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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 nomina…
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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.
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Tim Blake Nelson's Filmography
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The Rescue

The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

The Leader
as Marshall Applewhite

The Testament of Ann Lee
as Pastor Reuben Wight

The Coen Brothers Story
as Self

Atropia
as Mr. Speaker (voice)

On the End
as Tom Ferreira

Bang Bang
as Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski

Captain America: Brave New World
as Samuel Sterns

Greedy People
as Wallace

The Invisibles
as Charlie

Asleep in My Palm
as Tom

The Bricklayer
as O'Malley

Ghosted
as Borislov

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as Black Rabbits (voice)

Ninety-Five Senses
as Coy (voice)

Ghosts of the Ozarks
as Torb

National Champions
as Rodger Cummings

Nightmare Alley
as Carny Boss

Old Henry
as Henry

Naked Singularity
as Angus

Monster
as Leroy Sawicki

Sequestrada
as Thomas

Just Mercy
as Ralph Myers

The Jesus Rolls
as Doctor

The True Don Quixote
as Don Quixote

The Report
as Raymond Nathan

Angel Has Fallen
as VP Kirby

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
as Teddy Roosevelt (voice)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as Johan

Wormwood
as Sidney Gottlieb

Colossal
as Garth

The Institute
as Dr. Lemelle

Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
as Truman

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
as Wayne Foster

The Confirmation
as Vaughn

Anesthesia
as Adam Zarrow

The Sound and the Fury
as Father

Fantastic Four
as Dr. Allen

Black Dog, Red Dog
as Bob

Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
as Admiral Rickover

Kill the Messenger
as Alan Fenster

The Homesman
as The Freighter

Child of God
as Sheriff Fate
No Poster
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
as Self

As I Lay Dying
as Anse

Blue Caprice
as Ray

Snake & Mongoose
as Mike McAllister

Lincoln
as Richard Schell

Adventures in the Sin Bin
as Totsch

Big Miracle
as Pat Lafaytette

The Big Year
as Fuchs

Flypaper
as Peanut Butter

Detachment
as Mr. Wiatt

Yelling To The Sky
as Coleman

Saint John of Las Vegas
as Militant Ned

Leaves of Grass
as Bolger

American Violet
as David Cohen

The Incredible Hulk
as Samuel Sterns

The Darwin Awards
as Perp

The Astronaut Farmer
as Kevin Munchak

Hoot
as Curly

Fido
as Mr. Theopolis

The Amateurs
as Barney Macklehatton

Come Early Morning
as Uncle Tim

Syriana
as Danny Dalton

The Big White
as Gary

Warm Springs
as Tom Loyless

Crazy for Love
as Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob

Meet the Fockers
as Officer LeFlore

The Last Shot
as Marshal Paris

Bereft
as Dennis

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
as Jacobo

Wonderland
as Billy Deverell

A Foreign Affair
as Jake Adams

Holes
as Dr. Pendanski

The Good Girl
as Bubba

Minority Report
as Gideon

Cherish
as Daly

Down from the Mountain
as Self

The Coen Brothers
as Self

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Delmar O'Donnell

Hamlet
as Flight Captain

The Thin Red Line
as Pvt. Brian Tills
No Poster
Prix Fixe
as Busboy

Donnie Brasco
as FBI Technician

Joe's Apartment
as Cockroach (voice)

Heavyweights
as Camp Hope Salesman

Amateur
as Young Detective

This Is My Life
as Dennis
No Poster
The Long Home
as Hovington