Tim Blake Nelson
Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA — May 11 1964
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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 portra…
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Paulie Krill
Modern Family
Hank
Poker Face
Kyle Owens
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Randy
Captain America: Brave New World
Samuel Sterns
Watchmen
Wade Tillman / Looking Glass
The Incredible Hulk
Samuel Sterns
The Testament of Ann Lee
Pastor Reuben Wight
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Nick Appleton
Angel Has Fallen
VP Kirby
Minority Report
Gideon
Ghosted
Borislov
The Lowdown
Dale Washberg
George & Tammy
Roy Acuff
Slugfest
Steve Englehart
Lincoln
Richard Schell
Klondike
Joe Meeker
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Black Rabbits (voice)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
Eddington
Crew
Nightmare Alley
Carny Boss
Detachment
Mr. Wiatt
Atropia
Mr. Speaker (voice)
Donnie Brasco
FBI Technician
CHAOS
Casey Malick
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Delmar O'Donnell
Fantastic Four
Dr. Allen
Meet the Fockers
Officer LeFlore
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Wayne Foster
The Thin Red Line
Pvt. Brian Tills
Just Mercy
Ralph Myers
O
Directing
Syriana
Danny Dalton
Dallas & Robo
The Woodsman
Lost Ollie
Zozo (voice)
Colossal
Garth
Wormwood
Sidney Gottlieb
The Bricklayer
O'Malley
Holes
Dr. Pendanski
Old Henry
Henry
The Homesman
The Freighter
The Big Year
Fuchs
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Jacobo
Kill the Messenger
Alan Fenster
The Report
Raymond Nathan
Amateur
Young Detective
Flypaper
Peanut Butter
The Grey Zone
Directing
The Good Girl
Bubba
Big Miracle
Pat Lafaytette
The Big White
Gary
Heavyweights
Camp Hope Salesman
Greedy People
Wallace
Eye of God
Directing
Wonderland
Billy Deverell
Joe's Apartment
Cockroach (voice)
Monster
Leroy Sawicki
Hamlet
Flight Captain
Leaves of Grass
Bolger
The Long Home
Anesthesia
Adam Zarrow
Fido
Mr. Theopolis
The Darwin Awards
Perp
Cherish
Daly
Hoot
Curly
Saint John of Las Vegas
Ned
Hardcore TV
Writing
The Last Shot
Marshal Paris
The Amateurs
Barney
Naked Singularity
Angus
Wormwood
Sidney Gottlieb
Bukowski
Henry Bukowski
The Institute
Dr. Lemelle
As I Lay Dying
Anse
The Jesus Rolls
Doctor
American Violet
David Cohen
The Rescue
Bereft
Dennis
Blue Caprice
Ray
Bang Bang
Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
National Champions
Rodger Cummings
This Is My Life
Dennis
Snake & Mongoose
Mike McAllister
Warm Springs
Tom Loyless
The Astronaut Farmer
Kevin Munchak
The Leader
Marshall Applewhite
Crazy for Love
Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Johan
The Confirmation
Vaughn
Child of God
Sheriff Fate
Black Dog, Red Dog
Bob
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
Self
Come Early Morning
Uncle Tim
The Sound and the Fury
Father
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
The Coen Brothers
Self
Ninety-Five Senses
Coy (voice)
Adventures in the Sin Bin
Officer Totsch
Yelling To The Sky
Coleman
The True Don Quixote
Don Quixote
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
Truman
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
Ghosts of the Ozarks
Torb
On the End
Tom Ferreira
The Invisibles
Charlie
Down from the Mountain
Self
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
Admiral Rickover
A Foreign Affair
Jake Adams
Haskett's Chance
Directing
Asleep in My Palm
Tom
Prix Fixe
Busboy
The Coen Brothers - An American Story
Self
Sequestrada
Thomas
Michael Zero
Directing