Tim Blake Nelson

Born 1964 · American actor, director and writer

Timothy Blake Nelson is an American actor, director, and writer. 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 / The Leader in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Richard Schell in Lincoln (2012), the eponymous 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.

Tim Blake Nelson, in order

1992 This Is My Life: acted · directed by Nora Ephron
1994 Hail Caesar: acted · directed by Anthony Michael Hall
1995 Assassins: acted · directed by Richard Donner
1995 Heavyweights: acted · directed by Steven Brill · critics 50%, audiences 77% · streaming on Disney+
1996 Joe's Apartment: acted · directed by John Payson
1997 Donnie Brasco: acted · directed by Mike Newell
1997 Eye of God: directed
1998 The Thin Red Line: acted · directed by Terrence Malick · critics 82%, audiences 80% · streaming on Fandango at Home (free)
2000 Hamlet: acted · directed by Michael Almereyda
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou?: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 79%, audiences 89% · streaming on Prime Video
2001 O: directed
2001 The Grey Zone: directed, wrote
2002 Minority Report: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 89%, audiences 80% · streaming on Prime Video, Apple TV, Paramount+
2002 Scooby-Doo in film (TV series): acted · directed by Brian Levant and Raja Gosnell
2002 The Good Girl: acted · directed by Miguel Arteta
2003 A Foreign Affair: acted · critics 100%, audiences 78%
2003 Holes: acted · directed by Andrew Davis
2003 Wonderland: acted · directed by James Cox
2004 Meet the Fockers: acted · directed by Jay Roach · critics 39%, audiences 58% · streaming on Peacock, Tubi
2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed: acted · directed by Raja Gosnell
2004 The Last Shot: acted · directed by Jeff Nathanson
2005 My Suicidal Sweetheart: acted · directed by Michael Parness
2005 Syriana: acted · directed by Stephen Gaghan · critics 73%, audiences 67%
2005 The Amateurs: acted · directed by Michael Traeger
2005 The Big White: acted · directed by Mark Mylod
2005 Warm Springs (TV movie): acted · directed by Joseph Sargent
2006 Come Early Morning: acted · directed by Joey Lauren Adams
2006 Fido: acted · directed by Andrew Currie
2006 Hoot: acted · directed by Wil Shriner
2006 The Astronaut Farmer: acted · directed by Michael Polish · critics 60%, audiences 49%
2006 The Darwin Awards: acted · directed by Finn Taylor
2008 American Violet: acted · directed by Tim Disney
2008 The Incredible Hulk: acted · directed by Louis Leterrier · critics 68%, audiences 69% · streaming on Disney+
2009 Leaves of Grass: directed, wrote, produced, acted
2009 Modern Family (TV series): acted
2009 Saint John of Las Vegas: acted · directed by Hue Rhodes · critics 22%, audiences 27%
2011 CHAOS (TV series): acted
2011 Detachment: acted · directed by Tony Kaye
2011 Flypaper: acted · directed by Rob Minkoff
2011 The Big Year: acted · directed by David Frankel
2011 Yelling to the Sky: acted · directed by Victoria Mahoney
2012 Big Miracle: acted · directed by Ken Kwapis
2012 Lincoln: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 90%, audiences 80%
2013 As I Lay Dying: acted · directed by James Franco
2013 Blue Caprice: acted · directed by Alexandre Moors
2013 Child of God: acted · directed by James Franco
2014 Kill the Messenger: acted · directed by Michael Cuesta
2014 The Homesman: acted · directed by Tommy Lee Jones · critics 81%, audiences 53% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
2014 The Sound and the Fury: acted · directed by James Franco
2015 Anesthesia: directed, wrote, acted · critics 27%, audiences 51% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, Roku Channel
2015 Fantastic Four: acted · directed by Josh Trank · critics 9%, audiences 18% · streaming on Disney+
2015 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (TV series): acted
2015 Z: The Beginning of Everything (TV series): created
2016 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: acted · directed by Ang Lee
2016 Colossal: acted · directed by Nacho Vigalondo · critics 82%, audiences 58% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy
2016 The Confirmation: acted · directed by Bob Nelson
2017 The Institute: acted · directed by James Franco
2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 90%, audiences 78% · streaming on Netflix
2019 Angel Has Fallen: acted · directed by Ric Roman Waugh
2019 Just Mercy: acted · directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
2019 The Hustle: acted · directed by Chris Addison
2019 The Report: acted · directed by Scott Z. Burns
2019 Watchmen (TV series): acted · directed by Nicole Kassell · critics 96%, audiences 57% · streaming on HBO Max
2021 Naked Singularity: acted · directed by Chase Palmer
2021 National Champions: acted · directed by Ric Roman Waugh
2021 Nightmare Alley: acted · directed by Guillermo del Toro
2021 Old Henry: acted · directed by Potsy Ponciroli
2022 George & Tammy (TV series): acted · directed by John Hillcoat
2023 Asleep in My Palm: produced
2023 Ghosted: acted · directed by Dexter Fletcher
2023 The Bricklayer: acted · directed by Renny Harlin
2024 Greedy People: acted · directed by Potsy Ponciroli
2025 Captain America: Brave New World: acted · directed by Julius Onah · critics 46%, audiences 75% · streaming on Disney+
2025 The Testament of Ann Lee: acted · directed by Mona Fastvold
2027 The Rescue: acted
The Leader: acted · directed by Michael J. Gallagher
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd: directed
The Long Home: acted · directed by James Franco
The Lowdown (TV series): acted · critics 99%, audiences 73% · streaming on Hulu, fuboTV