3.3Acting

David Nunn

Aug 4, 1962 - Hackney, London, England, UK

David Nunn was a British actor perhaps best known for playing the Messenger in The Black Adder in 1983.

Nunn attended Clissold Park School in Hackney. His television appearances included Gang Member in Shades of Greene (1975), himself in Fun Food Factory (1976), Mark Valenta in A Place to Hide (1976), Headmaster (1977), Sid in Television Club (1978), Graham's Gang (1977–79), Charlie in Maggie and Her (1979), Tim in Metal Mickey (1981), Brookdale Boy in Grange Hill (1981), Kid in Educating Marmalade (1982), Messenger in The Black Adder (1983), Joe in The Pickwick Papers (1985), Apprentice in Mister Corbett's Ghost (1987), Enormous Orphan in Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) and Starting Out (1989).

When his acting career dried up he began to train as a taxi-driver in London before becoming a van driver in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. After a period as a driving instructor from 2004, Nunn was an ambulance transport driver from 2006/7[5] until his death in 2012 of a heart attack aged 49 at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1987Mr. Corbett's GhostApprentice
Movie1988Blackadder's Christmas CarolEnormous Orphan
TV Show1983BlackadderMessenger3
TV Show1985The Pickwick PapersJoe3
TV Show1977HeadmasterSimon6
TV Show1982Murphy's MobJumbo1
TV Show1982Educating MarmaladeSchool Kid1
TV Show1984Big DealStallholder1
TV Show1982L For LesterLad1
TV Show1978Grange HillBrookdale Boy1
TV Show1980Metal MickeyTim1
TV Show1976Maggie and HerCharlie1
TV Show1977Graham's GangArthur1

Crew

Media
Movie2023Paul’s Road to DamascusDirectorDirecting
Movie2012St Paul In GreeceDirectorDirecting
Movie2012Galloping Through the GospelsDirectorDirecting
Movie2003Exploring Biblical JordanDirectorDirecting
Movie2013Journeying With JesusDirectorDirecting
Movie2012In The Steps Of MosesDirectorDirecting
Movie2011St Clare of AssisiDirectorDirecting
Movie2004The Seven Churches of Revelation RediscoveredDirectorDirecting
Movie2010The Holy City... and a GardenDirectorDirecting