Bill Nunn
Nunn inIntroducing August Wilson (2013)
Born	William Goldwyn Nunn III (1953-10-20)October 20, 1953 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	September 24, 2016(2016-09-24) (aged 62) Hill District, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1974–2016
Spouse	Donna Nunn
Children	2

William Goldwyn Nunn III (October 20, 1953 – September 24, 2016) was an American actor known for his roles as Dougy inJames Bond III's movieDef by Temptation,Radio Raheem inSpike Lee's filmDo the Right Thing,Robbie Robertson in theSam RaimiSpider-Man film trilogy and as Terrence "Pip" Phillips onThe Job (2001–02).

Bill Nunn III was born inPittsburgh,Pennsylvania, the son of Frances Nunn andWilliam G. Nunn, Jr., a journalist and editor at thePittsburgh Courier and aNational Football Leaguescout.^[1][2] His paternal grandfather was the firstAfrican American football player atGeorge Westinghouse High School.^[3] Whileball boys for thePittsburgh Steelers, Bill Nunn and current Steelers presidentArt Rooney II stole"Mean" Joe Greene's car during training camp atSaint Vincent College inLatrobe, Pennsylvania.^[4] "Joe Greene showed up in a beautiful greenLincoln Continental, and me and Bill Nunn, Jr. were ball boys. Somehow Bill got the keys one night and we decided to take it for a ride. We only told Joe that story about 10 years ago. We figured that enough time had passed that we could disclose our littlejoy ride."^[4]

Nunn was a 1970 graduate ofSchenley High School and a 1976 graduate ofMorehouse College.^[5] He attended college withSpike Lee and appeared in several of Lee's early feature films.^[1]

Nunn made his credited film debut in the1988 Spike Lee filmSchool Daze,^[6] and is best known for his roles asRadio Raheem in Lee'sDo the Right Thing,^[7] and asNino Brown's bodyguard Duh Duh Duh Man inNew Jack City.^[8] Some of his other film credits include Lee'sMo' Better Blues andHe Got Game, as well asRegarding Henry,Sister Act,Canadian Bacon,The Last Seduction,Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead,Runaway Jury,Spider-Man trilogy (asJoseph "Robbie" Robertson),Firehouse Dog, the television seriesThe Job,Randy and The Mob, and the 2016 televised adaptation ofA Raisin in the Sun.^[9]

Nunn also performed on stage, includingAugust Wilson'sFences, a Pittsburgh-based play in which Nunn performed withAnthony Mackie, who played Nunn's character's son.^[1] He was also very involved in community outreach, and he formed his own Pittsburgh-area outreach project in 2008.^[1]

Nunn died on September 24, 2016, at his home^[10] in Pittsburgh'sHill District; he was 62 years old.^[11] His widow, Donna, confirmed that he hadleukemia.^[10][1]

• Bill Nunn atIMDb
• ObituaryArchived 2016-09-27 at theWayback Machine at cremationfuneralcare.com
• Life of Bill Nunn from death-notices.co.uk (archived)

• 1953 births
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• African-American male actors
• American male film actors
• American male television actors
• Deaths from leukemia in Pennsylvania
• Male actors from Pittsburgh
• Morehouse College alumni
• Schenley High School alumni

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