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Myron G. Nussbaum (born December 29, 1923) is an American actor and director.

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Mike Nussbaum
Born	Myron G. Nussbaum[1] December 29, 1923 (1923-12-29) (age 98)[2] Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Years active	1969–present
Spouse(s)	Annette Brenner ​ ​ (m. 1949; died 2003)​ Julie Brudlos ​ (m. 2004)​
Children	3, including Karen Nussbaum

Early years

Nussbaum was born to a Jewish family[3] and grew up in the Albany Park area of Chicago. He married soon after he returned to Chicago following military service during World War II. His Army assignments included being chief of the message centre for General Dwight D. Eisenhower, in which role he dispatched the official notification of Germany's surrender. For 20 years, he worked with his brother-in-law in an extermination business.[4]

Career

Nussbaum's acting career started in community theater in the 1950s. In the 1960s, he was active in a developing professional theatrical community in Chicago, meeting a young David Mamet in the process.[4] He appeared in many of Mamet's plays both on and off Broadway, as well as in Chicago. His films include Field of Dreams, House of Games, Things Change, Fatal Attraction and Men In Black.

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[5] (with the jingle, "It's Northwest Federal Savings time, sixty-three hours a week").^{[citation needed]} He also did national commercials for United Airlines and Scope mouthwash.[5]

As of April 2019, Nussbaum was still acting at the age of 95.[6]

Personal life

Nussbaum was married to Annette Brenner from 1949 until her death in 2003.[7] He married Julie Brudlos in 2004.[8] He has 3 children with his first wife, Jack, Karen, and Susan.[4]

Recognition

Nussbaum received Jeff Awards as shown in the table below.[9]

Year	Award	Play
1977	Director - Play	Lunching
1997	Actor in a Principal Role - Play	Racing Demon
2001	Special Award	---
2011	Actor in a Supporting Role - Play	Broadway Bound
2014	Actor in a Supporting Role - Play	Smokefall
2015	Actor in a Supporting Role - Play	The Price

Filmography

• The Monitors (1969) as Exercise Chief
• T.R. Baskin (1971) as Office Manager
• Harry and Tonto (1974) as Old Age Home Clerk
• Towing (1978) as Phil
• House of Games (1987) as Joey
• Fatal Attraction (1987) as Bob Drimmer
• Things Change (1988) as Mr. Green
• Field of Dreams (1989) as Principal
• Desperate Hours (1990) as Mr. Nelson
• Gladiator (1992) as Doctor
• Losing Isaiah (1995) as Dr. Jamison
• Steal Big Steal Little (1995) as Sam Barlow, Clifford Downey's Attorney
• Men In Black (1997) as Gentle Rosenberg
• Early Edition (1997) - Yuri Rosanov
• The Game of Their Lives (2005) as Johnny Abruzzo
• Dirty Work (2006) as Gaga
• Osso Bucco (2008) as Uncle Sil

References

External links

• Personal remembrances
• Illinois Arts Alliance Arts Legend citation
• Goodman Theatre Artist Bio
• Mike Nussbaum Is 90 and Can Do More Pushups than You
• Mike Nussbaum at IMDb
• Mike Nussbaum Papers at the Newberry Library

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