Mike Nussbaum has died at the age of 99. The actor starred in, among other things, “Men in Black”.
Mike Nussbaum (1923-2023) died a week before his 100th birthday. The acting star died of natural causes at his home in Chicago last Saturday (December 23).
Nussbaum began his career in the theater in the 1950s. He later entered the film business and took on roles in, among others, “Fatal Attraction” (1987), “Field of Dreams” (1989) and the science fiction comedy “Men in Black” (1997). In it he played Gentle Rosenberg, an Arquilian prince and guardian of the Arquilian galaxy.
Artist and family man
Nussbaum worked as an actor until the end and was a fixture in the Chicago theater landscape. He was recognized as the oldest professional actor in the United States by the Actors’ Equity Association. “He was born and raised in Chicago, his wife was here and his children were here too, and that was very important to him,” Nussbaum’s friend BJ Jones, director of Chicago’s Northlight Theater, told ABC. “Mike was both a dedicated family man and an artist, and I believe that shaped his art.” Although he worked in New York and Los Angeles, he always returned to his hometown.
Source: Stern
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