Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
b. 1947 (age 79)
New York City, New York, USA
Actor
Writer
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 16, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time. Abdul-Jabbar has also been an actor, a basketball coach, a best-selling author, and a martial artist, having trained in Jeet Kune Do under Bruce Lee and appeared in his film Game of Death (1972) and other TV Shows a series.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 7.7
Jerry West: The Logo
2026 Self
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★ 7.8
Bill Russell: Legend
2023 Self
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★ 8.1
The Luckiest Guy in the World
2023 Self
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★ 7.7
They Call Me Magic
2022 Self
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★ 5.3
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War
2022 Actor
Narrator
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The Iceman
2022 Self
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★ 7.6
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
2021 Self
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★ 5.7
Fight the Power: The Protests That Changed America
2021 Self
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The Games We Play
2021 Self
Writer
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★ 7.3
Be Water
2020 Self
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★ 6.8
John Bronco
2020 Self
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★ 6.6
Basketball County: In the Water
2020 Self
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★ 7.9
Black Patriots
2020 Self
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★ 3.9
The 2020 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2020 Actor
Themself
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★ 3.4
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
2020 Self
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The 18th Annual AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2019 Self
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★ 7.6
Quincy
2018 Self
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Beyond the Sport
2018 Self
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WE Day 2018
2018 Self
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1968
2018 Self
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★ 6.4
AC Green: Iron Virgin
2016 Actor
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★ 7.4
Kareem: Minority of One
2015 Self
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★ 5.4
Stand Up to Cancer
2014 Self
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★ 3.4
Splash
2013 Self
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★ 3.3
44th NAACP Image Awards
2013 Self
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★ 7.9
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
2012 Self
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★ 7.0
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011 Writer
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The Wooden Effect
2011 Self
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★ 7.1
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
2010 Self
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★ 6.5
Stand Up to Cancer
2010 Self
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★ 7.2
On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of
2010 Self
Writer
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★ 7.0
Maltin on Movies
2010 Self
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★ 8.8
30 for 30
2009 Self
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★ 6.6
Kobe Doin' Work
2009 Self
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★ 7.7
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009 Actor
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★ 7.4
The Black List: Volume One
2008 Self
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★ 6.5
Chabad: To Life Telethon
2008 Self
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★ 5.5
An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson
2008 Self
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★ 6.5
Ali's 65
2007 Self
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★ 6.4
Stars on Stars
2007 Self
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NBA: Soul of the game
2007 Self
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★ 7.2
The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
2006 Self
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★ 5.4
Whitepaddy
2006 Actor
Hank
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★ 6.7
Ali Rap
2006 Self
Actor
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★ 7.6
Iconoclasts
2005 Self
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★ 4.5
Untitled David Diamond/David Weissman Project
2005 Self
Actor
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The 57th Annual Directors Guild Awards
2005 Self
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★ 8.3
Veronica Mars
2004 Writer
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★ 6.9
The Drop
2004 Self
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The Amex Tribute to Magic Johnson
2004 Self
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★ 6.5
The Tim McCarver Show
2003 Actor
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2003 Trumpet Awards
2003 Self
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Sports Illustrated's 20th Century Sports Awards
1999 Self
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Bruce Lee: The Greatest
1998 Self
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★ 5.9
The 68th Annual Academy Awards
1996 Self
Actor
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★ 7.9
NBA at 50
1996 Self
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★ 7.1
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996 Self
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The 14th Annual Golden Boot Awards
1996 Self
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★ 5.4
A Night to Die for
1995 Self
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★ 7.3
Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do
1995 Self
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The 5th Annual Jim Thorpe Pro Sports Awards
1995 Self
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Fields of Fire: Sports in the 60s
1995 Self
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Fourth Annual Rock N' Jock B-Ball Jam
1994 Self
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★ 6.9
The Curse of the Dragon
1993 Self
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The Annual ESPY Awards
1993 Self
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Third Annual Rock N' Jock B-Ball Jam
1993 Self
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★ 8.1
New Kids on the Block at Disney-MGM Studios: Wildest Dreams
1991 Self
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Sports Comedy Network
1990 Self
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The History of the NBA
1990 Self
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Face to Face with Connie Chung
1990 Self
Actor
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★ 6.3
Jake Spanner, Private Eye
1989 Actor
Man at Sal's House
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★ 4.7
21st NAACP Image Awards
1989 Self
Actor
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★ 7.1
1989 NBA All-Star Game
1989 Self
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All-Star Tribute to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1989 Self
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Bobby Silverman: An Actor Prepared
1989 Actor
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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★ 8.0
1988 NBA All-Star Game
1988 Self
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The 1988 NBA Finals
1988 Self
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★ 6.9
Bustin' Loose
1987 Actor
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★ 7.1
1987 NBA All-Star Game
1987 Self
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The 1987 NBA Finals
1987 Self
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★ 6.6
1986 NBA All-Star Game
1986 Self
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★ 7.5
All Star Rock 'n' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular
1985 Self
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★ 7.7
1985 NBA All-Star Game
1985 Self
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The 1985 NBA Finals
1985 Self
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The 7th Annual Black Achievement Awards
1985 Self
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★ 7.0
The 1984 NBA Finals
1984 Self
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1984 NBA All-Star Game
1984 Self
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★ 7.4
1983 NBA All-Star Game
1983 Self
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The 1983 NBA Finals
1983 Self
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Professor Hope's Thanksgiving Campus Comedy Capers
1983 Self
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★ 6.2
1982 NBA All-Star Game
1982 Self
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1982 NBA Finals
1982 Self
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★ 6.7
1981 NBA All-Star Game
1981 Self
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★ 7.7
Airplane!
1980 Actor
Roger Murdock
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★ 7.6
Games People Play
1980 Self
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★ 5.4
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979 Actor
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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1979 NBA All-Star Game
1979 Self
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★ 5.9
Game of Death
1978 Actor
Mantis (original 1972 footage)
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Fast Break
1978 Actor
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1977 NBA All-Star Game
1977 Self