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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), Doctor Steve Pendanski in Holes (2003), Doctor Jonathan Jacobo in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), Danny Dalton Jr. in Syriana (2005), Samuel Sterns in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Richard Schell in Lincoln (2012), the titular character of 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. Nelson has also co-directed music videos for Billy Woods and Kenny Segal, including "Babylon by Bus" and "Soft Landing." He also co-directed the music video for Armand Hammer feat. Pink Siifu's "Trauma Mic." Nelson recently published his debut novel, City of Blows (2023), an epic group portrait of four men grappling for control of a script in a radically changing Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Blake Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Tim Blake Nelson
Dr. Samuel Sterns
for Dr. Samuel Sterns in World War Hulk
Suggested by miguelrodriguez
Earth’s skies burn as Bruce Banner returns from exile. No longer a fugitive, Hulk arrives as a conqueror forged on Sakaar—bearing the weight of betrayal, loss, and a world that was stolen from him. The off-world containment that sent him away was not an accident. It was sanctioned. And Hulk has come for those responsible. His arrival triggers global panic. Military forces mobilize as Hulk systematically dismantles gamma facilities and black sites tied to his exile. The world braces for annihilation—but Hulk’s rage is focused, deliberate. In the remote wilderness of North America, Hulk’s path collides with Wolverine, dispatched to slow the green titan before cities fall. What follows is a brutal, feral clash—bone against muscle, rage against rage. Neither can truly defeat the other. The fight ends in stalemate, Wolverine warning Hulk that his war will wake darker things. Hulk leaves him broken but alive, continuing forward. Behind the scenes, Samuel Sterns, now fully transformed into the Leader, manipulates the chaos. His evolved intellect predicts Hulk’s movements, engineers global fear, and accelerates forbidden experiments. Sterns believes Hulk is not a threat—but the inevitable end of human evolution. As gamma energies spike worldwide, an ancient predator is unleashed: the Wendigo—a monstrous force born from corrupted experiments and primal hunger. The creature tears through cities and wilderness alike, slaughtering indiscriminately. For the first time, Hulk is forced into a battle not of vengeance, but necessity. The clash between Hulk and the Wendigo becomes apocalyptic. Their battle levels entire regions, pushing Hulk to his absolute limits. Hulk ultimately destroys the creature—but at devastating cost. The world witnesses that Hulk is not the greatest monster walking the Earth. That title belongs to what comes next. Emerging from the ashes is General Thaddeus Ross, who unveils his final contingency. Exposed to a perfected gamma transformation, Ross becomes the Red Hulk—retaining his mind, strategy, and hatred, with power equal to Hulk’s own. As cities fall and armies collapse, Betty Ross fights desperately to reach Bruce, believing he can still choose who he becomes. Her voice becomes Hulk’s last connection to humanity as the final battle erupts. Hulk faces Red Hulk in a world-shaking confrontation while the Leader pulls the strings from the shadows, attempting to control both monsters. In the end, Hulk defeats Ross and exposes Sterns’ manipulation—ending the war not as a destroyer, but as something far more terrifying. A force that chooses restraint. Hulk leaves Earth changed forever. Not as its ruler. But as its warning.
