Skip to content
Join
Acting · Directing · Writing · age 62

Tim Blake Nelson

Best rated: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (7.7)

Films
51
Avg rating
6.11
Peak run
2000’03
CompareBacon number
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Tim Blake Nelson, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak era
Peak 2000 to 2003, 6.76456781995200020052010201520202025O Brother, Where Art Thou? 7.7Fantastic Four 4.3Career avg 6.11

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Tim Blake Nelson's career barcodecoolhot
199551 films2026
Current formLast 5: 6.04 vs career 6.11 (−0.07)
  1. WGuillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022 · 7.6+1.5
  2. LThe Bricklayer2023 · 5.2−0.9
  3. WGreedy People2024 · 6.2+0.1
  4. LCaptain America: Brave New World2025 · 5.6−0.5
  5. LAtropia2025 · 5.6−0.5
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Tim by the numbers

Average
6.11
39 rated films
Vote weighted
6.16
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.84
rating spread
Career
32y
1995 to 2026
Total votes
2.5M
across every film
Best
7.7
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Worst
4.3
Fantastic Four
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2026The LeaderMarshall Herff Applewhite·87
2026The Life and Deaths of Wilson SheddBriggs·48
2025Captain America: Brave New World posterCaptain America: Brave New WorldSamuel Sterns5.6194K
2025Atropia posterAtropiaMr. Speaker5.61,409
2025On the End posterOn the EndTom Ferreira·72
2024The InvisiblesCharlie·744
2024Greedy People posterGreedy PeopleWallace6.216,460
2024Bang BangBernard 'Bang Bang' Rozyski·850
2023The Bricklayer posterThe BricklayerCIA Director O'Malley5.214,850
2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio posterGuillermo del Toro's PinocchioBlack Rabbits7.6167K
2021Ghosts of the OzarksTorb·774
2021Old Henry posterOld HenryHenry7.349,338
2021National ChampionsRodger Cummings5.72,147
2021Naked SingularityAngus4.93,432
2019The Hustle posterThe HustlePortnoy5.574,952
2019The Jesus RollsDoctor4.46,114
2019The True Don QuixoteDon Quixote·305
2018The Ballad of Buster Scruggs posterThe Ballad of Buster ScruggsBuster Scruggs (segment: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)7.2188K
2017The Vanishing of Sidney Hall posterThe Vanishing of Sidney HallJohan6.813,631
2016The ConfirmationVaughn6.57,571
Better together?

Tim Blake Nelson's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Tim Blake Nelson

Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.

Tim Blake Nelson career stats | Cinemuse