Mike Nussbaum Dies: Veteran Actor In ‘Men In Black’ And ‘Fatal Attraction’ Was 99

Bruce Haring
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Mike Nussbaum, a veteran character actor in film, TV, and theater, died Saturday at home in Chicago at 99 from natural causes.

His daughter, Karen, said he had been in hospice over the past year. He died a week short of his 100th birthday.

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Nussbaum was among the oldest working actors in recent years, and was a huge presence in Chicago’s theater community. His credits include Gentle Rosenburg from Men in Black and Bob Drimmer in Fatal Attraction.

Film credits included House of Games, Things Change, Desperate Hours, Losing Isaiah, Steal Big Steal Little, Dirty Work, Osso Bucco, Towing, Tom of Your Life” and more.

His TV resume is marked by appearances in Frasier, L.A. Law, The Commish, The X-Files, Early Edition, Cupid, The Chicago Code, The Equalizer, and Spenser: For Hire, among others.

No memorial plans have been announced,

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