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Tim Blake Nelson

Tim Blake Nelson

Highest Rated: 97% Down From the Mountain (2001)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Institute (2017)

Birthday: May 11, 1964

Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

As a multitalented creative force, equally adept at absurdist comedy and soul-searching drama, Tim Blake Nelson carved out a successful career as a writer, director and accomplished actor. Despite years spent struggling to find his footing on screen, Nelson was a successful playwright and stage performer, earning awards and critical acclaim for his work, including "Eye of God" and "The Grey Zone." He began to make strides on television in sketch comedy shows like "The Unnaturals" (HA!-CTV, 1990-92) and "Hardcore TV" (HBO, 1993), but ultimately steered himself towards features. It was not until his breakout performance playing a doltish escaped convict in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000) that he finally began to gain proper notice. He earned praise all around for directing a film version of "The Grey Zone," a unique look at the Holocaust as seen through the eyes of Jews who helped the Nazis. Alternating small indie films with higher-profile supporting roles in films ranging from political thriller "Syriana" (2005) and Steven Spielberg historical epic "Lincoln" (2012) to superhero flops "The Incredible Hulk" (2008) and "Fantastic Four" (2015), Nelson also worked steadily on TV, co-starring in short-lived comedy drama "CHAOS" (CBS 2011) and miniseries "Klondike" (Discovery 2014) and appearing in an arc on "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (Netflix 2015- ).

Highest rated movies

95% 92% Old Henry 93% 64% Asleep in My Palm 92% 54% Deidra & Laney Rob a Train 91% 57% The Confirmation 89% 78% The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
89% 80% Minority Report
85% 99% Just Mercy
84% 49% Come Early Morning

