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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

71

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-10-20

Day of Death

2016-09-24 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

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.

Known For

Acting

Do the Right Thing

1989

Do the Right Thing

as

Radio Raheem

Spider-Man

2002

Spider-Man

as

Joseph 'Robbie' Robertson

Spider-Man 2

2004

Spider-Man 2

as

Joseph 'Robbie' Robertson

Spider-Man 3

2007

Spider-Man 3

as

Joseph 'Robbie' Robertson

Canadian Bacon

1995

Canadian Bacon

as

Kabral Jabar

Firehouse Dog

2007

Firehouse Dog

as

Joe Musto

Sister Act

1992

Sister Act

as

Lt. Eddie Souther

The Legend of 1900

1998

The Legend of 1900

as

Danny Boodmann

New Jack City

1991

New Jack City

as

Duh Duh Duh Man

Extreme Measures

1996

Extreme Measures

as

Burke

The Last Seduction

1994

The Last Seduction

as

Harlan

Kiss the Girls

1997

Kiss the Girls

as

Det. John Sampson, LAPD

Foolish

1999

Foolish

as

Jimmy Beck

Always Outnumbered

1998

Always Outnumbered

as

Howard M'Shalla

Blood Brothers

1994

Blood Brothers

as

William Crawford

Ambushed

1998

Ambushed

as

Watts Fatboy

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

2022

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

as

Self (archive footage)

Dangerous Heart

1994

Dangerous Heart

as

Mulkey

Regarding Henry

1991

Regarding Henry

as

Bradley, Physical Therapist

Save Me

1994

Save Me

as

Detective Vincent

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

1996

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

as

Leonard

Bulletproof

1996

Bulletproof

as

Finch

School Daze

1988

School Daze

as

Grady

Money Train

1995

Money Train

as

Crash Train Motorman

Passing Glory

1999

Passing Glory

as

Howard Porter

True Crime

1995

True Crime

as

Detective Jerry Guinn

Out There

2006

Out There

as

Desmond

Won't Back Down

2012

Won't Back Down

as

Principal Holland

Carriers

1998

Carriers

as

Capt. David Arends

Randy & the Mob

2007

Randy & the Mob

as

Wardlowe Gone

The Affair

1995

The Affair

as

Sgt. Rivers

People I Know

2002

People I Know

as

The Reverend Lyle Blunt

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

1993

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

as

Police Photographer

Mad City

1997

Mad City

as

Cliff Williams

Mo' Better Blues

1990

Mo' Better Blues

as

Bottom Hammer

Runaway Jury

2003

Runaway Jury

as

Lonnie Shaver

Stolen from the Heart

2000

Stolen from the Heart

as

FBI Special Agent Malcolm Russ

The Hungry Bachelors Club

1999

The Hungry Bachelors Club

as

Moses Grady

Ellen Foster

1998

Ellen Foster

as

Mr. Douglas

Kudzu Christmas

2002

Kudzu Christmas

as

Dr. Horace Luke

White Lie

1991

White Lie

as

Chief Adams

He Got Game

1998

He Got Game

as

Uncle Bubba

Cadillac Man

1990

Cadillac Man

as

Grave Digger

Idlewild

2006

Idlewild

as

GW

The Tic Code

1998

The Tic Code

as

Kingston

3 Brothers - Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd

2020

3 Brothers - Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd

as

Radio Raheem (archival footage)

Glory

1989

Glory

as

Help Me, Help You

2009

Help Me, Help You

as

Detective

Lockdown

2000

Lockdown

as

Charles

The Job

The Job

as

Terrence "Pip" Phillips

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

as

Frank Champness

The X-Files

The X-Files

as

Gen. John Steffan

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Starletta's dad

Bakersfield P.D.

Bakersfield P.D.

as

Troy Davis

Traps

Traps

as

Jack Cloud

Sirens

Sirens

as

Cash

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels

as

Fearless Jones

Production

Crew

Directing