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Spike Lee
Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn March 20, 1957 (68 years)
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American filmmaker and actor. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York. His father was a jazz musician, and his mother, a school teacher. His mother dubbed him Spike, due to his tough nature.
He attended school in Morehouse College in Atlanta and developed his film making skills at Clark Atlanta University. After graduating, he went to the Tisch School of Arts graduate film program. He made a controversial short, The Answer (1980), a reworking of D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) -- a ten-minute film. Lee went on to produce a 45-minute film Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), which won a student academy award. Lee's next film, "The Messenger," in 1984, was somewhat biographical. In 1986, Spike Lee made the film, She's Gotta Have It (1986), a comedy about sexual relationships. The movie was made for 175,000 dollars, and made seven million. Since then, Lee has become a well-known, intelligent, and talented film maker. His next movie was School Daze (1988), which was set in a historically black school and focused mostly on the conflict between the school and the Fraternities, of which he was a strong critic, portraying them as materialistic, irresponsible, and uncaring.
Lee went on to do his landmark film, Do the Right Thing (1989), a movie specifically about his own town in Brooklyn, New York. The movie garnered an Oscar nomination, for Danny Aiello, for supporting actor. It also sparked a debate on racial relations. Lee went on to produce the jazz biopic Mo' Better Blues (1990) which showed his talent for directing and acting, and was the first of many Spike Lee films to feature Denzel Washington. His next film, Jungle Fever (1991), was about interracial dating. Lee's handling of the subject proved yet again highly controversial. Lee's next film was the self-titled biography of Malcolm X (1992), which had Denzel Washington portraying the civil rights leader. The movie was a success, and resulted in an Oscar nomination for Washington. His next films were the comparatively light, Crooklyn (1994), and the intense crime drama, Clockers (1995). In 1996, Lee directed two movies: the badly received comedy, Girl 6 (1996), and the politically pointed, Get on the Bus (1996), about a group of men going to the Million Man March. His next film, He Got Game (1998), proved to be another excursion into the collegiate world as he shows the darker side of recruiting college athletes. The movie, in limited release, yet again featured Denzel Washington. In 2000 came Bamboozled which made a mockery out of television and the way African-Americans are perceived by white America and the way African-Americans perceive themselves. The movie, however, was a resounding critical success. Lee also has produced films like New Jersey Drive (1995), Tales from the Hood (1995), and Drop Squad (1994). He also has produced and or directed movies about Huey P. Newton, Jim Brown, and has commented in many documentaries about varied subjects. Lee is an obsessive New York Knicks fan. He and his wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, have two children.
He attended school in Morehouse College in Atlanta and developed his film making skills at Clark Atlanta University. After graduating, he went to the Tisch School of Arts graduate film program. He made a controversial short, The Answer (1980), a reworking of D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) -- a ten-minute film. Lee went on to produce a 45-minute film Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), which won a student academy award. Lee's next film, "The Messenger," in 1984, was somewhat biographical. In 1986, Spike Lee made the film, She's Gotta Have It (1986), a comedy about sexual relationships. The movie was made for 175,000 dollars, and made seven million. Since then, Lee has become a well-known, intelligent, and talented film maker. His next movie was School Daze (1988), which was set in a historically black school and focused mostly on the conflict between the school and the Fraternities, of which he was a strong critic, portraying them as materialistic, irresponsible, and uncaring.
Lee went on to do his landmark film, Do the Right Thing (1989), a movie specifically about his own town in Brooklyn, New York. The movie garnered an Oscar nomination, for Danny Aiello, for supporting actor. It also sparked a debate on racial relations. Lee went on to produce the jazz biopic Mo' Better Blues (1990) which showed his talent for directing and acting, and was the first of many Spike Lee films to feature Denzel Washington. His next film, Jungle Fever (1991), was about interracial dating. Lee's handling of the subject proved yet again highly controversial. Lee's next film was the self-titled biography of Malcolm X (1992), which had Denzel Washington portraying the civil rights leader. The movie was a success, and resulted in an Oscar nomination for Washington. His next films were the comparatively light, Crooklyn (1994), and the intense crime drama, Clockers (1995). In 1996, Lee directed two movies: the badly received comedy, Girl 6 (1996), and the politically pointed, Get on the Bus (1996), about a group of men going to the Million Man March. His next film, He Got Game (1998), proved to be another excursion into the collegiate world as he shows the darker side of recruiting college athletes. The movie, in limited release, yet again featured Denzel Washington. In 2000 came Bamboozled which made a mockery out of television and the way African-Americans are perceived by white America and the way African-Americans perceive themselves. The movie, however, was a resounding critical success. Lee also has produced films like New Jersey Drive (1995), Tales from the Hood (1995), and Drop Squad (1994). He also has produced and or directed movies about Huey P. Newton, Jim Brown, and has commented in many documentaries about varied subjects. Lee is an obsessive New York Knicks fan. He and his wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, have two children.
