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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.

Filmography

2025
The Testament of Ann Lee

as Pastor Reuben Wight

Movie
2025
Atropia

as Mr. Speaker (voice)

Movie
2025
Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte

as Self

Movie
2025
Captain America: Brave New World

as Samuel Sterns

Movie
2023
Ghosted

as Borislov

Movie
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

as Black Rabbits (voice)

Movie
2021
Nightmare Alley

as Carny Boss

Movie
2021
Old Henry

as Henry

Movie
2019
Just Mercy

as Ralph Myers

Movie
2019
Angel Has Fallen

as VP Kirby

Movie
2016
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

as Wayne Foster

Movie
2015
Fantastic Four

as Dr. Allen

Movie
2014
Kill the Messenger

as Alan Fenster

Movie
2012
Lincoln

as Richard Schell

Movie
2008
The Incredible Hulk

as Samuel Sterns

Movie
2004
Meet the Fockers

as Officer LeFlore

Movie
2002
Minority Report

as Gideon

Movie
1998
The Thin Red Line

as Pvt. Brian Tills

Movie
2025
The Lowdown

as Dale Washberg

TV Show