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