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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 29, 1923
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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Mike Nussbaum
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 in Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway received a Drama Desk Award in 1984. As a director, his work has included Where Have You Gone, Jimmy Stewart? (2002) by Art Shay.
Nussbaum also appeared in local TV commercials for Chicago's Northwest Federal Savings (with the jingle, "It's Northwest Federal Savings Time, sixty-three hours a week").
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts | Landy |
| 2021 | Smokefall | Colonel |
| 2006 | Family | Great-Great Uncle |
| 2005 | The Game of Their Lives | Johnny Abruzzo |
| 2002 | flying | Paul |
| 1998 | The Con | Harry |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Gentle Rosenburg |
| 1996 | Shadow of a Doubt | Nate Golden |
| 1995 | Losing Isaiah | Dr. Jamison |
| 1995 | Steal Big Steal Little | Sam Barlow |
| 1992 | Overexposed | Bob Davis |
| 1992 | The Water Engine | Mr. Wallace |
| 1992 | Condition: Critical | Dr. Burton Langhern |
| 1991 | Separate But Equal | Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter |
| 1990 | Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again | 'Pop' Tate |
| 1989 | Field of Dreams | Principal |
| 1988 | Things Change | Mr. Green |
| 1987 | House of Games | Joey |
| 1987 | Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery | Dr. Sidney Canfield |
| 1987 | Fatal Attraction | Bob Drimmer |
| 1986 | Vital Signs | Mike |
| 1978 | Towing | Phil |
| 1974 | Harry and Tonto | Old Age Home Clerk |
| 1971 | T.R. Baskin | Office Manager |
| 1969 | The Monitors | Exercise Chief |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Chicago Code | Judge |
| 1996 | Early Edition | Yuri Rosanova |
| 1993 | Frasier | Owner |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Dr. Charles Goldstein |
| 1993 | Class of '96 | |
| 1991 | Brooklyn Bridge | |
| 1991 | The Commish | Ben Metzger |
| 1991 | Separate but Equal | Justice Felix Frankfurter |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Henry Sutter |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire | |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Harry Dawson |