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Timothy Blake Nelson is an American actor, writer, and director. His most famous roles include Delmar O'Donnell in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Dr. Pendanski in Holes (2003), Daniel "Danny" Dalton Jr. in Syriana (2005), Dr. Samuel Sterns in The Incredible Hulk (2008), Richard Schell in Lincoln (2012), Buster Scruggs in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), and Wade Tillman/Looking Glass in the HBO series Watchmen (2019) for which he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award.
Born
Monday, 11 May 1964
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Captain America: Brave New World | The Leader / Dr. Samuel Sterns / Samuel Sterns | 2025 |
| Dune: Part Two | 2024 | |
| The Bricklayer | O'Malley | 2023 |
| Ghosted | Borislov | 2023 |
| Poker Face | Kyle Owens | 2023 |
| George & Tammy | Roy Acuff | 2022 |
| Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Black Rabbits / The Black Rabbits (voice) | 2022 |
| Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | Nick Appleton | 2022 |
| Lost Ollie | Zozo, Zozo / Zozo (voice) | 2022 |
| Slugfest | Steve Englehart | 2021 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Captain America: Brave New World | The Leader / Dr. Samuel Sterns / Samuel Sterns | 2025 |
| Dune: Part Two | 2024 | |
| The Bricklayer | O'Malley | 2023 |
| Ghosted | Borislov | 2023 |
| Poker Face | Kyle Owens | 2023 |
| George & Tammy | Roy Acuff | 2022 |
| Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Black Rabbits / The Black Rabbits (voice) | 2022 |
| Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | Nick Appleton | 2022 |
| Lost Ollie | Zozo, Zozo / Zozo (voice) | 2022 |
| Slugfest | Steve Englehart | 2021 |
| National Champions | Rodger Cummings | 2021 |
| Nightmare Alley | Carny Boss | 2021 |
| Ghosts of the Ozarks | Torb | 2021 |
| Old Henry | Henry | 2021 |
| Naked Singularity | Angus | 2021 |
| Monster | Leroy Sawicki | 2021 |
| Just Mercy | Ralph Myers | 2019 |
| Sequestrada | Thomas | 2019 |
| The Report | Raymond Nathan | 2019 |
| Watchmen | Looking Glass / Wade Tillman, Wade Tillman / Looking Glass | 2019 |
| The Jesus Rolls | Doctor | 2019 |
| The True Don Quixote | Don Quixote | 2019 |
| College Football 150: The American Game | Self | 2019 |
| Angel Has Fallen | VP Kirby | 2019 |
| The Long Home | Hovington | 2019 |
| The Movies | Self - Actor, The Grey Zone | 2019 |
| The Hustle | Portnoy | 2019 |
| The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") | 2018 |
| Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People | Teddy Roosevelt / Teddy Roosevelt (voice) | 2018 |
| Big City Greens | Grampa Green | 2018 |
| Dallas & Robo | The Woodsman | 2018 |
| The Vanishing of Sidney Hall | Johan | 2018 |
| Wormwood | Sidney Gottlieb | 2017 |
| Colossal | Garth | 2017 |
| Deidra & Laney Rob a Train | Truman / Victor Truman | 2017 |
| The Institute | Dr. Lemelle | 2017 |
| Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | Wayne Foster / Wayne | 2016 |
| The Confirmation | Vaughn | 2016 |
| Anesthesia | Adam / Adam Zarrow | 2016 |
| The Sound and the Fury | Father | 2015 |
| Fantastic Four | Dr. Allen / Harvey Elder | 2015 |
| Black Dog, Red Dog | Bob | 2015 |
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Randy | 2015 |
| Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power | Admiral Rickover | 2014 |
| Kill the Messenger | Alan Fenster | 2014 |
| The Homesman | Freighter / The Freighter | 2014 |
| Child of God | Sheriff Fate | 2014 |
| Klondike | Meeker | 2014 |
| Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery | Self | 2013 |
| As I Lay Dying | Anse / Anse Bundren | 2013 |
| Snake & Mongoose | Mike McAllister | 2013 |
| Bukowski | Henry Bukowski | 2013 |
| Blue Caprice | Ray | 2013 |
| Lincoln | Richard Schell | 2012 |
| Gold Rush: The Dirt | Self | 2012 |
| Adventures in the Sin Bin | Totsch / Officer Totsch | 2012 |
| Big Miracle | Pat Lafayette / Pat Lafaytette | 2012 |
| The Big Year | Fuchs | 2011 |
| Flypaper | Peanut Butter | 2011 |
| Black Dynamite | (voice), Chief Magellan Horn / Judge / Television Executive, Chief Magellan Horn / Pharmaceutical Scientist, Chief Magellan Horn / The Wicked Bitch of the West Side / Donald Sterling | 2011 |
| Yelling to the Sky | Coleman | 2011 |
| Detachment | Mr. Wiatt | 2011 |
| Chaos | Casey Malick | 2011 |
| Saint John of Las Vegas | Ned / Militant Ned | 2010 |
| Modern Family | Hank | 2009 |
| Leaves of Grass | Bolger | 2009 |
| Sundance Directors Lab | Self | 2009 |
| American Violet | David Cohen | 2008 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Samuel Sterns / Dr. Samuel Sterns | 2008 |
| Fido | Mr. Theopolis | 2007 |
| The Astronaut Farmer | Kevin Munchak | 2007 |
| Hoot | Curly | 2006 |
| The Darwin Awards | Perp | 2006 |
| Come Early Morning | Uncle Tim | 2006 |
| Syriana | Danny Dalton | 2005 |
| The Big White | Gary | 2005 |
| Stella | Mountain Man | 2005 |
| Warm Springs | Tom Loyless | 2005 |
| Crazy for Love | Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob | 2005 |
| The Amateurs | Barney Macklehatton / Barney | 2005 |
| Meet the Fockers | Officer LeFlore | 2004 |
| The Last Shot | Marshal Paris | 2004 |
| Bereft | Dennis | 2004 |
| Media City | Self | 2004 |
| Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | Jacobo | 2004 |
| Wonderland | Billy Deverell | 2003 |
| Holes | Dr. Pendanski | 2003 |
| A Foreign Affair | Jake Adams | 2003 |
| Minority Report | Gideon | 2002 |
| The Good Girl | Bubba | 2002 |
| Cherish | Daly | 2002 |
| Dinner for Five | Self - Special Guest | 2001 |
| Down from the Mountain | Self | 2001 |
| The Coen Brothers | Self | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Paulie Krill | 2000 |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Delmar O'Donnell | 2000 |
| Hamlet | Flight Captain | 2000 |
| The Thin Red Line | Pvt. Tills / Pvt. Brian Tills | 1998 |
| Donnie Brasco | FBI Technician | 1997 |
| Joe's Apartment | Cockroach (voice) / Cockroach | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| Dead Man's Walk | Johnny Carthage | 1996 |
| Heavyweights | Roger Johnson | 1995 |
| House of Buggin' | Kidnapper | 1995 |
| Amateur | Young Detective | 1994 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| This Is My Life | Dennis | 1992 |
| Frontline | Himself | 1983 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Anesthesia | 2016 |
| Z: The Beginning of Everything | 2015 |
| Leaves of Grass | 2009 |
| The Grey Zone | 2001 |
| O | 2001 |
| Eye of God | 1997 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Old Henry | 2021 |
| Sequestrada | 2019 |
| Anesthesia | 2016 |
| Leaves of Grass | 2009 |
| A Foreign Affair | 2003 |
| The Grey Zone | 2001 |
