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Jelani Cobb
Producer, Actor, WriterBorn August 21, 1969 (55 years)
William Jelani Cobb is an American writer, author and educator. The Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, Cobb was previously an associate professor of history and director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, from 2012 to 2016.
Filmography
2025 | Heightened Scrutiny · as Self |
2024 | One Person, One Vote? · as Self |
2024 | What's Next? The Future With Bill Gates (TV Series) · as Self - Dean And Professor Of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School |
2024 | Biden's Decision · as Self |
2022 | Lies, Politics and Democracy · as Self - Reporter |
2022 | We Need to Talk About Cosby (TV Series) · as Self |
2022 | |
2021 | |
2021 | Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union (TV Series) · as Self |
2021 | |
2020 | The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden · as Self - Interviewee |
2020 | Policing the Police 2020 · as Self |
2020 | The ReidOut (TV Series) · as Self |
2020 | |
2020 | Velshi (TV Series) · as Self |
2020 | Frontline: America's Great Divide · as Self - Author, The Substance Of Hope |
2020 | McCarthy · as Self |
2019 | Who Killed Malcolm X? (TV Series) · as Self - Staff Writer, The New Yorker |
2018 | Enemies: The President, Justice & The FBI (TV Series) · as Self |
2017 | The Opposition with Jordan Klepper (TV Series) · as Self |
2017 | The Beat with Ari Melber (TV Series) · as Self |
2016 | 13th · as Self |
2016 | Marvel's Luke Cage (TV Series) · as Jelani Cobb |
2016 | The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle (TV Series) · as Self - Columbia Journalism School Incoming Dean |
2016 | A.M. Joy (TV Series) · as Self |
2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
2014 | America After Ferguson · as Self - Professor Of History, Uconn |
2013 | The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (TV Series) · as Self - Historian |
2013 | Nine for IX (TV Series) · as Self |
2013 | All In with Chris Hayes (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (TV Series) · as Self |
2010 | The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (TV Series) · as Self |
2010 | |
2007 | Morning Joe (TV Series) · as Self |
2006 | Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes · as Self |
2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Self |
1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
1996 | MSNBC Live/MSNBC Reports (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
1983 | Frontline (TV Series) · as Self |
1978 | 20/20 (TV Series) · as Self |
1947 | Meet the Press/Meet the Press NOW (TV Series) · as Self |