Mike Nussbaum

Mike Nussbaum

1923-12-29 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. 26 Credits

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Michael Nussbaum (December 29, 1923 - December 23, 2023) was an American actor and director. From the start of his acting career in the 1950s, Nussbaum appeared in many of David Mamet's plays both on and off Broadway, as well as in Chicago. His appearances in movies include roles in Field of Dreams (1989) and Men In Black (1997). In 1997 he received a Jeff Award for his performance as Reverend Lionel Espy in David Hare's Racing Demon. His performance ...

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Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts

Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts

2021

as Landy

Acting

These plays, all written by Tony and Pulitzer-winning playwright and Steppenwolf ensemble member Tracy Letts, share at least one thread: a world off-k...

Smokefall

Smokefall

2021

as Colonel

Acting

Change is in the air as Violet prepares to bring twin boys into the world. Inside her womb, her unborn sons contemplate their future, while the world ...

Osso Bucco

Osso Bucco

2008

as Uncle Sil

5.5
Acting

Trapped in his favorite restaurant during the worst snow storm in Chicago history, Jelly Dinotto, a lovable, misfit mobster, has one night to escape t...

Family

2006

as Great-Great Uncle

Acting

This is unknown animated movie about family.

The Game of Their Lives

The Game of Their Lives

2005

as Johnny Abruzzo

5.7
Acting

Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 US soccer team who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Br...

flying

2002

as Paul

6.0
Acting

A melancholic man is stuck waiting at an airport.

The Con

The Con

1998

as Harry

5.3
Acting

A lonely gas station attendent in Mississippi falls in love with a con woman who wants to get her hands on an inheritance he doesn't know about.

Men in Black

Men in Black

1997

as Gentle Rosenburg

7.2
Acting

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and ...

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

1996

as Nate Golden

5.0
Acting

Charlie Sloan is an alcoholic defence lawyer drawn back into the courtroom by Robin Harwell, a woman he once loved who wants him to defend her stepdau...

Steal Big Steal Little

Steal Big Steal Little

1995

as Sam Barlow

4.3
Acting

Ruben and Robby are twin brothers, adopted by Mona, one of the wealthiest - and most eccentric - women in Santa Barbara. Ruben is devoted to Mona, but...

Losing Isaiah

Losing Isaiah

1995

as Dr. Jamison

6.4
Acting

Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he ...

Condition: Critical

Condition: Critical

1992

as Dr. Burton Langhern

1.0
Acting

Medical drama about a killer virus on the loose in Los Angeles.

Overexposed

1992

as Bob Davis

1.0
Acting

Convinced that her husband Norm is being unfaithful, Ann Demski has an affair with family friend Nick. When she realizes that Nick contrived the evide...

The Water Engine

The Water Engine

1992

as Mr. Wallace

5.2
Acting

In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously ...

Separate But Equal

Separate But Equal

1991

as Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter

6.5
Acting

A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

1990

as 'Pop' Tate

7.2
Acting

The classic comic book characters created by John L. Goldwater are brought to tv in a slightly older version. Here the characters are adults returning...

Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams

1989

as Principal

7.1
Acting

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's direct...

Things Change

Things Change

1988

as Mr. Green

6.1
Acting

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder h...

Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery

Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery

1987

as Dr. Sidney Canfield

Acting

Frank Dowling has to solve the mystery of a young man who is obsessed with finding his natural parents.

House of Games

House of Games

1987

as Joey

6.8
Acting

A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams,...

Fatal Attraction

Fatal Attraction

1987

as Bob Drimmer

6.8
Acting

A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

Vital Signs

1986

as Mike

9.0
Acting

Two doctors, a father and son, conceal their alcohol and drug problems in this potent look at the abuse of those substances that exist in the medical ...

Towing

Towing

1978

as Phil

4.0
Acting

An unscrupulous towing company picks up perfectly fine cars and impounds them. It's up to two bar maids to try and stop them.

Harry and Tonto

Harry and Tonto

1974

as Old Age Home Clerk

7.1
Acting

Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York City all his life. When his building is torn down to make way f...

T.R. Baskin

T.R. Baskin

1971

as Office Manager

5.1
Acting

Enthusiastic young woman runs away to Chicago to start a new life. She is soon confronted with the emotional coldness of the big city and has to searc...

The Monitors

The Monitors

1969

as Exercise Chief

3.8
Acting

Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.