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Known For
Spike Lee Filmography
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| 2025 | Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (TV Series) |
| 2021 | NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½ (TV Series) |
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| 2017 | She's Gotta Have It (TV Series) |
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| 2010 | If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (TV Series) |
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| 2006 | Shark (TV Series) |
| 2006 | When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (TV Series) |
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| 2005 | Miracle's Boys (TV Series) |
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| 1995 | Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (TV Series) |
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| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) |
| 2025 | Highest 2 Lowest · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Talk Me · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Punter · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | The Captain (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | You Resemble Me · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½ (TV Series) |
| 2020 | Son of the South · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Tales from the Hood 3 · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | David Byrne's American Utopia · as Executive Producer |
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| 2019 | |
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| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Tales from the Hood 2 · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Nigerian Prince · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | She's Gotta Have It (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | |
| 2015 | Touched with Fire · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Cronies · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | The Girl Is in Trouble · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Dirty Hands · as Executive Producer |
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| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Evolution of a Criminal · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Pariah · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (TV Series) |
| 2010 | Dream Street · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Saint John of Las Vegas · as Executive Producer |
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| 2008 | |
| 2006 | When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (TV Series) |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | Sucker Free City · as Executive Producer |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | Good Fences · as Executive Producer |
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| 2001 | Home Invaders · as Executive Producer |
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| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 1996 | Get on the Bus · as Executive Producer |
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| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Tales from the Hood · as Executive Producer |
| 1995 | New Jersey Drive · as Executive Producer |
| 1995 | Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Drop Squad · as Executive Producer |
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| 1989 | |
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| 1983 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) |
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| 2018 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Da Sweet Blood of Jesus · as Screenplay |
| 2014 | |
| 2012 | Red Hook Summer · as Screenplay |
| 2004 | She Hate Me · as Screenplay |
| 2000 | Bamboozled · as Screenplay |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | He Got Game · as Screenplay |
| 1997 | |
| 1995 | Clockers · as Screenplay |
| 1995 | Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Crooklyn · as Screenplay |
| 1992 | Malcolm X · as Screenplay |
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| 1989 | Do the Right Thing · as Screenplay |
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| 2025 | Mr. Scorsese (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 2025 | Milton Bituca Nascimento · as Self |
| 2025 | Sensory Overload · as Self |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music · as Self - Filmmaker (archive Footage) |
| 2025 | Spike Lee: The Last King of Brooklyn · as Self |
| 2024 | Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple · as Self - Sponsor, United Artists Against Apartheid Benefit For Nelson Mandela |
| 2023 | Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story · as Self - Director |
| 2023 | Stephen Curry: Underrated · as Self |
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| 2022 | Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power · as Self |
| 2022 | Denzel Washington: An American Model · as Self |
| 2022 | Sidney · as Self |
| 2022 | It Ain't Over · as Self |
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| 2022 | They Call Me Magic (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | The Dream Whisperer · as Self |
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| 2021 | NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Claydream · as Self |
| 2021 | Don Lemon Tonight (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2021 | Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist · as Self |
| 2021 | This Is Pop (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Pretend It’s a City (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn · as Self |
| 2020 | BET Awards 2020 · as Self - Presenter |
| 2020 | Dear... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | Leaving Neverland: The Aftermath · as Self |
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| 2019 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2019 | Desus & Mero (2019) (TV Series) · as Self - Illustrious Guest |
| 2019 | 2019 EE British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2019 | 2019 Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2019 | Milk · as Self |
| 2018 | Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists · as Self |
| 2018 | Basketball: A Love Story (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 · as Self |
| 2018 | Tamborine · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2017 | The IMDb Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2017 | The Beat with Ari Melber (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Birth of a Movement · as Self |
| 2017 | Behind the Scenes · as Self |
| 2016 | Axe: Music of a People · as Self |
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| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | IMDb on the Scene - Interviews (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Honoree |
| 2015 | The IMDb Studio at Sundance (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
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| 2014 | black-ish (TV Series) · as Spike Lee |
| 2014 | Good Morning Britain (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | E poi c'è Cattelan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Unsung Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tanning of America (TV Series) · as Self - Director, Do The Right Thing |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | PBS News Weekend (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Twenty Feet from Stardom · as Self |
| 2013 | The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · as Self - Presenter |
| 2012 | Bad 25 · as Self |
| 2012 | Venus and Serena · as Self |
