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Bill Nunn


Commanding performer Bill Nunn made his feature debut in fellow Morehouse College graduate Spike Lee's School Daze, but really etched himself into moviegoers' minds as a formidable screen presence in his second film with Lee, Do the Right Thing, 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 overzealous police officer... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2012 Won't Back Down
Principal Holland
 
2009 Help Me, Help You
Detective
 
2008 A Raisin in the Sun (TV movie)
Bobo
 
2007 Randy and the Mob
Wardlowe Gone
 
2007 October Road (TV series)
Leslie Etwood
Pilot (2007) … Leslie Etwood
 
2006 Idlewild
GW
 
2006 Out There
Desmond
 
2003 The District (TV series)
Grant Singer
Free Byrd (2003) … Grant Singer
 
2003 Runaway Jury
Lonnie Shaver
 
2002 The Kudzu Christmas (video)
Dr. Luke
 
2001-2002 The Job (TV series)
Terrence 'Pip' Phillips
Dad (2002) … Terrence 'Pip' Phillips
Gay (2002) … Terrence 'Pip' Phillips
 
2000 Lockdown
Charles
 
2000 Stolen from the Heart (TV movie)
FBI Special Agent Malcolm Russ
 
1999 The Hungry Bachelors Club
Moses Grady
 
1999 The Price of a Broken Heart (TV movie)
 
1999 Foolish
Jimmy Beck
 
1999 The Tic Code
Kingston
 
1999 Passing Glory (TV movie)
Howard Porter
 
1998 The Legend of 1900
Danny Boodmann
 
1998 Carriers (TV movie)
Capt. David Arends
 
1998 Ambushed
Watts Fatboy
 
1998 He Got Game
Uncle Bubba
 
1998 Always Outnumbered (TV movie)
Howard M'Shalla
 
1998 Early Edition (TV series)
Detective Barns
A Minor Miracle (1998) … Detective Barns
 
1997 Ellen Foster (TV movie)
Mr. Douglas
 
1997 Mad City
Cliff Williams (uncredited)
 
1997 Kiss the Girls
Det. John Sampson
 
1997 Quicksilver Highway (TV movie)
Len
 
1997 Millennium (TV series)
Lt. McCormick
Maranatha (1997) … Lt. McCormick
 
1996 Bulletproof
Finch
 
1996 Mr. and Mrs. Loving (TV movie)
Leonard
 
1996 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Frank Champness
Lost and Found (1996) … Frank Champness
 
1995 New York Undercover (TV series)
Lt. Carver
Internal Affairs (1995) … Lt. Carver
 
1995 Money Train
Crash Train Motorman
 
1995 Fallen Angels (TV series)
Fearless Jones
Fearless (1995) … Fearless Jones
 
1995 The Affair (TV movie)
Sgt. Rivers
 
1995 Chicago Hope (TV series)
Tony Maxwell
A Coupla Stiffs (1995) … Tony Maxwell
 
1995 True Crime (video)
Detective Jerry Guinn
 
1995 Canadian Bacon
Kabral
 
1994 Traps (TV series)
Jack Cloud
 
1994 Save Me
Det. Vincent
 
1994 Dangerous Heart (TV movie)
Mulkey
 
1993 Bakersfield P.D. (TV series)
Troy Davis
The Ex-Partner (1993) … Troy Davis
 
1993 Loaded Weapon 1
Police Photographer
 
1993 Blood Brothers
William Crawford
 
1991 White Lie (TV movie)
Chief Adams
 
1991 Regarding Henry
Bradley, Physical Therapist
 
1990 Mo' Better Blues
Bottom Hammer (Bass)
 
1990 Cadillac Man
Grave Digger
 
1990 Def by Temptation
Dougy
 
1989 Glory (uncredited)
 
1989 The Littlest Victims (TV movie)
 
1988 School Daze
Grady
 
1987 Vietnam War Story (TV series)
MP #1
The Pass (1987) … MP #1
 
1981 Sharky's Machine
Kitten's Bouncer (uncredited)
 
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2002 The Kudzu Christmas (video) (associate producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2004 Land of the Free (TV short) (special thanks)
 
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2005 Merry F#%$in' Christmas (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Making a Mark (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 College Daze (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Birth of a Nation: The Making of 'School Daze' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 30 March 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
1989 Making 'Do the Right Thing' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(April 2004): Played Bobo in "A Raisin in the Sun" play by Lorraine Hansberry (Royale Theater, New York City, New York, USA).

Height:

6' 3½" (1.92 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

'School Daze' was one of the highlights of my life because it was the first chance I had to act on screen. I would have been happy if that had been it, because I proved that I could do it. See more »

Trivia:

Grew up in Pennsylvania. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra