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Bill Nunn

Date of birth: 1953-10-20

Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Known for: Acting

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Bill Nunn

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   William G. "Bill" Nunn III (October 20, 1953 – September 24, 2016) was an American actor. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Nunn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
3.2

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995-12-01

Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.

Do the Right Thing
3.9

Do the Right Thing

1989-06-14

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggi

Spider-Man 2
3.6

Spider-Man 2

2004-06-25

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides

Spider-Man
3.7

Spider-Man

2002-05-01

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school studen

Spider-Man 3
3.2

Spider-Man 3

2007-05-01

The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-

Canadian Bacon
2.9

Canadian Bacon

1995-06-08

The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to s

Firehouse Dog
3

Firehouse Dog

2007-04-04

Rexxx, Hollywood's top canine star, gets lost and is adopted into a shabby firehouse. He teams up wi

Sister Act
3.4

Sister Act

1992-05-28

A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob

The Legend of 1900
4.1

The Legend of 1900

1998-10-28

The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raise

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
2.7

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

1995-03-17

Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summon

New Jack City
3.3

New Jack City

1991-03-08

A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack.

Extreme Measures
3

Extreme Measures

1996-09-27

Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries wh

The Last Seduction
3.4

The Last Seduction

1994-05-26

A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets

Quicksilver Highway
2.5

Quicksilver Highway

1997-05-13

Aaron Quicksilver is a mysterious storyteller whose listeners invariably end up as the subjects of h

Kiss the Girls
3.3

Kiss the Girls

1997-09-29

Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidn

A Raisin in the Sun
3

A Raisin in the Sun

2008-02-25

Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the cross

Foolish
3

Foolish

1999-04-09

'Foolish' Waise is a talented comedian with a hard-edge trying to make it in the comedy clubs in LA

Always Outnumbered
3.2

Always Outnumbered

1998-03-21

An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More impo

Merry F#%$in' Christmas
3.1

Merry F#%$in' Christmas

2005-11-27

Denis Leary and a cast of many others celebrate Christmas Leary-style. Packed with original music an

Def by Temptation
2.4

Def by Temptation

1990-03-23

An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York, and all that stands in her way is a

The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option
2.5

The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option

2001-04-24

A former mercenary joins a military academy as a teacher. He soon discovers a neo-Nazi group, code-n

Blood Brothers
3.8

Blood Brothers

1994-07-14

Blood Brothers- While coming of age in the inner city, Darryl Crawford, a young African-American man

Ambushed
2.5

Ambushed

1998-06-20

Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Kuk Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter i

The Price of a Broken Heart
1

The Price of a Broken Heart

1999-08-16

Fact-based story about a landmark legal battle. A woman (Park Overall) learns that her husband has b

Dangerous Heart
2.5

Dangerous Heart

1994-02-02

A cop begins to turn to booze and cocaine during a tough undercover assignment. When a big drug-buy

Regarding Henry
3.3

Regarding Henry

1991-07-10

After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a lovin

Save Me
2.2

Save Me

1994-03-23

An accountant beleaguered by personal and professional problems gets involved with a femme fatale an

Mr. and Mrs. Loving
2.8

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

1996-03-13

A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since c

Bulletproof
2.9

Bulletproof

1996-09-06

An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Mos

School Daze
2.8

School Daze

1988-02-12

Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during hom

Money Train
2.9

Money Train

1995-11-21

When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brothe

Passing Glory
2.9

Passing Glory

1999-02-21

A true story of a priest (Andre Braugher) in New Orleans who formed a group of black players and cha

True Crime
2.8

True Crime

1996-03-12

Mary Giordano is a bright, intelligent student who goes to a catholic school. She also has an addict

Out There
2

Out There

2006-06-10

Champions is a comedy about three dysfunctional young men that take a trip to the country. Seeking

Won't Back Down
3

Won't Back Down

2012-09-28

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic tra

Carriers
2.1

Carriers

1998-01-01

A military woman and a worried mother travel overseas and to New Mexico to investigate a deadly viru

Randy & the Mob
2.1

Randy & the Mob

2007-10-13

A good ol' boy (McKinnon) gets into trouble with some mobsters, and then must seek assistance from h

The Affair
1.9

The Affair

1995-10-14

A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldi

Making 'Do the Right Thing'
3.4

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

1989-11-03

The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.

People I Know
2.6

People I Know

2002-11-21

A New York press agent must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal.

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
3

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

1993-02-04

An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two c

Mad City
3.1

Mad City

1997-11-07

A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into

Mo' Better Blues
3.2

Mo' Better Blues

1990-08-03

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness abo

Runaway Jury
3.5

Runaway Jury

2003-01-16

After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell

Stolen from the Heart
2.5

Stolen from the Heart

2000-01-26

A former prostitute kidnaps a baby boy at birth to satisfy her drug-dealing husband, who has told he

The Hungry Bachelors Club
0

The Hungry Bachelors Club

1999-11-12

A celebration of life, love, acceptance and family, "Food for the Heart" is a sweet romantic comedy,

Ellen Foster
3

Ellen Foster

1997-12-14

After her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her

Kudzu Christmas
0

Kudzu Christmas

2002-11-05

Recently divorced Nina Taylorson (Wilson) and her young son Mason move to a small Georgia town to st

White Lie
3

White Lie

1991-09-25

A black New York man returns to his southern hometown to investigate his father's lynching at the ha

He Got Game
3.4

He Got Game

1998-05-01

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter pri

Cadillac Man
2.9

Cadillac Man

1990-05-18

Joe's a car salesman with a problem—he has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would

Idlewild
2.8

Idlewild

2006-08-25

A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, str

The Tic Code
2.9

The Tic Code

1998-06-01

A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical orient

3 Brothers - Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd
0

3 Brothers - Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd

2020-05-31

3 Brothers compiles Radio Raheem’s death scenes from Do the Right Thing with real footage of the dea

Glory
3.7

Glory

1989-12-15

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of

Help Me, Help You
3.3

Help Me, Help You

2009-11-06

Discovering he has six months to live, a doctor begins meddling in the lives of six friends he think

Lockdown
3

Lockdown

2000-09-15

Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But

Demon Cop
1.6

Demon Cop

1990-12-30

A former probationary officer who is a patient at a mental asylum escapes and prowls the city, looki

The Littlest Victims
0

The Littlest Victims

1989-04-23

A true account of the life of pioneering AIDS doctor James Oleske.

Groupies
0

Groupies

2003-09-09

Video show host Mia Moore is stuck with a dead end job and forced to take in a roommate just so she