| 2012 | Steve Harvey (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Larry King Now (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | BET Awards 2012 · as Self |
| 2012 | The BET Honors · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Oprah's Next Chapter (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | Brooklyn Boheme · as Self |
| 2011 | Highly Questionable (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Dish Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Big Morning Buzz Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Sneaker Shopping (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Piers Morgan Tonight (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | Guest · as Self |
| 2010 | A Man's Story · as Self |
| 2010 | Four Days in October · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are? (US) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Talk Stoop (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | The Dr. Oz Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Cleanflix · as Self |
| 2009 | C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | PoliWood · as Self |
| 2009 | Kobe Doin' Work · as Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Bring Your 'A' Game · as Self - Director |
| 2008 | 40 x 15 · as Self |
| 2008 | Reinventando Hollywood · as Self |
| 2007 | Pixote, in memoriam · as Self |
| 2007 | Lights! Action! Music! · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | First Take (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Morning Joe (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | The 12th Annual Critics' Choice Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2007 | Ali's 65 · as Self |
| 2006 | The 2006 Black Movie Awards · as Self |
| 2006 | When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | 2006 MTV Movie Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2006 | Legends Ball · as Self |
| 2006 | The Ultimate Heist: Making 'Inside Man' · as Self |
| 2006 | Mike & Mike (TV Series) · as Self - Film Director |
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| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors · as Self |
| 2005 | Street Fight · as Self |
| 2005 | The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Showbiz Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | This Week (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The Insider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Che tempo che fa (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | 34th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2003 | 2003 Trumpet Awards · as Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Chappelle's Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology · as Self (segment "scenario") |
| 2002 | New York at the Movies · as Self |
| 2002 | It's Black Entertainment · as Self |
| 2002 | Who Is Alan Smithee? · as Self |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | Lorraine (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | The Making of 'Bamboozled' · as Self |
| 2001 | The Miles Davis Story · as Self |
| 2001 | The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2001 | CNN Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Director, Blackkklansman |
| 2000 | 2000 Essence Awards · as Self |
| 2000 | Lisa Picard Is Famous · as Spike Lee |
| 2000 | Michael Jordan to the Max · as Self |
| 1999 | Film-Fest DVD: Issue 2 - Cannes · as Self |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | SportsCentury (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | ARTE Journal Clips (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Leute heute (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Split Screen (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The Chris Rock Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | NBA at 50 · as Self |
| 1996 | When We Were Kings · as Self |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | MLB on FOX (TV Series) · as Self - Spectator |
| 1996 | The Universal Story · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1995 | Lumière and Company · as Self (segment "sarah Moon") |
| 1995 | American Cinema (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | E! Live from the Red Carpet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Drop Squad · as Himself |
| 1994 | Hoop Dreams · as Self |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Farewell, Babylon! · as Self |
| 1993 | The Last Party · as Self |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | ARD-Morgenmagazin (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Def Comedy Jam (TV Series) · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1992 | Our Hollywood Education · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | Comic Relief V · as Self |
| 1992 | The 64th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1992 | Oliver Stone: Inside Out · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | A Comedy Salute to Michael Jordan · as Self |
| 1991 | MTV's 10th Anniversary Special · as Self |
| 1990 | Outside the Lines (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | The 62nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1990 | The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990 · as Self - Nominee |
| 1990 | The 11th Annual Black Achievement Awards · as Self |
| 1990 | 22nd NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1989 | Decade · as Self |
| 1989 | Making Do the Right Thing · as Self |
| 1989 | First Works · as Self |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1989 | 21st NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV Raps (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV Raps (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | 20th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1987 | Showtime at the Apollo (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | NPA (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | At The Movies (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1982 | Channel 4 News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Newsnight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | heute journal (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | PBS News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | ESPN Monday Night Football (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Producer (segment "malcolm X") |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1958 | Etter Dagsrevyen (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | Zeit im Bild (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | The Early Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2017 | She's Gotta Have It (TV Series) · as Drum Major |
| 2015 | Spike Lee's Lil' Joints (TV Series) |
| 2014 | MasterClass (TV Series) |
| 2012 | Red Hook Summer · as Mr. Mookie |
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| 2001 | 3 A.M. · as Filmmaker |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam · as John Jeffries |
| 1997 | 4 Little Girls · as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1996 | Girl 6 · as Jimmy |
| 1995 | Clockers · as Chucky |
| 1994 | Crooklyn · as Snuffy |
| 1993 | |
| 1992 | Malcolm X · as Shorty |
| 1992 | Ghostwriter (1992) (TV Series) · as Special Agent Pete |
| 1991 | Jungle Fever · as Cyrus |
| 1990 | Lonely in America · as Spike Lee (newsstand Customer) (uncredited) |
| 1990 | Hollywood Mavericks · as Mookie |
| 1990 | Mo' Better Blues · as Giant |
| 1990 | In Living Color (TV Series) |
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing · as Mookie |
| 1988 | School Daze · as Darrell 'half-Pint' Dunlap |
| 1986 | She's Gotta Have It · as Mars Blackmon |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Mars Blackmon |
| 2017 | She's Gotta Have It (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 2001 | The Concert for New York City · as Director Of Photography |
| 1991 | Coca-Cola Pop Music Backstage Pass to Summer · as Segment Producer |