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Captain America: Brave New World Samuel Sterns/The Leader (Character) - 2025
58% 56% Greedy People Wallace (Character) - 2024
78% No Score Yet Bang Bang Bernard "Bang Bang" Rozyski (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Invisibles Unknown (Character) - 2024
93% 64% Asleep in My Palm Unknown (Character) - 2023
48% 25% The Bricklayer O'Malley (Character) - 2023
25% 55% Ghosted Borislov (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ninety-Five Senses Coy (Voice) - 2023
96% 90% Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Unknown (Voice) - 2022
63% 48% Ghosts of the Ozarks Torb (Character) - 2021
66% 79% National Champions Rodger Cummings (Character) $455.5K 2021
95% 92% Old Henry Henry (Character),
Executive Producer
$42.1K 2021
28% 30% Naked Singularity Angus (Character) $3.0K 2021
20% 25% The Jesus Rolls Doctor (Character) - 2019
85% 99% Just Mercy Ralph Myers (Character) $36.0M 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Arara Unknown (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2019
83% 82% The Report Raymond Nathan (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 95% The True Don Quixote Don Quixote (Character) - 2019
38% 93% Angel Has Fallen Vice President Kirby (Character) $69.0M 2019
69% 68% Monster Leroy Sawicki (Character) - 2018
89% 78% The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Buster Scruggs (Segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") (Character) - 2018
78% 83% Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People Teddy Roosevelt (Voice) $17.0K 2017
11% 77% The Vanishing of Sidney Hall Johan (Character) - 2017
92% 54% Deidra & Laney Rob a Train Truman (Character) - 2017
0% 22% The Institute Dr. Lemelle (Character) - 2017
82% 58% Colossal Garth (Character) $3.0M 2016
44% 41% Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Wayne (Character) $1.7M 2016
91% 57% The Confirmation Vaughn (Character) - 2016
27% 50% Anesthesia Adam Zarrow (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
$22.4K 2015
9% 18% Fantastic Four Dr. Allen (Character) $56.0M 2015
22% 33% The Sound & the Fury Jason Compson III (Character) - 2014
81% 53% The Homesman Freighter (Character) $2.4M 2014
77% 69% Kill the Messenger Alan Fenster (Character) $2.4M 2014
42% 26% Child of God Sheriff Fate (Character) $37.9K 2013
80% 71% Snake and Mongoose Mike McAllister (Character) $129.3K 2013
38% 37% As I Lay Dying Anse (Character) $15.0K 2013
83% 51% Blue Caprice Ray (Character) $91.1K 2013
No Score Yet 53% Adventures in the Sin Bin Officer Totsch (Character) - 2012
74% 64% Big Miracle Pat Lafayette (Character) $20.1M 2012
36% 46% Yelling to the Sky Coleman (Character) - 2011
59% 74% Detachment Mr. Wiatt (Character) $71.2K 2011
42% 41% The Big Year Fuchs (Character) $7.2M 2011
15% 42% Flypaper Peanut Butter (Character) $1.1K 2011
63% 49% Leaves of Grass Bolger (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
$68.0K 2009
25% 27% Saint John of Las Vegas Militant Ned (Character) $100.7K 2009
75% 79% American Violet David Cohen (Character) $552.9K 2008
67% 69% The Incredible Hulk Samuel Sterns (Character) $134.5M 2008
72% 72% Fido Mr. Theopolis (Character) $298.1K 2007
58% 49% The Astronaut farmer Kevin Munchak (Character) $11.0M 2007
25% 45% The Darwin Awards North Beach Killer (Character) - 2006
84% 49% Come Early Morning Uncle Tim (Character) $117.6K 2006
26% 54% Hoot Curly (Character) $8.1M 2006
No Score Yet 77% Warm Springs Tom Loyless (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Moguls Barney Macklehatton (Character) $15.1K 2005
No Score Yet 39% My Suicidal Sweetheart Doctor (Character) - 2005
30% 56% The Big White Gary (Character) - 2005
73% 67% Syriana Danny Dalton (Character) $50.8M 2005
19% 54% The Amateurs (The Moguls) (Dirty Movie) Unknown (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 29% Bereft Dennis (Character) - 2004
39% 58% Meet the Fockers Officer LeFlore (Character) $279.2M 2004
62% 32% The Last Shot Marshal Paris (Character) $463.7K 2004
23% 41% Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Jacobo (Character) $84.2M 2004
46% 38% A Foreign Affair Jake Adams (Character) $25.6K 2003
34% 65% Wonderland Billy Deverell (Character) $1.1M 2003
78% 76% Holes Dr. Pendanski (Character) $67.3M 2003
51% 55% Cherish Deputy Bill Daly (Character) $160.3K 2002
82% 59% The Good Girl Bubba (Character) $14.0M 2002
89% 80% Minority Report Gideon (Character) $132.0M 2002
69% 74% The Grey Zone Director,
Writer,
Writer,
Producer,
Film Editing
$507.4K 2001
97% 86% Down From the Mountain Self $301.4K 2001
65% 58% O Director $16.4M 2001
78% 89% O Brother, Where Art Thou? Delmar O'Donnel (Character) $45.5M 2000
80% 80% The Thin Red Line Pvt. Tills (Character) $36.4M 1998
75% 78% Eye of God Director,
Writer
$85.7K 1997
No Score Yet 64% Dead Man's Walk Johnny Carthage (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Captain America: Brave New World Samuel Sterns/The Leader (Character) -

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 49% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Unknown (Character) 2024
98% 82% Poker Face Kyle Owens (Guest Star) 2023
93% 72% Cabinet of Curiosities Unknown (Character) 2022
94% 97% Lost Ollie Zozo (Voice) 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Slugfest Self 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dallas & Robo The Woodsman (Character),
Unknown (Voice)
2020
96% 57% Watchmen Looking Glass (Character) 2019
90% 64% Wormwood Unknown (Character) 2017
80% 71% Klondike Meeker (Character) 2014
85% 90% Modern Family Hank (Guest Star) 2011
47% No Score Yet CHAOS Unknown (Character) 2011
No Score Yet 80% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Man's Walk Unknown (Character) 1996