Biography
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, entertainer and philanthropist. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated figures of the 20th century and as one of the greatest boxers of all time.
Ali was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He began training as an amateur boxer at age 12. At 18, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics and turned professional later that year. He became a Muslim after 1961. He won the world heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston in a major upset on February 25, 1964, at age 22. On March 6, 1964, he announced that he no longer would be known as Cassius Clay but as Muhammad Ali. In 1966, Ali refused to be drafted into the military, citing his religious beliefs and ethical opposition to the Vietnam War. He was found guilty of draft evasion so he faced 5 years in prison and was stripped of his boxing titles. He stayed out of prison as he appealed the decision to the Supreme Court, which overturned his conviction in 1971, but he had not fought for nearly four years and lost a period of peak performance as an athlete. Ali's actions as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War made him an icon for the larger counterculture generation, and he was a very high-profile figure of racial pride for African Americans during the civil rights movement and throughout his career. As a Muslim, Ali was initially affiliated with Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam (NOI). He later disavowed the NOI, adhering to Sunni Islam, and supporting racial integration like his former mentor Malcolm X.
Ali was a leading heavyweight boxer of the 20th century, and he remains the only three-time lineal champion of that division. His joint records of beating 21 boxers for the world heavyweight title and winning 14 unified title bouts stood for 35 years. He is the only fighter to have been ranked as the world's best heavyweight by BoxRec twelve times. He has been ranked among BoxRec's ten best heavyweights seventeen times, the third most in history. He won 8 fights that were rated by BoxRec as 5-Star, the third most in the history of the heavyweight division. Ali is the only boxer to be named The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year six times. He has been ranked the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time, and as the greatest athlete of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated, the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC, and the third greatest athlete of the 20th century by ESPN SportsCentury. He was involved in several historic boxing matches and feuds, most notably his fights with Joe Frazier, such as the Fight of the Century and the Thrilla in Manila, and his fight with George Foreman, known as The Rumble in the Jungle, which has been called "arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century" and was watched by a record estimated television audience of 1 billion viewers worldwide, becoming the world's most-watched live television broadcast at the time. Ali thrived in the spotlight at a time when many fighters let their managers do the talking, and he was often provocative and outlandish. He was known for trash-talking, and often free-styled with rhyme schemes and spoken word poetry, anticipating elements of hip hop.
Filmography
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Movies 162
TV Shows 30
Franz Klammer – Der Skikaiser wird 70 (2023)
70 Jahre Annemarie Moser-Pröll – Ein Leben als Wintermärchen (2023)
Cassius X: Becoming Ali (2023)
Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child (2023)
Reggie (2023)
Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa (2023)
Bill Russell: Legend (2023)
Stand (2023)
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)
My Father Muhammad Ali (2023)
Le Siècle des icônes (2022)
Say Hey, Willie Mays! (2022)
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL (2022)
McEnroe (2022)
The King of Miami Beach (2022)
The Photograph (2021)
Muhammad Ali (2021)
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (2021)
Parkinson at 50 (2021)
Untold: Deal with the Devil (2021)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021)
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021)
City of Ali (2021)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (2021)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
A Life in Ten Pictures (2021)
Mister Candid Camera (2021)
Pelé (2021)
Ron Lyle (2021)
Earnie Shavers (2021)
70 Years of Youth Revolt (2020)
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Be Water (2020)
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story (2020)
Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston (2019)
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019)
Africa Rising (2019)
Rumble in the Jungle (2019)
Thrilla in Manilla (2019)
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali (2019)
The Kennedy Who Changed The World (2019)
Shut Up and Dribble (2018)
In Search of Greatness (2018)
Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin (2018)
The Champ and the King (2018)
Black Is Beltza (2018)
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes (2018)
Explained (2018)
Andre the Giant (2018)
Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (2018)
Nature Boy (2017)
Europa: The Last Battle (2017)
O.J.: Made in America (2016)
Muhammad Ali - Rumble in the Jungle (2016)
O.J.: Made in America (2016)
Sticky: A (Self) Love Story (2016)
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes (2015)
The Draft (2015)
I Am Ali (2014)
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (2014)
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment (2013)
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling (2013)
The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013)
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak (2012)
Norman Mailer: The American (2012)
Elvis Found Alive (2012)
