Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Apr 17, 1947 - Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 17, 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.

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Movie1980Airplane!Roger Murdock
Movie2007I TriedSin
Movie1978Game of DeathHakim
Movie2023The IcemanSelf
Movie1994Bruce Lee: The Immortal DragonSelf
Movie2009How Bruce Lee Changed the WorldSelf
Movie2023StandSelf (archive footage)
Movie1996Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' ManigaultSelf
Movie2000Bruce Lee: A Warrior's JourneySelf
Movie1979The Fish That Saved PittsburghKareem Abdul-Jabbar
Movie1998The GREATEST : Bruce LeeComentador
Movie2010The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or FearSelf
Movie2022Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil WarSelf - Narrator (voice)
Movie1995Bully Smart for KidsSelf
Movie2023The Final Game of DeathFifth Floor Fighter (archive footage)
Movie1987Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For FiveHimself
Movie2007Los Angeles Lakers: 1984-1985 NBA Champions Return To GloryHimself
Movie2016O.J.: Made in AmericaSelf (archive footage)
Movie1995Forget ParisKareem Abdul-Jabbar
Movie1990All New Dazzling Dunks and Basketball BloopersSelf (archive footage)
Movie2000Bruce Lee in G.O.D.Himself / Hakim
Movie1995A Night to Die ForSelf
Movie1974The Game of DeathHakim / Mantis
Movie2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryKareem Abdul-Jabbar
Movie1990The Best of the Martial Arts FilmsSelf (archive footage)
Movie2015Kareem: Minority of OneSelf
Movie1985FletchKareem Abdul-Jabbar
Movie1995Slam Dunk ErnestArchangel
Movie1998BASEketballKareem Abdul-Jabbar
Movie1989HoodwinkedMan at Sal's House
Movie1989Troop Beverly HillsKareem Abdul-Jabbar
Movie1994D2: The Mighty DucksKareem Abdul-Jabbar
Movie2008The Black List: Volume OneSelf
Movie2009Kobe Doin' WorkSelf
Movie1986Ask MaxHimself
Movie2015Kobe Bryant's MuseSelf (archive footage)
Movie1989Detroit Pistons: 1988-1989 NBA Champions - Motor City MadnessLos Angeles Lakers
Movie2020Be WaterSelf - Student / Friend
Movie1993The Curse of the DragonSelf
Movie2011On the Shoulders of GiantsSelf - Narrator
Movie2019Game of Death ReduxMantis, the 5th Floor Guardian
Movie20181968Self
Movie2020Black Patriots: Heroes of the RevolutionSelf - Narrator (voice)
Movie1996The Journey of the African-American AthleteSelf
Movie2020John BroncoKareem Abdul-Jabbar
Movie2007WeaponsP.J.
Movie2006WhitepaddyHank
Movie2021A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon ParksSelf
Movie1998Jackie Chan: My Story(archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie1985All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday SpectacularSelf
Movie2021Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed AmericaSelf
Movie2013Undefeated: The Roger Brown StoryHimself
Movie2001The Unbeatable Bruce LeeSelf (archive footage)
Movie1991Philadelphia 76ers 1983 - That Championship FeelingSelf
Movie2020Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief EffortSelf - Co-Host
TV Show1992Martin1
TV Show1984Tales from the DarksideThe Djinn, Jan Bin Jan1
TV Show1993Saved by the Bell: The New ClassKareem Abdul-Jabbar1
TV Show1989The SimpsonsKareem Abdul-Jabbar (voice)1
TV Show198721 Jump StreetWesley Williams1
TV Show1994The CriticKareem Abdul-Jabbar (voice)2
TV Show1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirHimself1
TV Show1996Everybody Loves RaymondKareem Abdul-Jabbar1
TV Show1978Diff'rent Strokes2
TV Show1967Mannix1
TV Show2004The Celebrity Apprentice1
TV Show1977Man from AtlantisThark1
TV Show2006Identity1
TV Show1987Full House1
TV Show1972Emergency!1
TV Show1985Stingray1
TV Show2005The Colbert ReportSelf3
TV Show2015StarTalk with Neil deGrasse TysonSelf1
TV Show1986Amen1
TV Show1994The StandMonster Shouter2
TV Show1993Matrix1
TV Show1993MatrixBlind Man13
TV Show2012Good Mythical MorningSelf1
TV Show2020DAVEKareem Abdul-Jabbar1
TV Show1987Bustin' Loose1
TV Show1996The Daily ShowSelf3
TV Show2009The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienSelf1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf1
TV Show2018Basketball: A Love StorySelf (archive footage)1
TV Show2018Basketball: A Love StorySelf2
TV Show2018Shut Up and DribbleSelf (archive footage)1
TV Show2016O.J.: Made in AmericaSelf (archive footage)1
TV Show1991Good Sports1
TV Show2011New GirlHimself1
TV Show2021Muhammad AliSelf4
TV Show2005Dancing with the StarsSelf - Contestant2
TV Show2016BillionsKareem Abdul-Jabbar1
TV Show2020Dear...Self1
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf1
TV Show2017Beat ShazamSelf1
TV Show2022They Call Me MagicSelf4
TV Show2022The Jennifer Hudson Show1
TV Show2023Night Court1
TV Show2024Los Anillos de Pau1
TV Show2017The Jim Jefferies ShowSelf1
TV Show2015Celebrity Family FeudSelf1
TV Show1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf1
TV Show2013The Arsenio Hall ShowSelf1
TV Show2022Legacy: The True Story of the LA LakersSelf10
TV Show2007The Big Bang TheoryKareem Abdul-Jabbar1
TV Show2016To Tell the TruthSelf - Panelist1
TV Show2001ScrubsKareem Abdul-Jabbar1
TV Show2023Bill Russell: LegendSelf - Basketball Hall of Fame2
TV Show2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest1
TV Show2013The Crazy OnesKareem Abdul-Jabbar1
TV Show2015Fresh Off the BoatKareem Abdul-Jabbar1
TV Show1996Boston CommonKareem Abdul-Jabbar1
TV Show2012Guys with KidsKareem Abdul-Jabbar2

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Movie2011On the Shoulders of GiantsWriterWriting
Movie2022Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil WarExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1994The Vernon Johns StoryProducerProduction
TV Show2004Veronica MarsCo-ProducerProduction
TV Show2004Veronica MarsWriterWriting