Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 134
self 86
Movies 68
TV Shows 66
Producer 2
Narrator 1
Writer 1
Los Anillos de Pau (2024)
TV
Fifth Floor Fighter
The Final Game of Death (2023)
Movie
Self
The Luckiest Guy in the World (2023)
Movie
Self
The Luckiest Guy in the World (2023)
TV
Self
The Iceman (2023)
Movie
Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Bill Russell: Legend (2023)
TV
Self (archive footage)
Stand (2023)
Movie
Night Court (2023)
TV
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
Movie
7.75
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
TV
Self
Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers (2022)
TV
Self
They Call Me Magic (2022)
TV
Narrator
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War (2022)
Movie
Hakim
Bruce Lee: The Way of the Warrior (2022)
Movie
Self
Muhammad Ali (2021)
TV
Self
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021)
Movie
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
John Bronco (2020)
Movie
Self
Dear... (2020)
TV
Self
Basketball County: In the Water (2020)
Movie
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
DAVE (2020)
TV
Self
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution (2020)
Movie
Self - Student / Friend
Be Water (2020)
Movie
Mantis, the 5th Floor Guardian
Game of Death Redux (2019)
Movie
Self
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali (2019)
TV
Self
What's My Name: Muhammad Ali (2019)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Shut Up and Dribble (2018)
TV
Self
Quincy (2018)
Movie
Self / Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story (2018)
TV
Self
1968 (2018)
Movie
Self
Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies (2017)
TV
Self
The Jim Jefferies Show (2017)
TV
Self
Beat Shazam (2017)
TV
Self
To Tell the Truth (2016)
TV
Self
O.J.: Made in America (2016)
TV
Self (archive footage)
O.J.: Made in America (2016)
Movie
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Billions (2016)
TV
6.43
Self
Kareem: Minority of One (2015)
Movie
Self
Celebrity Family Feud (2015)
TV
8
Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (2015)
TV
Self
Kobe Bryant's Muse (2015)
Movie
Self
Requiem for the Big East (2014)
Movie
6.06
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
TV
6.58
Self
The Arsenio Hall Show (2013)
TV
Self - Contestant
Splash (2013)
TV
Self
Good Mythical Morning (2012)
TV
1
Himself
New Girl (2011)
TV
6.07
Writer
On the Shoulders of Giants (2011)
Movie
Self
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (2010)
Movie
Self
Guru of Go (2010)
Movie
Self
2nd Stand Up to Cancer (2010)
Movie
Self
30 for 30 (2009)
TV
6
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009)
TV
7.75
Actor
How Bruce Lee Changed the World (2009)
Movie
Self
Kobe Doin' Work (2009)
Movie
Self
Stand Up to Cancer (2008)
TV
Self
Yes We Can (2008)
Movie
Self
The Black List: Volume One (2008)
Movie
Sin
I Tried (2007)
Movie
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
TV
8.19
Self
NBA: Soul of the game (2007)
Movie
Himself
Los Angeles Lakers: 1984-1985 NBA Champions Return To Glory (2007)
Movie
P.J.
Weapons (2007)
Movie
Self
Ali's 65 (2007)
TV
Identity (2006)
TV
Self
Ali Rap (2006)
Movie
The Loop (2006)
TV
Hank
Whitepaddy (2006)
Movie
Self
Iconoclasts (2005)
TV
Self
The Colbert Report (2005)
TV
6.27
Self - Contestant
Dancing with the Stars (2005)
TV
6
Actor
The Tim McCarver Show (2005)
TV
Co-Producer / Writer
Veronica Mars (2004)
TV
5.81
The Celebrity Apprentice (2004)
TV
6
Half & Half (2002)
TV
7
Self
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001)
Movie
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Scrubs (2001)
TV
6.72
Himself / Hakim
Bruce Lee in G.O.D. (2000)
Movie
Mantis
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (2000)
Movie
Self
The Lees: Action Speaks Louder (1999)
Movie
Hakim (scenes Game of Death)
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On (1999)
Movie
Comentador
The GREATEST : Bruce Lee (1998)
Movie
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
BASEketball (1998)
Movie
5.52
Hakim
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist (1998)
Movie
Self
The Path of the Dragon (1998)
Movie
6
Himself
Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five (1998)
Movie
himself
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
Movie
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)
TV
6.48
Self
The Daily Show (1996)
TV
6.75
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Boston Common (1996)
TV
Self
The Journey of the African-American Athlete (1996)
Movie
Self
Bully Smart for Kids (1995)
Movie
Archangel
Slam Dunk Ernest (1995)
Movie
5.42
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Forget Paris (1995)
Movie
Self
A Night to Die For (1995)
Movie
Self / Hakim (scenes from Game of Death)
Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do (1995)
Movie
Monster Shouter
The Stand (1994)
TV
5.2
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
Movie
5.63
The Critic (1994)
TV
4.67
Self
Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon (1994)
Movie
Producer
The Vernon Johns Story (1994)
Movie
Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993)
TV
Self
The Curse of the Dragon (1993)
Movie
Blind Man
Matrix (1993)
TV
Martin (1992)
TV
6
Good Sports (1991)
TV
Himself
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
TV
7.47
Self
The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
All New Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers (1990)
Movie
The Simpsons (1989)
TV
6.75
Man at Sal's House
Hoodwinked (1989)
Movie
Los Angeles Lakers
Detroit Pistons: 1988-1989 NBA Champions - Motor City Madness (1989)
Movie
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
Movie
Self
NBA Awesome Endings (1989)
Movie
Actor
Bustin' Loose (1987)
TV
Full House (1987)
TV
6.57
Wesley Williams
21 Jump Street (1987)
TV
8
Himself
Ask Max (1986)
Movie
Amen (1986)
TV
6
Stingray (1985)
TV
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Fletch (1985)
Movie
4.75
The Djinn, Jan Bin Jan
Tales from the Darkside (1984)
TV
5.38
Self
Games People Play (1980)
TV
Roger Murdock
Airplane! (1980)
Movie
5.58
Self
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
Movie
Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
TV
6.23
Actor
Fast Break (1978)
Movie
Hakim
Game of Death (1978)
Movie
6
Thark
Man from Atlantis (1977)
TV
6
Hakim / Mantis
The Game of Death (1974)
Movie
Emergency! (1972)
TV
8.33
Mannix (1967)
TV
6.38
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
TV
6
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Self - Lakers Player / Self
Hardwood Classics
TV
Ratings
Average 6.29
Based on 3.64 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1953
1994
2006
1995
2024
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1947-04-17 (77 years old)
Birth NameFerdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
ReligionIslam
Height218-centimeter
ChildrenKareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jr.
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesLos Angeles · New York City · Manhattan, United States of America
Also Known AsLew Alcindor, Lewis Alcindor, Lewis Ferdinand Alcindor, Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, كريم عبدالجبار, Fredrick Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.
AwardsCalifornia Hall of Fame, Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children, All-NBA Team, NBA Rookie of the Year Award, NBA Most Valuable Player Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award, NBA All-Rookie Team, NBA All-Defensive Team
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