
Mike Nussbaum
Department: Acting
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"). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Nussbaum, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Men in Black
1997

Field of Dreams
1989

Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts
2021

House of Games
1987

Vital Signs
1986

Losing Isaiah
1995

The Con
1998

Towing
1978

Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
1987

T.R. Baskin
1971

The Game of Their Lives
2005

Shadow of a Doubt
1996

Fatal Attraction
1987

Separate But Equal
1991

Things Change
1988

Overexposed
1992

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
1990

The Water Engine
1992

Condition: Critical
1992

Steal Big Steal Little
1995

flying
2002

Smokefall
2021

Harry and Tonto
1974

The Monitors
1969

Family
2006

Osso Bucco
2008

Tom of Your Life
2020

Desperate Hours
1990

Spenser: For Hire
1985

L.A. Law
1986

Early Edition
1996

Frasier
1993

The X-Files
1993

The Equalizer
1985

Class of '96
1993

Brooklyn Bridge
1991

The Chicago Code
2011

The Commish
1991

Separate but Equal
1991