The Real Rocky (2011)
Hope for Haiti Now (2010)
Muhammad and Larry (2009)
Muhammad Ali: Fighting Spirit (2009)
Facing Ali (2009)
When Ali Met Cathal (2009)
Thrilla in Manila (2008)
Soul Power (2008)
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)
Black Power Salute (2008)
Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection (2008)
Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami (2008)
Tyson (2008)
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)
American Gangster (2007)
Ali's 65 (2007)
Let the Music Play: The Barry White Story (2007)
Ali's Dozen (2006)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology (2006)
Darts Tarts – Welcome to my World (2006)
Kings of The Square Ring (2006)
Ali Rap (2006)
Legends Never Die (2006)
The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers (2006)
Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story (2006)
The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation (2005)
The Fight (2005)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
Jack Paar: Smart Television (2003)
A Century of Black Cinema (2003)
The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali (2003)
The Documented Life and Times of Muhammad Ali - The Greatest (2002)
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World (2001)
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001)
America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001)
Fidel: The Untold Story (2001)
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest (2001)
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible (2000)
Champions Forever - World Heavyweight Champs! (2000)
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)
Muhammad Ali - The Greatest Collection (1999)
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (1999)
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion (1998)
B.B. King: Live In Africa '74 (1998)
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998)
When We Were Kings (1996)
Muhammad Ali The Whole Story (1996)
The Journey of the African-American Athlete (1996)
Die Muhammad Ali Story (1996)
Boxing's Greatest Champions (1995)
Kings of The Ring - History of Heavyweight Boxing 1919-1990 (1995)
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (1995)
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994 (1994)
Touched by an Angel (1994)
Naked Sport: Welcome to the Sewer (1993)
Malcolm X (1992)
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (1991)
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
The Best of ABC's Wide World of Sports: The 60's (1990)
Champions Forever (1989)
Mike Tyson vs Larry Holmes (1988)
The WWF's Grand Slams (1986)
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick (1986)
Larry Holmes vs. Michael Spinks II (1986)
Larry Holmes vs. Michael Spinks (1985)
Doin' Time (1985)
WrestleMania (1985)
Larry Holmes vs. David Bey (1985)
Best of the WWF Volume 1 (1985)
Beat This!: A Hip Hop History (1984)
James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)
Wogan (1982)
Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick (1981)
Body and Soul (1981)
Diana (1981)
Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali (1980)
Muhammad and Larry (1980)
Freedom Road (1979)
Leon Spinks vs Muhammad Ali II (1978)
I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali (1977)
The Greatest (1977)
Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton III (1976)
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III (1975)
Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter (1975)
Funny Girl to Funny Lady (1975)
Apostrophes (1975)
George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali (1974)
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (1974)
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier II (1974)
The Fighters (1974)
Black Soul (1974)
The Fight (1974)
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest (1972)
Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson II (1972)
Money Talks (1972)
Malcolm X (1972)
Black Rodeo (1972)
Personenbeschreibung (1972)
Fight of the Century (1971)
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I (1971)
a.k.a. Cassius Clay (1970)
Sugar Ray Robinson: Pound for Pound (1970)
The Super Fight (1970)
Sportsnight (1968)
Frost on Friday (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Revolution Underway (1968)
Something's Happening (1967)
Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson I (1965)
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II (1965)
Cassius le grand (1964)
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston I (1964)
Der Sport-Spiegel (1963)
Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones (1963)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Cassius Clay vs. Alonzo Johnson (1961)
What's My Line? (1950)
Bambi Awards (1948)
Wide World of Sports
CBS Sports Spectacular
Jerry Quarry: Boxing's Hard Luck Warrior
Like It Is
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1942-01-17
Deathday2016-06-03 (74 years old)
Birth NameCassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.
Birth PlaceLouisville, United States of America
LifestyleMysticism
ReligionIslam
Height191-centimeter
RelationshipsYolanda Williams (1986-11-19 - 2016-06-03), Khalilah Ali (1967-08-17 - 1977-01-01), Sonji Roi (1964-08-14 - 1966-01-10), Veronica Porché Ali (1977-01-01 - 1986-01-01)
ChildrenMaryum Ali, Hana Ali, Laila Ali, Muhammad Ali Jr.
FatherCassius Marcellus Clay Sr.
MotherOdessa Grady Clay
SiblingsRahman Ali
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesCherry Hill · Scottsdale, United States of America
Also Known AsCassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Mohamed Ali, محمد علي
AwardsLibrary of Congress Living Legend, Arthur Ashe Courage Award, Presidential Citizens Medal, Associated Press Athlete of the Year, Otto Hahn Peace Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Philadelphia Liberty Medal
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