Martin Luther King Jr.
Born: 1929-01-15 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Died: 1968-04-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. With the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia (the Albany Movement), and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history.
Filmography
2025
- Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc. as Self (archive footage)
2024
- Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley as Self (archive footage)
- The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump as Self (archive footage)
- The Beach Boys as Self (archive footage)
- Zeitgeist: Requiem as Self (archive footage)
- America's Woman as Self
- Becoming King as Self (archive footage)
2023
- Origin as Self (archive voice)
- Bill Russell: Legend as Self (archive footage)
- Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
- Four Died Trying: Prologue as Self (archive footage)
- La Californie ! as Self (archive footage)
- Stand as Self (archive footage)
- The Universe as Self (archive footage)
- Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America
2022
- The Janes as Self (archive footage)
- Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's as Self (archive footage)
- Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America as Self (archive footage)
- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)
- Say Hey, Willie Mays! as Self (archive footage)
- A History of the World According to Getty Images as Self (Archive Footage)
- The Century of Icons as Self (archive footage)
- A History of Antisemitism as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream
2021
- Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror as Self (archive footage)
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self (archive footage)
- This Is Pop as Self (archive footage)
- The Art of Dissent as Self - Subject (archive footage)
- Killing Martin Luther King Jr. as Self
2020
- History 101 as Self (archive footage)
- Da 5 Bloods as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Soul of America as Self (archive footage)
- John Lewis: Good Trouble as Self (archive Footage)
- The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show as Self (archive footage)
- Helter Skelter: An American Myth as Self (archive footage)
- Ku Klux Klan: An American Story as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
- First Ladies as Self (archive footage)
- Uncle Tom as Self (archive footage)
- MLK/FBI as Self (archive footage)
- Killing John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)
- De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade as Self
2019
- England 79
- Hesburgh as Self (archive footage)
- Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation as Self
- Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
- Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook as Self (archive footage)
- Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind as Self (archive footage)
- What's My Name | Muhammad Ali as Self (archive footage)
- Geek, and You Shall Find as Self (voice)
- The Green Book: Guide to Freedom as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
- Mike Wallace Is Here as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Explained as Self (archive footage)
- Basketball: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
- Elvis Presley: The Searcher as Self (archive footage)
- The Corporate Coup D'État as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond as Self (archive footage)
- Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
- Bobby Kennedy for President as Self (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man as Self (archive footage)
- I Am MLK Jr. as Self
- Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald as Self (archive footage)
- Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening as Self (archive footage)
- King in the Wilderness as Self (archive footage)
2017
- Chasing Trane as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
- August 28: A Day in the Life of a People as Self (archive footage)
- Burn Motherfucker, Burn! as Self (archive footage)
2016
- O.J.: Made in America as Self (archive footage)
- O.J.: Made in America as Self (archive footage)
- Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes as Self (archive footage)
- 13th as Self (archive footage)
- Race for the White House as Self (archive footage)
- Great Literary Tour as Self (archive footage)
- Året var 1966 as Self (archive footage)
2015
- Klansville U.S.A. as Self (archive Footage)
- In Their Own Words as Self (archive footage)
- Leif GW Persson - Min klassresa as Self (archive footage)
- Imminent Threat as Self (archive footage)
2014
- Freedom Summer as Self (archive footage)
- Emancipation Road as Self
2013
- Martin Luther King and the March on Washington as Self
- Speeches That Shook the World as Self (archive footage)
- Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia as Self (archive footage)
- Året var 1963 as Self (archive footage)
2012
- Ethel as Self (archive footage)
- The House I Live In as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Infamous Assassinations as Self (archive footage)
- MLK: The Assassination Tapes as Self (archive footage)
- Picture Me Rollin' as Self (voice)
2011
- Mentiras verdaderas as Self (archive footage)
- J. Edgar as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010
- COINTELPRO 101 as Self (archive footage)
- 2012: Time for Change as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Roads to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
2009
- Capitalism: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
- Stand as Self (archive footage)
2008
- James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston as Self (archive footage)
- Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene as self - archival footage
2007
- L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK? as Self (archive footage)
- RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy as Self (archive footage)
- King: Man of Peace in a Time of War as Self (archive footage)
2006
- Bobby as Self (archive footage)
- ...So Goes the Nation as Self (archive footage)
- Folk Britannia as Self (archival footage)
2005
- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan as Self (archive footage)
2004
- Citizen King as Self (archive footage)
2003
- Days That Shook the World as Self (archive footage)
- The Corporation as Self (archive footage)
2002
- Naqoyqatsi as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Year That Trembled as Self (archive footage)
- Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks as Self (archive footage)
- Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
- A Huey P. Newton Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
- The American Nightmare as Self
1999
- Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games as Self (archive footage)
1997
- 4 Little Girls as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1996
- All Power to the People! as Self (archive footage)
- Blue Eyed
1995
- Kulturzeit as Self (archive footage)
1994
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective as Self (archive footage)
1992
- Death Scenes 2 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Real Malcolm X
1991
- The Doors as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
- American Experience as Himself (archive footage)
1987
- 21 Jump Street as Himself (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1986
- In Remembrance of Martin as Self
1985
- Disasters of the Century as Self (archive footage)
- Good Intentions as Self (Archival Footage)
1979
- The War at Home as Self (archive footage)
1973
- Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective) as Self (archive footage)
- Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
1970
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра» as Self (archive footage)
1969
1968
- LBJ as Self
1967
- Omnibus as Self
- I Am Curious (Yellow) as Himself
- After Civil Rights... Black Power as Self
- Martin Luther King at Newcastle University as Self
1966
- Anno Domini MCMLXV as Self (archive footage)
1965
1964
- Wealth of a Nation as Self
- The March as Self
1963
1962
1960
- Integration Report 1 as Self
1959
- The David Susskind Show as Self