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Tim Blake Nelson

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61 Years Old

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.

Born

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA on 11th May 1964

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Paulie Krill
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Modern Family
Hank
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Poker Face
Kyle Owens
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Captain America: Brave New World
Samuel Sterns
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The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest
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CHAOS
Casey Malick
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Randy
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Watchmen
Wade Tillman / Looking Glass
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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Nick Appleton
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Klondike
Joe Meeker
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Ghosted
Borislov
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Lost Ollie
Zozo (voice)
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Wormwood
Sidney Gottlieb
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The Incredible Hulk
Samuel Sterns
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Dallas & Robo
The Woodsman
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Minority Report
Gideon
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Fantastic Four
Dr. Allen
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Donnie Brasco
FBI Technician
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George & Tammy
Roy Acuff
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Angel Has Fallen
VP Kirby
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
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Holes
Dr. Pendanski
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Lincoln
Richard Schell
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Meet the Fockers
Officer LeFlore
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Detachment
Mr. Wiatt
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Delmar O'Donnell
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The Thin Red Line
Pvt. Brian Tills
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Black Rabbits (voice)
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Colossal
Garth
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The Bricklayer
O'Malley
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Nightmare Alley
Carny Boss
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Greedy People
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Slugfest
Steve Englehart
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Just Mercy
Ralph Myers
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Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Jacobo
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Syriana
Danny Dalton
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Wayne Foster
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The Report
Raymond Nathan
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The Lowdown
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Old Henry
Henry
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Big Miracle
Pat Lafaytette
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The Homesman
The Freighter
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Monster
Leroy Sawicki
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Flypaper
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Naked Singularity
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The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
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Heavyweights
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Kill the Messenger
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Joe's Apartment
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The Big Year
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The Good Girl
Bubba
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Wonderland
Billy Deverell
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The Sound and the Fury
Father
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Hoot
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The Big White
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Fido
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The Institute
Dr. Lemelle
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Leaves of Grass
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The Last Shot
Marshal Paris
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The Amateurs
Barney
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The Jesus Rolls
Doctor
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The Darwin Awards
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Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
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Amateur
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Hamlet
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The Astronaut Farmer
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Cherish
Daly
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As I Lay Dying
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Anesthesia
Adam Zarrow
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The Confirmation
Vaughn
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National Champions
Rodger Cummings
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The Long Home
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Atropia
Mr. Speaker (voice)
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Snake & Mongoose
Mike McAllister
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American Violet
David Cohen
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Warm Springs
Tom Loyless
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Come Early Morning
Uncle Tim
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This Is My Life
Dennis
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Child of God
Sheriff Fate
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Ninety-Five Senses
Coy (voice)
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The True Don Quixote
Don Quixote
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Bang Bang
Bernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski
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The Invisibles
Charlie
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Ghosts of the Ozarks
Torb
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Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
Teddy Roosevelt (voice)
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Yelling To The Sky
Coleman
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Black Dog, Red Dog
Bob
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Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
Admiral Rickover
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Asleep in My Palm
Tom
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Blue Caprice
Ray
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Saint John of Las Vegas
Ned
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Thelma
Arthur Ducoing
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My Suicidal Sweetheart
Doctor, Chief Nakahoma, Minister, Roger Bob
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Ann Lee
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Wormwood
Sidney Gottlieb
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Bereft
Dennis
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The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
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A Foreign Affair
Jake Adams
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Down from the Mountain
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Adventures in the Sin Bin
Officer Totsch
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The Leader
Marshall Applewhite
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Sequestrada
Thomas
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Bukowski
Henry Bukowski
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Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
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Prix Fixe
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