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Tim Blake Nelson

Born
1964-05-11
Birthplace
Tulsa,
Oklahoma
USA
Born
1964-05-11
Birthplace
Tulsa, Oklahoma
USA
Biography

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......

Profile of Tim Blake Nelson

Tim Blake Nelson

Born
1964-05-11
Birthplace
Tulsa, Oklahoma
USA
Born
1964-05-11
Birthplace
Tulsa, Oklahoma
USA
Biography

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.

116 titles with 132 credits

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

2000

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

2015

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The Daily Show poster

1996

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Modern Family poster

2009

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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt poster

2015

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Poker Face poster

2023

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Captain America: Brave New World poster

2025

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The Incredible Hulk poster

2008

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Watchmen poster

2019

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The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn poster

1999

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Minority Report poster

2002

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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities poster

2022

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Meet the Fockers poster

2004

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Angel Has Fallen poster

2019

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Ghosted poster

2023

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Fantastic Four poster

2015

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Donnie Brasco poster

1997

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O Brother, Where Art Thou? poster

2000

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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs poster

2018

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Lincoln poster

2012

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Nightmare Alley poster

2021

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio poster

2022

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The Thin Red Line poster

1998

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Holes poster

2003

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Eddington poster

2025

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The Lowdown poster

2025

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Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed poster

2004

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Just Mercy poster

2019

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Colossal poster

2017

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Detachment poster

2011

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Syriana poster

2005

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The Report poster

2019

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Kill the Messenger poster

2014

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The Big Year poster

2011

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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk poster

2016

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Heavyweights poster

1995

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The Bricklayer poster

2023

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Greedy People poster

2024

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The Testament of Ann Lee poster

2025

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Flypaper poster

2011

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Fido poster

2006

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Klondike poster

2014

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Lost Ollie poster

2022

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George & Tammy poster

2022

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CHAOS poster

2011

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Wormwood poster

2017

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Slugfest poster

2021

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The Homesman poster

2014

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Old Henry poster

2021

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The Good Girl poster

2002

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Big Miracle poster

2012

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Leaves of Grass poster

2009

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Joe's Apartment poster

1996

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O poster

2001

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The Vanishing of Sidney Hall poster

2018

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The Grey Zone poster

2001

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Hoot poster

2006

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Dallas & Robo poster

2018

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The Astronaut Farmer poster

2007

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The Big White poster

2005

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Wonderland poster

2003

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The Confirmation poster

2016

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The Darwin Awards poster

2007

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The Jesus Rolls poster

2019

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Hamlet poster

2000

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Anesthesia poster

2016

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Deidra & Laney Rob a Train poster

2017

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The Institute poster

2017

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Blue Caprice poster

2013

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Monster poster

2021

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Amateur poster

1994

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The Amateurs poster

2006

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The Last Shot poster

2004

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Child of God poster

2014

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Naked Singularity poster

2021

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As I Lay Dying poster

2013

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National Champions poster

2021

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Wormwood poster

2017

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Saint John of Las Vegas poster

2010

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Come Early Morning poster

2006

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Cherish poster

2002

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Ghosts of the Ozarks poster

2022

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American Violet poster

2008

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Ninety-Five Senses poster

2022

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The Sound and the Fury poster

2015

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Warm Springs poster

2005

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Yelling To The Sky poster

2011

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Eye of God poster

1997

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Hardcore TV poster

1992

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Adventures in the Sin Bin poster

2012

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This Is My Life poster

1992

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Snake & Mongoose poster

2013

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Atropia poster

2025

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The Invisibles poster

2024

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A Foreign Affair poster

2004

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Down from the Mountain poster

2001

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Crazy for Love poster

2005

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Bang Bang poster

2025

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The True Don Quixote poster

2019

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Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People poster

2019

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Bereft poster

2004

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Black Dog, Red Dog poster

2015

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The Coen Brothers poster

2000

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Sequestrada poster

2019

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The Coen Brothers - An American Story poster

2025

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Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery poster

2013

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Asleep in My Palm poster

2024

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The Long Home poster

TBD

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The Rescue poster

2027

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The Leader poster

2026

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On the End poster

2025

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The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd poster

TBD

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Haskett's Chance poster

2006

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Prix Fixe poster

1997

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Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power poster

2014

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Michael Zero poster

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