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
2026
- Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream as Self (archive footage)
2025
- Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc. as Self (archive footage)
2024
- Hollywood Black as Self (archive footage)
- The Beach Boys as Self (archive footage)
- 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)
- Zeitgeist: Requiem as Self (archive footage)
- Becoming King as Self (archive footage)
- America's Woman as Self
2023
- Bill Russell: Legend as Self (archive footage)
- Origin as Self (archive voice)
- Stand as Self (archive footage)
- La Californie ! as Self (archive footage)
- The Universe as Self (archive footage)
- Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
- Four Died Trying: Prologue as Self (archive footage)
- Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America
2022
- The Century of Icons as Self (archive footage)
- Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America as Self (archive footage)
- A History of Antisemitism as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
- The Janes as Self (archive footage)
- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)
- Say Hey, Willie Mays! as Self (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream
- A History of the World According to Getty Images as Self (Archive Footage)
- Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's as Self (archive footage)
2021
- This Is Pop as Self (archive footage)
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self - Activist (archive footage)
- Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 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)
- First Ladies 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)
- 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)
- 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
- Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation as Self
- What's My Name | Muhammad Ali as Self (archive footage)
- Mike Wallace Is Here as Self (archive footage)
- The Green Book: Guide to Freedom as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
- Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook as Self (archive footage)
- Hesburgh as Self (archive footage)
- Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind as Self (archive footage)
- Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
- Geek, and You Shall Find as Self (voice)
- England 79
2018
- Basketball: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
- Explained as Self (archive footage)
- Elvis Presley: The Searcher as Self (archive footage)
- Bobby Kennedy for President as Self (archive footage)
- 1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond as Self (archive footage)
- King in the Wilderness as Self (archive footage)
- Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening as Self (archive footage)
- The Corporate Coup D'État as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald as Self (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man as Self (archive footage)
- I Am MLK Jr. as Self
- Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
2017
- Monochrome: Black, White & Blue as Self (Archival)
- August 28: A Day in the Life of a People as Self (archive footage)
- Burn Motherfucker, Burn! as Self (archive footage)
- Chasing Trane as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
2016
- O.J.: Made in America as Self (archive footage)
- Race for the White House as Self (archive footage)
- 13th as Self (archive footage)
- O.J.: Made in America as Self (archive footage)
- Great Literary Tour as Self (archive footage)
- We Have A Dream as Self (archive footage)
- Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes as Self (archive footage)
- Året var 1966 as Self (archive footage)
2015
- In Their Own Words as Self (archive footage)
- Leif GW Persson - Min klassresa as Self (archive footage)
- Klansville U.S.A. as Self (archive Footage)
- Imminent Threat as Self (archive footage)
- Children of the Civil Rights as Self (archive footage)
2014
- Emancipation Road as Self
- Freedom Summer as Self (archive footage)
2013
- Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia as Self (archive footage)
- Året var 1963 as Self (archive footage)
- Speeches That Shook the World as Self (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King and the March on Washington as Self
2012
- The House I Live In as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- I Am as Self
- Infamous Assassinations as Self (archive footage)
- Ethel 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)
- Hollywood Invasion as archive footage
2010
- When You're Strange as Self (archive footage)
- 2012: Time for Change as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- COINTELPRO 101 as Self (archive footage)
- Roads to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
2009
- Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire as Self (archive footage)
- Capitalism: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
- Stand as Self (archive footage)
2008
- Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene as self - archival footage
- James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston as Self (archive footage)
- The Day the Troubles Began as Self
- The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 as Self
2007
- King: Man of Peace in a Time of War as Self (archive footage)
- RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy as Self (archive footage)
- L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK? 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)
- Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Year That Trembled as Self (archive footage)
- Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks as Self (archive footage)
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)
- Martin Luther King: Days of Hope as Self
1996
- All Power to the People! as Self (archive footage)
- Blue Eyed as Self (archive footage)
1995
- Kulturzeit as Self (archive footage)
1994
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective as Self (archive footage)
1992
- Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
- 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
1986
- In Remembrance of Martin as Self
1985
- Disasters of the Century as Self (archive footage)
- Good Intentions as Self (Archival Footage)
1981
- The Killing of America as Self (archive 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
- 13 November 1967: Martin Luther King Interview
1966
- Anno Domini MCMLXV as Self (archive footage)
1965
1964
- Wealth of a Nation as Self
- The March as Self
- Union and Freedom as Himself
1963
1962
1960
- Integration Report 1 as Self
1959
- The David Susskind Show as Self