Bill Nunn
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| Bill Nunn | |
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| Born | October 20, 1953 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse(s) | Donna Nunn |
Bill Nunn (born October 20, 1953) is an American actor.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Nunn was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of William G. Nunn, Jr., a well-known journalist and editor at the Pittsburgh Courier, as well as an NFL scout.[1] Nunn's paternal grandfather was the first African American football player at George Westinghouse High School.[2] Nunn attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
[edit] Career
Nunn made his acting debut in the 1988 Spike Lee film School Daze, and is perhaps best known for his roles as Radio Raheem in Lee's Do the Right Thing and as Nino Brown's verbally challenged bodyguard Duh Duh Duh Man in New Jack City.
Some of his other film credits include Lee's Mo' Better Blues and He Got Game, as well as Regarding Henry, Sister Act, Canadian Bacon, The Last Seduction, Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, New Jack City, Runaway Jury, Spider-Man trilogy (as Joseph "Robbie" Robertson), Firehouse Dog, the television series The Job, Randy and The Mob, and A Raisin in the Sun, adapted for TV.
[edit] Filmography
- School Daze (1988)
- Making'Do The Right Thing (1989)
- Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Def by Temptation (1990)
- Cadillac Man (1990)
- MO'Better Blues (1990)
- White Lie (1991)
- New Jack City (1991)
- Regarding Henry (1991)
- Sister Act (1992)
- Dangerous Heart (1993)
- National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
- Blood Brothers (1993)
- Save Me (1994)
- Silent Witness:What a Child Saw (1994)
- Canadian Bacon (1994)
- The Last Seduction (1994)
- True Crime (1995)
- The Affair (1995)
- Candyman:Farewell to the Fleash(1995)
- Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
- Money Train (1995)
- Extreme Measures (1996)
- Bulletproof (1996)
- Toucdhed By an Angel":Lost and Founded (1996)
- Ellen Foster (1997)
- Kiss The Girls (1997)
- Carriers(1998)
- He got Game (1998)
- Always Outnumbered (1998)
- Food for the Heart (1999)
- Foolish (1999)
- Passing Glory (1999)
- The Legend of 1900 (1999)
- Stolen from the Heart (2000)
- The Tic Code (2000)
- The Job (TV series) (2001-2002)
- Groupies (2001)
- Kuduz Christmas (2002)
- Lockdown (2002)
- Spider-Man (2002)
- People I Know (2002)
- Runaway Jury (2003)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Idlewild (2006)
- Randy and the Mob (2007)
- Firehouse Dog (2007)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007)
- A Raisin in the Sun (2008)
- Fences (2009)
- Spider-Man 4 (2011)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Bill Nunn at the Internet Movie Database
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