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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Actor, Producer, Writer
Born April 17, 1947 (77 years)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.) 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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
Known For
Filmography
| 2023 | The Luckiest Guy in the World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | Bill Russell: Legend (TV Series) · as Self - Basketball Hall Of Fame |
| 2023 | Stand · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Glass Onion · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 2022 | Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | They Call Me Magic (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Muhammad Ali (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | John Bronco · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 2020 | Be Water · as Self - Student / Friend |
| 2020 | Dear... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Basketball County: In the Water · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | DAVE (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 2020 | Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time (TV Series) · as Self - Video Clue Presenter |
| 2019 | What's My Name: Muhammad Ali · as Self |
| 2018 | Shut Up and Dribble (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Basketball: A Love Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Quincy · as Self |
| 2018 | 1968 · as Self |
| 2018 | 1968 · as Self |
| 2017 | The Comedy Get Down (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 2017 | Cuomo Prime Time (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2017 | The Beat with Ari Melber (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The Jim Jefferies Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Beat Shazam (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | To Tell The Truth (2016) (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 2016 | O.J.: Made in America (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | O.J.: Made in America · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | Billions (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 2015 | Daily Blast Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Kareem: Minority of One · as Self |
| 2015 | MTP Daily (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self - Surprise Appearance |
| 2015 | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Kobe Bryant's Muse · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | Fresh Off the Boat (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 2014 | I Am Ali · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Crazy Ones (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 2013 | The Arsenio Hall Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Splash (US) (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 2013 | The Broadway.Com Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | 44th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | The Path of the Dragon · as Self |
| 2012 | Home & Family (TV Series) · as Self - Author, Mycroft Holmes |
| 2012 | Guys With Kids (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 2012 | Good Mythical Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The Chew (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | New Girl (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 2011 | A Football Life (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | On the Shoulders of Giants · as Self - Narrator |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear · as Self |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Stand Up to Cancer · as Self |
| 2010 | Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals · as Self |
| 2010 | Family Feud (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of · as Self - Narrator |
| 2009 | Talk Stoop (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Pawn Stars (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | How Bruce Lee Changed the World · as Self |
| 2009 | Kobe Doin' Work · as Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | Huckabee (TV Series) · as Self - Former Nba Player |
| 2008 | Celebrity Family Feud (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | The Black List: Volume One · as Himself |
| 2007 | The Big Bang Theory (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 2007 | Chelsea Lately (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self |
| 2006 | Greatest Moments in NBA History · as Self |
| 2006 | Mike & Mike (TV Series) · as Self - Basketball Hall Of Famer |
| 2005 | Iconoclasts (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Girls Next Door (TV Series) · as Self - Basketball Player |
| 2005 | Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 2004 | ESPN25: Who's #1? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360° (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | 2003 Trumpet Awards · 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 |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Scrubs (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 2001 | The Unbeatable Bruce Lee · as Self |
| 2000 | Bruce Lee in G.O.D.: Shibôteki yûgi · as Himself / Hakim |
| 2000 | Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey · as Self |
| 2000 | The War Next Door (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1999 | SportsCentury (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Hollywood Squares (1998) (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1998 | BASEketball · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1997 | Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz · as Self |
| 1997 | The Gregory Hines Show (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Beyaz Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The 68th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1996 | Boston Common (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1996 | Buddies (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | NBA at 50 · as Self |
| 1995 | Forget Paris · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1995 | Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do · as Self |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | D2: The Mighty Ducks · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1994 | Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon · as Self |
| 1993 | Phenom (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Saved by the Bell: The New Class (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Living Single (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1993 | The Curse of the Dragon · as Self |
| 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 |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 1990 | Outside the Lines (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | In Living Color (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | The Best of the Martial Arts Films · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1989 | Troop Beverly Hills · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | 21st NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1988 | Inside Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Eyes on the Prize (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The New Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1985 | Fletch · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1984 | Pryor's Place (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1984 | Jeopardy! (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1984 | Olympic Gala · as Self - Guest |
| 1984 | CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1983 | Computer Chronicles (TV Series) · as Self |
| 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 | |
| 1979 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh · as Self |
| 1979 | SportsCenter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | The Visitor · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1976 | Cos (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | PBS News Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Former Nba Player (segment "unsportsmanlike Conduct") |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | The Dating Game (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Star Contestant |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self - As Lew Alcindor |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) · as Self |