Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an actor, born 1947. Their work on CrossBinge spans TV, films and books, including The Colbert Report, with ratings and cross-media recommendations.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. (born April 16, 1947) in New York City, grew up in the working-class neighborhood of Harlem in a family of Trinidadian descent, raised in the Catholic tradition and imbued with values such as honor and dignity. An only child, he was quickly marked by his exceptional height: from elementary school onward, he played with the tallest kids, and at fourteen, already over two meters (6'7"), he was able to dunk. His adolescence was punctuated by episodes of social confrontation and learning the art of street basketball, which forged his…
Films (19)
- Game of Death (1978)
- Airplane! (1980)
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
- Jerry West: The Logo (2026)
- BASEketball (1998)
- D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
- Fletch (1985)
- Forget Paris (1995)
- Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (2000)
- John Candy: I Like Me (2025)
- Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
- O.J.: Made in America (2016)
- Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
- How Bruce Lee Changed the World (2009)
- The Visitor (1979)
- Be Water (2020)
- Slam Dunk Ernest (1995)
- Kareem: Minority of One (2015)
- A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021)
TV (16)
- The Colbert Report (2005)
- The Stand (1994)
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009)
- Amen (1986)
- The Critic (1994)
- Man from Atlantis (1977)
- Dear... (2020)
- Stingray (1985)
- StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (2015)
- Beat Shazam (2017)
- The Arsenio Hall Show (2013)
- Guys with Kids (2012)
- Good Sports (1991)
- Shut Up and Dribble (2018)
- They Call Me Magic (2022)
- Matrix (1993)