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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 |
| Asleep in My Palm (2024) | Tom | 2024 |
| Asleep in My Palm | Tom | 2024 |
| Bang Bang | Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski | 2024 |
| The Bricklayer | O'Malley / CIA Director O'Malley | 2023 |
| Ghosted | Borislov | 2023 |
| Poker Face | Kyle Owens | 2023 |
| George & Tammy | Roy Acuff | 2022 |
| Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | Nick Appleton | 2022 |
| Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Black Rabbits / The Black Rabbits (voice) | 2022 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Captain America: Brave New World | The Leader / Dr. Samuel Sterns / Samuel Sterns | 2025 |
| Asleep in My Palm (2024) | Tom | 2024 |
| Asleep in My Palm | Tom | 2024 |
| Bang Bang | Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski | 2024 |
| The Bricklayer | O'Malley / CIA Director O'Malley | 2023 |
| Ghosted | Borislov | 2023 |
| Poker Face | Kyle Owens | 2023 |
| George & Tammy | Roy Acuff | 2022 |
| Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | Nick Appleton | 2022 |
| Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Black Rabbits / The Black Rabbits (voice) | 2022 |
| Lost Ollie | 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 |
| The Long Home | Hovington | 2021 |
| Just Mercy | Ralph Myers | 2019 |
| Sequestrada | Thomas | 2019 |
| The Report | Raymond Nathan | 2019 |
| Watchmen | Looking Glass / Wade Tillman | 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 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 |
| Blue Caprice | Ray | 2013 |
| Snake & Mongoose | Mike McAllister | 2013 |
| Bukowski | Henry Bukowski | 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 / Pharmaceutical Scientist / 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 Amateurs | Barney Macklehatton / Barney | 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 |
| Meet the Fockers | Officer LeFlore / Officer Le Flore | 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 |
| 2 Brothers & a Bride | Jake Adams | 2003 |
| Minority Report | Gideon / Gideon [Department of Containment] | 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 |
|---|
| Asleep in My Palm (2024) | 2024 |
| Asleep in My Palm | 2024 |
| Bang Bang | 2024 |
| Old Henry | 2021 |
| Sequestrada | 2019 |
| Anesthesia | 2016 |
| Leaves of Grass | 2009 |
| 2 Brothers & a Bride | 2003 |
| The Grey Zone | 2001 |
