Acting
Moses Gunn
EN, DE, PT cinema · 43 credits
Born
2 October 1929
Died
16 December 1993 (aged 64)
Birthplace
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Moses Gunn (October 2, 1929 – December 17, 1993) was an American actor. An Obie Award-winning stage player, he co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company in the 1960s. His 1962 Broadway debut was in Jean Genet's The Blacks. He was nominated for a 1976 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for The Poison Tree and played Othello on Broadway in 1970.
Known for
Filmography
Memphis
as Tio Wiggins
Perfect Harmony
as Zeke
Brother Future
as Isaac
Murder Times Seven
as Sam Paxton
Dixie Lanes
as Isaac
Leonard Part 6
as Giorgio
Bates Motel
as Henry Watson
Heartbreak Ridge
as Staff Sergeant Webster
Certain Fury
as Dr. Freeman
Firestarter
as Dr. Pynchot
The NeverEnding Story
as Cairon - Empress' Servant
The House of Dies Drear
as River Lewis Darrow
The Killing Floor
as Heavy Williams
Ragtime
as Booker T. Washington
The Ninth Configuration
as Maj. Nammack
Remember My Name
as Pike
Law of the Land
as Jacob
The First Breeze of Summer
as Milton Edwards
Carter's Army
as Pvt. Doc Hayes
Cornbread, Earl and Me
as Benjamin Blackwell
Rollerball
as Cletus
The Secret of the Pond
as Sharbee
Amazing Grace
as Welton J Waters
Legacy of Blood
as Joe Mattingly
The Iceman Cometh
as Joe Mott
Moving Target
as C.B. Evans
Shaft's Big Score!
as Bumpy Jonas
Haunts of the Very Rich
as Seacrist
Eagle in a Cage
as General Gourgaud
The Hot Rock
as Dr. Amusa
Shaft
as Bumpy Jonas
Wild Rovers
as Ben
The Sheriff
as Cliff Wilder
The Great White Hope
as Scipio
WUSA
as Clotho
Of Mice and Men
as Crooks
Nothing But a Man
as Mill Hand