David Nunn
Known for Acting · 15 credits
- Born
- 1962-08-04
- Died
- 2012-04-26
- Place of birth
- Hackney, London, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (11)

Grange Hill
1978
as Brookdale Boy

Blackadder
1983
as Messenger

Metal Mickey
1980
as Tim

Big Deal
1984
as Stallholder

The Pickwick Papers
1985
as Joe

Educating Marmalade
1982
as School Kid
L For Lester
1982
as Lad
Maggie and Her
1976
as Charlie
Graham's Gang
1977
as Arthur
Headmaster
1977
as Simon
Murphy's Mob
1982
as Jumbo
Movies (4)
About David Nunn
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),… With 15 credits spanning from 1976 to 1988, David Nunn has appeared in 4 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular David Nunn Movies
- Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) — as Enormous Orphan
- Mr. Corbett's Ghost (1987) — as Apprentice
- Mallet! (1987) — as Hog
- Love Me Gangster (1987) — as Fatso (uncredited)
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