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Bill Nunn
Actor 1953 - 2016

Bill Nunn

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

​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... Read full bio →

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31 titles
A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

Kenny Leon 2008 2h 11m 4.0

An African-American family struggles with poverty, racism, and inner conflict as they strive for a better way of life. Based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry.

Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3

Sam Raimi 2007 2h 19m 6.8

In the third film from the Spider-man trilogy Peter Parker has finally decides to reconcile his love for Mary Jane and his job as a superhero. Yet dark clouds are on the horizon for Spider-man and they are not only from villans Sandman and Venom but from within. Spider-man must face a new evil.

Idlewild

Idlewild

Bryan Barber 2006 2h 1m

A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend with gangsters who have their eyes on the club while his piano player and partner Percival must choose between his love, Angel or his obligations to his father.

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2

Sam Raimi 2004 2h 7m 7.3

Spider-man is in a slump. His superhero career is affecting his everyday life and he decides he’s had enough and puts away his costume. Yet his urge to serve and protect comes back as Dr. Octopus is causing panic in New York City and Spider-Man must return to protect the people he loves.

Runaway Jury

Runaway Jury

Gary Fleder 2003 2h 7m 6.8

A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.

Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Sam Raimi 2002 2h 1m 7.4

The first Spider-Man movie from a series by Director Sam Raimi telling the story of how a nerdy high school student turns into a wall climbing muscle packed super human and the beginning of his new hobby/career of stopping crime. Also in this film is the creation of Spiderman’s villain Green Goblin.

People I Know

People I Know

Daniel Algrant 2002 1h 40m

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

The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option

The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option

Robert Radler 2001 1h 31m

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 quickly finds that they have military leadership among the officers at the Academy.

The Job

The Job

2001 30m

New York detective Mike McNeil is well-known for his unconventional approach of fighting crime. But it also takes a toll in his personal life complicated by his wife and girlfriend on the side.

Lockdown

Lockdown

John Luessenhop 2000 1h 45m 4.0

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 his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.

La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano

La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano

Giuseppe Tornatore 1998 2h 50m 8.3

A baby boy discovered on an ocean liner in 1900 grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land.

He Got Game

He Got Game

Spike Lee 1998 2h 16m 6.8

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

Mad City

Mad City

Costa-Gavras 1997 1h 54m 6.0

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

Gary Fleder 1997 1h 55m 6.3

Police hunting for a serial killer are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.

Extreme Measures

Extreme Measures

Michael Apted 1996 1h 58m 5.5

A young doctor confronts a famous colleague when he learns about the true methods of his work.

Bulletproof

Bulletproof

Ernest R. Dickerson 1996 1h 24m 6.0

Two criminals, Keats and Moses, end their friendship, when Keats turns out to be an undercover cop. Many years later, the two are forced to work together when Keats is assigned to protect Moses as a witness.

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Gary Fleder 1995 1h 56m 7.3

A mafia film in Tarantino style with a star-studded cast. Jimmy’s “The Saint” gangster career has finally ended. Yet now he finds him self doing favors for a wise godfather known as “The Man with the Plan.”

Money Train

Money Train

Joseph Ruben 1995 1h 50m 5.3

Money Train is a 1995 American action/thriller film starring Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson and Jennifer Lopez as New York City transit cops. After losing his job, Harrelson's character plots to hijack and then rob the "money train" which hauls collected fare revenues for the New York City Subway from the system's stations.

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

Bill Condon 1995 1h 35m 6.0

The Candyman moves on to New Orleans and starts his horrific murders once more. This time, his intended victim is a school teacher. Her father was killed by the Candyman, and brother wrongly accused of the murders.

Canadian Bacon

Canadian Bacon

Michael Moore 1995 1h 31m 4.0

Canadian Bacon is the only fictitious film from Director Michael Moore. This comedy is about an American president who decides to go to war to bring the public’s opinion of him up during election time. Canadian Bacon is actor John Candy’s last film.

The Last Seduction

The Last Seduction

John Dahl 1994 1h 50m 6.0

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.

Loaded Weapon 1

Loaded Weapon 1

Gene Quintano 1993 1h 24m 6.4

An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. A "Lethal Weapon" style cop team tries to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the "Wilderness Girls" cookie drive.

Sister Act

Sister Act

Emile Ardolino 1992 1h 40m 6.1

A Vegas singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV.

Regarding Henry

Regarding Henry

Mike Nichols 1991 1h 48m 6.2

After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.

New Jack City

New Jack City

Mario Van Peebles 1991 1h 41m 6.6

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 infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.

Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

Spike Lee 1990 2h 9m 5.5

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.

Def by Temptation

Def by Temptation

James Bond III 1990 1h 35m 5.0

An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York City, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a cop who specializes in cases involving the supernatural.

Cadillac Man

Cadillac Man

Roger Donaldson 1990 1h 37m 5.3

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 has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two timing), a missing teenage daughter and an ex-wife. What more could go wrong ?.. a lot, enter a crazy jealous husband with a machine gun...

Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee 1989 2h 8.4

Do The Right Thing takes place on a hot summer day in Brooklyn and depicts the racial conflict between an Italian American pizza restaurant owner and his African American customers and how things erupt into a violent outbreak. This Spike Lee Joint touches on themes of segregation and apartheid in the USA.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mel Damski 1989 1h 36m

After a horse accident, Karen wakes up to find herself in past Britain, close to Camelot, the famous castle of King Arthur.

School Daze

School Daze

Spike Lee 1988 2h 1m 6.0

In the South of the United States are taking place confrontations between two groups of students who have different ideas and are not able to accept the one of the oponent.

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