Mike Nussbaum
Nacimiento : 1923-12-29, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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Michael Nussbaum (born December 29, 1923) is an American actor and director.
From the start of his acting career in the 1950s, Nussbaum has 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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Landy
These plays, all written by Tony and Pulitzer-winning playwright and Steppenwolf ensemble member Tracy Letts, share at least one thread: a world off-kilter. These gripping pieces create the opening landscape of this season and will mark a bridge between where we have been and where we are going.
Colonel
Change is in the air as Violet prepares to bring twin boys into the world. Inside her womb, her unborn sons contemplate their future, while the world around her is in transformation: her husband is secretly planning to leave her, her father is slipping into senility and her daughter has taken a vow of silence. Haunting and slyly funny, Smokefall explores the lives of this family in a lyrical treatise on the fragility of life and the power of love.
Johnny Abruzzo
En la primavera de 1950, los Estados Unidos fueron invitados a jugar en el mundial de fútbol de Brasil. El problema es que apenas tenían presupuesto ni un equipo oficial, así que rápidamente reclutaron a unos jóvenes jugadores de Saint Louis (Missouri), y los mandaron a Río de Janeiro a competir con los mejores equipos del planeta.
Paul
A melancholic man is stuck waiting at an airport.
Harry
Una inquieta y sexy chica de ciudad huye hacia una pequeña localidad sureña por culpa de sus deudas con la mafia. Allí seducirá al heredero de una gran fortuna para tratar de robar las joyas de su familia.
Gentle Rosenburg the Arquillian Jeweler
Un agente de policía se une a una organización secreta que controla y monitoriza la actividad extraterrestre en la Tierra.
Nate Golden
Charlie Sloan is an alcoholic defence lawyer drawn back into the courtroom by Robin Harwell, a woman he once loved who wants him to defend her stepdaughter Angel, who is accused of murder. Sloan is out of his depth as his opponents mount a bitter campaign to portray him as a drunk and the trial becomes a media circus. Can Sloan justify Robin's faith in him?
Sam Barlow
Esta es la historia de dos gemelos de físico idéntico y almas opuestas. Rubén es un hombre sencillo, entregado a su familia y a sus amigos. Pero tiene una debilidad: confía en quien no debe. Robbie es un hombre sin escrúpulos y está convencido de que ningún precio es demasiado alto para lograr sus ambiciones. Cuando muere Mona, la madre adoptiva de Rubén y Robbie, nombra al primero como único heredero de su rancho, Fortuna. Él sabrá mantener vivo el amor a la tierra que ella le inculcó. Pero Robbie no está de acuerdo y decide jugar sucio para arrebatar a su hermano todo el legado y convertir el idílico rancho en una urbanización de lujo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Dr. Jamison
Una mujer (Jessica Lange) adopta a un niño abandonado. Pero, cuando la madre biológica (Halle Berry) consigue rehacer su vida, reclama al niño con la ayuda de un combativo abogado (Samuel L. Jackson).
Dr. Burton Langhern
Drama médico sobre un virus asesino suelto en Los Ángeles
Bob Davis
Convinced that her husband Norm is being unfaithful, Ann Demski has an affair with family friend Nick. When she realizes that Nick contrived the evidence of Norm's unfaithfulness in order to seduce her, she breaks off the affair. Nick then launches an unrelenting campaign to destroy Ann's life.
Mr. Wallace
In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously low amount. When he refuses, he is suddenly several people are pressuring him to sell. The big oil companies don't want the competition. Now he has to try and keep them from getting his idea, and somehow get it published.
'Pop' Tate
The classic comic book characters created by John L. Goldwater are brought to tv in a slightly older version. Here the characters are adults returning to their high school reunion and remembering old times and romances from good old Riverdale High
Principal
Un granjero de Iowa (Kevin Costner), casado y con una hija, tiene un día una experiencia sobrenatural: una misteriosa voz le ordena construir en sus tierras de cultivo un campo de béisbol para que las viejas glorias de ese deporte bajen del cielo y vuelvan a jugar...
Mr. Green
Una banda criminal de Chicago le hace una propuesta a un anciano zapatero de origen italiano: si se declara culpable de un delito que no ha cometido, tras una breve estancia en la cárcel, recibirá una importante suma de dinero. Un sicario de la banda se encarga de custodiarlo durante un fin de semana, antes de entregarlo a la policía. Entre los dos surge una curiosa amistad.
Dr. Sidney Canfield
Frank Dowling has to solve the mystery of a young man who is obsessed with finding his natural parents.
Joey
La doctora Margaret Ford, una eminente psiquiatra con una vida personal poco excitante, tiene un joven paciente que se ha metido en un buen lío: debe 25.000 dólares a unos individuos que están dispuestos a eliminarlo si no salda la deuda. Esa misma noche la doctora acude a un local llamado la "Casa de juegos" con la intención de pagar la deuda de su paciente y conoce a Mick, un elegante timador profesional por el que se sentirá atraída.
Bob Drimmer
Mientras su mujer y su hija pasan el fin de semana fuera de casa, Dan tiene una aventura con Alex, una compañera de trabajo. Pero lo que para él no es más que una excitante pasatiempo, para ella es mucho más. Por eso, cuando Dan le comunica que quiere dejar de verla, enloquece.
Mike
Two doctors, a father and son, conceal their alcohol and drug problems in this potent look at the abuse of those substances that exist in the medical profession.
An unscrupulous towing company picks up perfectly fine cars and impounds them. It's up to two bar maids to try and stop them.
Old Age Home Clerk
Un profesor retirado viudo y su gato abandonan su apartamento de Manhattan y emprenden un viaje a través de los Estados Unidos. (FILMAFFINITY)
Office Manager
T.R. Baskin es una bella joven que decide abandonar su pueblo natal para buscar emociones fuertes en Chicago. Sin embargo, antes de encontrar el verdadero amor, tendrá que afrontar la cruda realidad y ponerse a trabajar en lo que sea para poder sobrevivir. Además, sufrirá algunos desengaños amorosos.
Exercise Chief
Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.
