Timothy "Tim" Blake Nelson (born May 11, 1964 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American actor, writer and director.
A respected character actor, he tends to play corrupt, villainous or dim-witted characters and is perhaps best known for his role in the Coen Brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou?.
As Director
- 1998 Kansas
- 2001 "O"
- 2001 The Grey Zone
- 2010 Leaves Of Grass
- 2014 Anesthesia
Film Roles
- 1997 Donnie Brasco as FBI Technician
- 1998 The Thin Red Line as Pvt. Tills
- 2000 Hamlet as Flight Captain
- 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Delmar O'Donnell
- 2002 The Good Girl as Bubba
- 2002 Minority Report as Gideon
- 2003 Holes as Dr. Pendanski
- 2004 Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed as Dr. Jonathan Jacobo
- 2004 Meet the Fockers as Officer LeFlore
- 2006 The Darwin Awards as Perp
- 2006 Fido as Mr. Theopolis
- Marvel Cinematic Universe as Samuel Sterns / The Leader
- 2008 The Incredible Hulk
- 2024 Captain America: Brave New World
- 2009 Leaves Of Grass as Bolger
- 2011 The Big Year as Fuchs
- 2012 Big Miracle as Pat Lafayette
- 2012 Lincoln as Richard Schell
- 2013 As I Lay Dying as Anse
- 2014 The Sound and the Fury as Father
- 2014 Kill the Messenger as Alan Fenster
- 2015 Anesthesia as Adam Zarrow
- 2015 Fantastic Four as Harvey Elder
- 2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Buster Scruggs
- 2019 Angel Has Fallen as Vice President Martin Kirby
- 2019 The Report as Raymond Nathan
- 2019 Just Mercy as Ralph Myers
- 2021 Nightmare Alley as Carny Boss
- 2021 Old Henry as Henry
- 2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as the Black Rabbits (voice)
- 2023 Ghosted as Borislov
- 2023 Ninety-Five Senses as Coy (animated short, voice)
- 2024 Dune: Part Two
Television Roles
- 2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Paulie Krill
- 2011 Chaos as Casey Malick
- 2011 Modern Family as Hank
- 2014 Klondike as Joe Meeker
- 2015 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Randy
- 2019 Watchmen as Wade Tillman/Looking Glass
- 2022 Lost Ollie as Zozo the Clown (voice)
- 2022 Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities as Nick Appleton
- 2022 George & Tammy as Roy Acuff
- 2023 Poker Face as Kyle Owens
Video Game Roles
- 2008 The Incredible Hulk as Samuel Sterns
