Bill Nunn

Bill Nunn

1953-10-20 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 61 Credits

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 Bac...

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Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

2022

as Self (archive footage)

6.8
Acting

JB Smoove and Martin Starr host a celebration of 20 years of "Spider-Man" movies, from the Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb's movies and the trio from J...

3 Brothers - Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd

3 Brothers - Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd

2020

as Radio Raheem (archival footage)

Acting

3 Brothers compiles Radio Raheem’s death scenes from Do the Right Thing with real footage of the deaths of Eric Garner in 2014 and George Floyd last w...

Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012

as Principal Holland

6.1
Acting

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission t...

Help Me, Help You

Help Me, Help You

2009

as Detective

6.5
Acting

Discovering he has six months to live, a doctor begins meddling in the lives of six friends he thinks he can help before he dies -- and even as his ef...

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

2008

as Bobo

6.1
Acting

Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves whe...

Randy & the Mob

Randy & the Mob

2007

as Wardlowe Gone

4.7
Acting

A good ol' boy (McKinnon) gets into trouble with some mobsters, and then must seek assistance from his estranged, identical twin gay brother.

Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3

2007

as Joseph 'Robbie' Robertson

6.4
Acting

The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers a...

Firehouse Dog

Firehouse Dog

2007

as Joe Musto

6.0
Acting

Rexxx, Hollywood's top canine star, gets lost and is adopted into a shabby firehouse. He teams up with a young kid to get the station back on its feet...

Idlewild

Idlewild

2006

as GW

5.7
Acting

A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-...

Out There

2006

as Desmond

4.0
Acting

Champions is a comedy about three dysfunctional young men that take a trip to the country. Seeking to instill some harmony into their lives, leave to...

Merry F#%$in' Christmas

Merry F#%$in' Christmas

2005

as Self

6.2
Acting

Denis Leary and a cast of many others celebrate Christmas Leary-style. Packed with original music and skits, this is a great spin on the usual holiday...

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2

2004

as Joseph 'Robbie' Robertson

7.3
Acting

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves th...

Groupies

Groupies

2003

as Derrick Lassten

Acting

Video show host Mia Moore (Chrystale Wilson: The Players Club & Trois) is stuck with a dead end job and forced to take in a roommate, Pancake (Naki Br...

Runaway Jury

Runaway Jury

2003

as Lonnie Shaver

6.9
Acting

After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, w...

People I Know

People I Know

2002

as The Reverend Lyle Blunt

5.3
Acting

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

Kudzu Christmas

Kudzu Christmas

2002

as Dr. Horace Luke

Acting

Recently divorced Nina Taylorson (Wilson) and her young son Mason move to a small Georgia town to start a new life. Mason befriends Gaitus Stevens (La...

Spider-Man

Spider-Man

2002

as Joseph 'Robbie' Robertson

7.3
Acting

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to b...

The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option

The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option

2001

as Luther

4.9
Acting

A former mercenary joins a military academy as a teacher. He soon discovers a neo-Nazi group, code-named Werewolves, formed among the cadets. He also ...

Lockdown

Lockdown

2000

as Charles

5.8
Acting

Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and...

Stolen from the Heart

Stolen from the Heart

2000

as FBI Special Agent Malcolm Russ

5.0
Acting

A former prostitute kidnaps a baby boy at birth to satisfy her drug-dealing husband, who has told her that he is going to divorce her and put her out ...

The Hungry Bachelors Club

The Hungry Bachelors Club

1999

as Moses Grady

Acting

A celebration of life, love, acceptance and family, "Food for the Heart" is a sweet romantic comedy, about two best friends, Delmar (Jorja Fox) and Ho...

The Price of a Broken Heart

The Price of a Broken Heart

1999

2.5
Acting

Fact-based story about a landmark legal battle. A woman (Park Overall) learns that her husband has been having a very open affair with his secretary (...

Foolish

Foolish

1999

as Jimmy Beck

6.0
Acting

'Foolish' Waise is a talented comedian with a hard-edge trying to make it in the comedy clubs in LA while his brother is a hard-nosed gangster trying ...

Passing Glory

Passing Glory

1999

as Howard Porter

5.8
Acting

A true story of a priest (Andre Braugher) in New Orleans who formed a group of black players and challenged an all-white prep school basketball team i...

