5

Syriana
2005 · 6.4

Flypaper
2011 · 6.4

Monster
2021 · 6.4

Fido
2006 · 6.4

The Confirmation
2016 · 6.4

National Champions
2021 · 6.4

Colossal
2017 · 6.3

The Testament of Ann Lee
2025 · 6.3

The Astronaut Farmer
2007 · 6.3

Greedy People
2024 · 6.3

The Incredible Hulk
2008 · 6.3

Meet the Fockers
2004 · 6.2

The Big White
2005 · 6.2

The Good Girl
2002 · 6.2

Heavyweights
1995 · 6.2

Amateur
1994 · 6.2

Wonderland
2003 · 6.1

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2004 · 6.1

Wormwood
2017 · 6.1

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2016 · 6.0

Captain America: Brave New World
2025 · 6.0

The Big Year
2011 · 6.0

Dallas & Robo
2018 · 6.0

Leaves of Grass
2009 · 6.0

This Is My Life
1992 · 6.0

Cherish
2002 · 6.0

Slugfest
2021 · 5.8

Joe's Apartment
1996 · 5.8

Hamlet
2000 · 5.8

Blue Caprice
2013 · 5.8

The Bricklayer
2023 · 5.8

Anesthesia
2016 · 5.7

The Last Shot
2004 · 5.7

Saint John of Las Vegas
2010 · 5.7

Atropia
2025 · 5.7

Sequestrada
2019 · 5.7

Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
2017 · 5.7

Hoot
2006 · 5.6

Crazy for Love
2005 · 5.6

The Amateurs
2006 · 5.6

The Darwin Awards
2007 · 5.5

Come Early Morning
2006 · 5.5

Ghosts of the Ozarks
2022 · 5.4

Bereft
2004 · 5.4

Yelling To The Sky
2011 · 5.4

A Foreign Affair
2003 · 5.4

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
2019 · 5.3

As I Lay Dying
2013 · 5.2

The Sound and the Fury
2015 · 5.0

Asleep in My Palm
2024 · 5.0

Snake & Mongoose
2013 · 5.0

Child of God
2014 · 4.8

Naked Singularity
2021 · 4.6

Fantastic Four
2015 · 4.4

The Jesus Rolls
2019 · 4.4

The Institute
2017 · 4.3

Adventures in the Sin Bin
2012 · 4.0

The Rescue
2027 · 0.0
The Long Home
— · 0.0

The Leader
2026 · 0.0

Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
2014 · 0.0

On the End
2025 · 0.0
Prix Fixe
1997 · 0.0