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Bill Nunn

  • Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Birthday: October 20, 1953

Commanding black performer Bill Nunn made his feature debut in fellow Morehouse College graduate Spike Lee's "School Daze" (1988) but really etched himself into moviegoers' minds as a formidable screen presence in his second film with Lee, "Do the Right Thing" (1989), playing Radio Raheem, whose ever-present boom box is at the center of a fight that leads to his death at the hands of an over-zealous white cop, the prelude to the all-out riot that follows. (He also acted in "Mo' Better Blues" 1990 and &q…more

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Actor

Career Milestones

  • 2001

    Co-starred with Denis Leary in the ABC comedy-drama "The Job"

  • 1999

    Played Tim Roth's adoptive father in "The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean", first English-language film by Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore

  • 1999

    Portrayed a crooked cop in "Payback"

  • 1998

    Acted in Apted's HBO-movie "Always Outnumbered"

  • 1998

    Filmed unsold ABC pilot, "The Game", starring Luke Perry, who also executive produced, along with "Magic" Johnson and the creators John Tinker and Bill D'Elia

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