Ellen Foster

Ellen Foster

1998

as Mr. Douglas

6.0
Acting

After her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her various friends and relatives, always longing to f...

The Legend of 1900

The Legend of 1900

1998

as Danny Boodmann

8.3
Acting

The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 learned about the outside worl...

Ambushed

Ambushed

1998

as Watts Fatboy

4.9
Acting

Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Kuk Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for ...

The Tic Code

The Tic Code

1998

as Kingston

5.8
Acting

A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is...

He Got Game

He Got Game

1998

as Uncle Bubba

6.7
Acting

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

Always Outnumbered

Always Outnumbered

1998

as Howard M'Shalla

6.4
Acting

An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighb...

Carriers

Carriers

1998

as Capt. David Arends

4.2
Acting

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

Mad City

Mad City

1997

as Cliff Williams

6.2
Acting

A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.

Kiss the Girls

Kiss the Girls

1997

as Det. John Sampson, LAPD

6.5
Acting

Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," ...

Quicksilver Highway

Quicksilver Highway

1997

as Len

4.9
Acting

Aaron Quicksilver is a mysterious storyteller whose listeners invariably end up as the subjects of his gruesome, grisly tales. He tells a new bride st...

Extreme Measures

Extreme Measures

1996

as Burke

6.0
Acting

Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency roo...

Bulletproof

Bulletproof

1996

as Finch

5.7
Acting

An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Fran...

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

1996

as Leonard

5.6
Acting

A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple ...

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995

as Easy Wind

6.4
Acting

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

Money Train

Money Train

1995

as Crash Train Motorman

5.8
Acting

When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.

The Affair

The Affair

1995

as Sgt. Rivers

3.8
Acting

A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of h...

True Crime

True Crime

1995

as Detective Jerry Guinn

5.7
Acting

Mary Giordano is a bright, intelligent student who goes to a catholic school. She also has an addiction to mystery novels and detective magazines, whi...

Canadian Bacon

Canadian Bacon

1995

as Kabral Jabar

5.8
Acting

The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war with Canada.

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

1995

as Reverend Ellis

5.4
Acting

Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summons the "Candyman" to New Orleans, where she learns ...

Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers

1994

as William Crawford

7.5
Acting

Blood Brothers- While coming of age in the inner city, Darryl Crawford, a young African-American man, witnesses a gang-related murder and is horrified...

The Last Seduction

The Last Seduction

1994

as Harlan

6.8
Acting

A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.

Save Me

Save Me

1994

as Detective Vincent

4.3
Acting

An accountant beleaguered by personal and professional problems gets involved with a femme fatale and her mysterious psychiatrist.

Dangerous Heart

Dangerous Heart

1994

as Mulkey

5.0
Acting

A cop begins to turn to booze and cocaine during a tough undercover assignment. When a big drug-buy goes sour and the cop ends up with a million in ca...

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

1993

as Police Photographer

6.1
Acting

An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before the...

Sister Act

Sister Act

1992

as Lt. Eddie Souther

6.8
Acting

A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her,...

White Lie

White Lie

1991

as Chief Adams

6.0
Acting

A black New York man returns to his southern hometown to investigate his father's lynching at the hands of a white mob.

Regarding Henry

Regarding Henry

1991

as Bradley, Physical Therapist

6.5
Acting

Respected lawyer Henry Turner survives a convenience-store shooting only to find he has lost his memory, and has serious speech and mobility issues. A...

New Jack City

New Jack City

1991

as Duh Duh Duh Man

6.6
Acting

A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infi...

Demon Cop

Demon Cop

1990

as Reporter

3.2
Acting

A former probationary officer who is a patient at a mental asylum escapes and prowls the city, looking for victims whose blood may cure the blood dise...

Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

1990

as Bottom Hammer

6.5
Acting

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he ...

Cadillac Man

Cadillac Man

1990

as Grave Digger

5.8
Acting

Joe's a car salesman with a problem—he has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe h...

Def by Temptation

Def by Temptation

1990

as Dougy

4.7
Acting

An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a co...

Glory

Glory

1989

7.5
Acting

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

1989

as Self

6.7
Acting

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

Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

1989

as Radio Raheem

7.8
Acting

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzer...

The Littlest Victims

The Littlest Victims

1989

as Orderly

Acting

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

School Daze

School Daze

1988

as Grady

5.7
Acting

Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.