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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.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born11 May 1964 (age 61)
  • Place of BirthTulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Tim Blake Nelson

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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.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born11 May 1964 (age 61)
  • Place of BirthTulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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Captain America: Brave New World
star
6.042
2025
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Atropia
star
2.0
2025
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Asleep in My Palm
star
5.0
2024
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Greedy People
star
6.391
2024
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The Invisibles
star
6.5
2024
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Bang Bang
star
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2024
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The Bricklayer
star
5.833
2023
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Ghosted
star
6.953
2023
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Ghosts of the Ozarks
star
5.2
2022
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Ninety-Five Senses
star
7.417
2022
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
star
8.055
2022
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Nightmare Alley
star
6.972
2021
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Monster
star
6.4
2021
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Naked Singularity
star
4.6
2021
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Old Henry
star
7.26
2021
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National Champions
star
6.442
2021
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Angel Has Fallen
star
6.598
2019
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The Report
star
7.038
2019
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Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
star
5.3
2019
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Sequestrada
star
5.667
2019
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Just Mercy
star
7.858
2019
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The True Don Quixote
star
7.071
2019
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The Jesus Rolls
star
4.5
2019
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The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
star
6.7
2018
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
star
7.135
2018
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Colossal
star
6.3
2017
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The Institute
star
4.248
2017
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Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
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5.607
2017
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Wormwood
star
6.907
2017
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Anesthesia
star
5.7
2016
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The Confirmation
star
6.4
2016
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
star
6.023
2016
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The Sound and the Fury
star
5.0
2015
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Fantastic Four
star
4.4
2015
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Black Dog, Red Dog
star
7.5
2015
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Child of God
star
4.871
2014
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The Homesman
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6.546
2014
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Kill the Messenger
star
6.618
2014
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Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
star
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2014
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Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
star
-
2013
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As I Lay Dying
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5.235
2013
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Blue Caprice
star
5.764
2013
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Snake & Mongoose
star
5.071
2013
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Bukowski
star
7.75
2013
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Lincoln
star
6.858
2012
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Big Miracle
star
6.704
2012
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Adventures in the Sin Bin
star
4.324
2012
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Flypaper
star
6.403
2011
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Detachment
star
7.626
2011
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The Big Year
star
6.0
2011
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Yelling To The Sky
star
5.523
2011
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Saint John of Las Vegas
star
5.587
2010
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Leaves of Grass
star
6.0
2009
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The Incredible Hulk
star
6.223
2008
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American Violet
star
6.7
2008
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The Astronaut Farmer
star
6.239
2007
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Haskett's Chance
star
-
2006
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Fido
star
6.432
2006
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Come Early Morning
star
5.6
2006
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The Amateurs
star
5.6
2006
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The Darwin Awards
star
5.584
2006
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Hoot
star
5.6
2006
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Syriana
star
6.417
2005
Poster
The Big White
star
6.205
2005
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Warm Springs
star
6.8
2005
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My Suicidal Sweetheart
star
5.8
2005
Poster
Meet the Fockers
star
6.251
2004
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Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
star
6.085
2004
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The Last Shot
star
5.7
2004
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Bereft
star
3.667
2004
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Wonderland
star
6.1
2003
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Holes
star
6.9
2003
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A Foreign Affair
star
5.4
2003
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The Good Girl
star
6.223
2002
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Cherish
star
6.105
2002
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Minority Report
star
7.351
2002
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O
star
5.9
2001
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The Grey Zone
star
6.6
2001
Poster
Down from the Mountain
star
7.556
2001
Poster
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
star
7.32
2000
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Hamlet
star
5.8
2000
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The Thin Red Line
star
7.4
1998
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Eye of God
star
5.813
1997
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Prix Fixe
star
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1997
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Donnie Brasco
star
7.536
1997
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Joe's Apartment
star
5.795
1996
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Heavyweights
star
6.141
1995
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Amateur
star
6.232
1994
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This Is My Life
star
5.889
1992