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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Complete Filmography

Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts
2021
as Landy
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
2021
as Colonel
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
2008
as Uncle Sil
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
This is unknown animated movie about family.

The Game of Their Lives
2005
as Johnny Abruzzo
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
A melancholic man is stuck waiting at an airport.

The Con
1998
as Harry
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
1997
as Gentle Rosenburg
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
1996
as Nate Golden
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
1995
as Sam Barlow
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
1995
as Dr. Jamison
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
1992
as Dr. Burton Langhern
Medical drama about a killer virus on the loose in Los Angeles.
Overexposed
1992
as Bob Davis
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
1992
as Mr. Wallace
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
1991
as Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter
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
1990
as 'Pop' Tate
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
1989
as Principal
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
1988
as Mr. Green
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
1987
as Dr. Sidney Canfield
Frank Dowling has to solve the mystery of a young man who is obsessed with finding his natural parents.

House of Games
1987
as Joey
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
1987
as Bob Drimmer
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
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
1978
as Phil
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
1974
as Old Age Home Clerk
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
1971
as Office Manager
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
1969
as Exercise Chief
Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.