Bill Nunn
Highest Rated: 94% The Last Seduction (1994)
Lowest Rated: 0% Foolish (1999)
Birthday: Oct 20, 1953
Birthplace: Not Available
Pittsburgh native Bill Nunn's prolific career earned him such a long list of roles, it's hard to believe the actor didn't set foot onscreen until he was 35 years old. The Morehouse College graduate had a degree in English and his career sights had always been set on writing. It wasn't until a fellow Morehouse graduate, Spike Lee, offered him a role in his 1988 film School Daze that Nunn decided to try his hand at professional acting. His power onscreen was undeniable, and so was his natural acting ability. He appeared in Lee's next film, the groundbreaking Do the Right Thing, and his iconic role as Radio Raheem cemented him as a career actor. Memorable parts soon followed in 1990's Cadillac Man and 1991's controversial Mario Van Peebles film New Jack City. Critics and audiences were amazed that Nunn hadn't been learning the craft all his life, as he proved to be a bankable actor with the capacity to be both moving and funny. Nunn loved his work, too; he would continue to participate in multiple projects a year, amassing a resumé 50 roles long over the course of 20 years. Nunn's kind but steady gaze earned him a reputation for playing police officers, but from the political satire Canadian Bacon to the comic-book hero Spider-man movies, He appeared in the TV movie version of Raisin in the Sun in 2008 and made his last on-screen appearance as a series regular in the USA series Sirens. Nunn died in 2016, at age 63.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34% | Won't Back Down | Principal Holland | $5.4M | 2012 |
| 86% | A Raisin in the Sun | Bobo | — | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Little Bear and the Master | Actor | — | 2008 |
| 56% | Randy and the Mob | Wardlowe | — | 2007 |
| 63% | Spider-Man 3 | Joseph `Robbie' Robertson | $336.6M | 2007 |
| 38% | Firehouse Dog | Joe Musto | $13.9M | 2007 |
| 47% | Idlewild | GW | $12.6M | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Champions | Actor | — | 2006 |
| 93% | Spider-Man 2 | Robbie Robertson | $373.4M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Spider-Man 2.1 (Extended Cut) | Actor | — | 2004 |
| 73% | Runaway Jury | Lonnie Shaver | $49.3M | 2003 |
| 44% | People I Know | The Reverent Lyle Blunt | — | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | Food for the Heart | Moses | — | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | The Kudzu Christmas | Dr. Luke | — | 2002 |
| 58% | Lockdown | Charles | $0.4M | 2002 |
| 90% | Spider-Man | Joseph `Robbie' Robertson | $403.8M | 2002 |
| 17% | The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not an Option | Luther | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Groupies | Derrek Lassten | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Stolen from the Heart | Agent Russ | — | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | The Price of a Broken Heart | Burke | — | 1999 |
| 54% | The Legend of 1900 (La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano) | Danny | — | 1999 |
| 0% | Foolish | Jimmy Beck | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Passing Glory | Howard Porter | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Food for the Heart | Actor | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Carriers (Virus X - Die tödliche Falle) | Capt. Arends | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Ambushed | Watts Fatboy | — | 1998 |
| 75% | The Tic Code | Kingston | — | 1998 |
| 81% | He Got Game | Uncle Bubba | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Always Outnumbered | Howard M'Shalla | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | The Color of Courage | Chief Justice | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Ellen Foster | Arnold | — | 1997 |
| 36% | Mad City | Cliff | — | 1997 |
| 29% | Kiss The Girls | Sampson | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | Quicksilver Highway | Len | — | 1997 |
| 56% | Extreme Measures | Det. Burke | — | 1996 |
| 8% | Bulletproof | Finch | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | Mr. and Mrs. Loving | Leonard | — | 1996 |
| 0% | True Crime | Det. Jerry Guinn | — | 1995 |
| 33% | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Easy Wind | — | 1995 |
| 22% | Money Train | Crash Train Motorman | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | The Affair | Sgt. Rivers | — | 1995 |
| 14% | Canadian Bacon | Kabral Jabar | — | 1995 |
| 94% | The Last Seduction | Harlan | — | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | Dangerous Heart | Mulkey | — | 1994 |
| 28% | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | Rev. Ellis | — | 1994 |
| 17% | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Police Photographer | — | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | Save Me | Detective Vincent | — | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | Native Strangers | William Crawford | — | 1993 |
| 72% | Sister Act | Eddie Souther | $139.7M | 1992 |
| 41% | Regarding Henry | Bradley | — | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | White Lie | Chief Adams | — | 1991 |
| 77% | New Jack City | Duh Duh Duh Man | — | 1991 |
| 55% | Cadillac Man | Grave Digger | — | 1990 |
| 73% | Mo' Better Blues | Bottom Hammer | — | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | Def by Temptation | Dougy | — | 1990 |
| 93% | Do the Right Thing | Radio Raheem | — | 1989 |
| 58% | School Daze | Grady | — | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | Vietnam War Story 1 | Actor | — | 1988 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 70% |
Sirens 2014-2015 |
Cash |
2015 |
| 11% |
October Road 2007-2008 |
Leslie Etwood |
2007 |
| No Score Yet |
The District 2000-2004 |
Grant Singer |
2003 |
| 44% |
Fastlane 2002-2003 |
Parrish |
2002 |
| 100% |
The Job 2001-2002 |
Terrence `Pip' Phillips |
2002 2001 |
| No Score Yet |
Touched by an Angel 1994-2003 |
Frank Champness |
1998 1996 |
| No Score Yet |
Chicago Hope 1994-2000 |
Tony Maxwell |
1995 |
| No Score Yet |
New York Undercover 1994-1998 |
Lt. Carver |
1995 1994 |
| 33% |
Traps 1994 |
Det. Jack Cloud |
QUOTES FROM Bill Nunn CHARACTERS
Joseph "Robbie" Robertson says: Black-suit Spider-Man! Peter, these are incredible! We gotta have these, Jonah.
J. Jonah Jameson says: I'll pay you the usual rate.
Peter Parker/Spider-Man says: If you want the shots, I'll take the staff job. Double the money.
Joseph "Robbie" Robertson says: The police say that Spider-Man was there.
J. Jonah Jameson says: (To Peter) Where were you, photographing squirrels? You're fired!
J. Jonah Jameson says: Where were you, photographing squirrels? You're fired!
Miss Brant says: Jonah, the Planetary Ball.
J. Jonah Jameson says: Oh, right. Parker, you're unfired!
Radio Raheem says: [while playing "Fight the Power" loudly in Sal's pizzeria] Two slices.
Radio Raheem says: [while playing 'Fight the Power' loudly in Sal's pizzeria] Two slices.
Sal says: NO service till you turn that shit off!
Radio Raheem says: [insistent] Two slices.
Pino says: Turn it off!
Radio Raheem says: The Story Of Life Is This: Static, One Hand Is Always Fighting The Other Hand, And The Left Hand Is Kicking Much A**.
Radio Raheem says: The story of life is this: static. One hand is always fighting the other hand, and the left hand is kicking much ass.
Radio Raheem says: Let Me Tell You The Story Of Right Hand-Left Hand, It's A Tale Of Good And Evil, Hate: It Was With This Hand That Cain Iced His Brother, Love: These Five Fingers, They Go Straight To The Soul Of Man, The Right Hand: The Hand Of Love.
Radio Raheem says: Let me tell you the story of Right Hand, Left Hand. It's a tale of good and evil. Hate: it was with this hand that Cane iced his brother. Love: these five fingers, they go straight to the soul of man. The right hand: the hand of love.
Radio Raheem says: And put some extra moozarella on that mofucker.