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Tim Blake Nelson
1 FOLLOWER • 45 CREDITS • MAY 11, 1964 • 60
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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), Dr. Pendanski in Holes (2003), Danny Dalton Jr. in Syriana (2005), Samuel Sterns in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Richard Schell in Lincoln (2012), the title character in 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Blake Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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), Dr. Pendanski in Holes (2003), Danny Dalton Jr. in Syriana (2005), Samuel Sterns in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Richard Schell in Lincoln (2012), the title character in 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Blake Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Modern Family
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
George & Tammy
Poker Face
The Thin Red Line
Heavyweights
Nightmare Alley
Donnie Brasco
Dune: Part Two
The Jesus Rolls
Meet the Fockers
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Minority Report
Lincoln
Detachment
The Report
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Holes
Klondike
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
The Good Girl
Big Miracle
Captain America: Brave New World
Ghosted
Just Mercy
Watchmen
Fantastic Four
Angel Has Fallen
Wormwood
The Incredible Hulk
Greedy People
The Sensitive Kind
The Bricklayer
Colossal
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
Lost Ollie
CHAOS
Old Henry
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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