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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Actor, Writer, Producer
Born April 17, 1947 (75 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2022 | They Call Me Magic (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Muhammad Ali (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Be Water · as Self |
| 2020 | Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time (TV Series) · as Self - Video Clue Presenter |
| 2020 | Dear... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Basketball County: In the Water · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | What's My Name: Muhammad Ali · as Self |
| 2018 | Quincy · as Self |
| 2018 | 1968 · as Self |
| 2018 | 1968 · as Self |
| 2017 | Beat Shazam (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest Star |
| 2017 | The Jim Jefferies Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The Beat with Ari Melber (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | O.J.: Made in America · as Self |
| 2016 | To Tell The Truth (2016) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | O.J.: Made in America (TV Series) · as Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Kobe Bryant's Muse · as Himself (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Kareem: Minority of One · as Himself |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self - Surprise Appearance |
| 2015 | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | MTP Daily (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Daily Blast Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | I Am Ali · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2013 | The Broadway.Com Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Splash (US) (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 2013 | 44th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2013 | The Arsenio Hall Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | The Path of the Dragon · as Self |
| 2012 | The 86th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade · as Self |
| 2012 | Good Mythical Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Home & Family (TV Series) · as Self - Author, Mycroft Holmes |
| 2011 | On the Shoulders of Giants · as Self - Narrator |
| 2011 | The Chew (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | New Girl (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 2010 | Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals · as Self |
| 2010 | On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of · as Self - Narrator |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | WTF with Marc Maron (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | Celebrity Family Feud (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Chelsea Lately (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | The Big Bang Theory (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | First Take (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Greatest Moments in NBA History · as Self |
| 2005 | The Girls Next Door (TV Series) · as Self - Basketball Player |
| 2005 | Iconoclasts (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 2005 | Outside the Lines (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360° (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | The Bachelorette (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | 2003 Trumpet Awards · as Self |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | The Unbeatable Bruce Lee · as Self |
| 2000 | Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey · as Himself |
| 1999 | |
| 1997 | Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault · as himself |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 1995 | Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do · as Self |
| 1993 | The Curse of the Dragon · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | WWE Raw (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1990 | In Living Color (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 1989 | Troop Beverly Hills · as Himself |
| 1989 | 21st NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1988 | Inside Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Eyes on the Prize (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The New Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1985 | Fletch · as Himself |
| 1984 | Jeopardy! (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1983 | Wheel of Fortune (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Fridays (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | The Visitor · as Himself (uncredited) |
| 1979 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1975 | PBS NewsHour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Former NBA Player (segment "Unsportsmanlike Conduct") |
| 1965 | The Dating Game (TV Series) · as Self - Guest star contestant |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self - as Lew Alcindor |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |