Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  • Birthday: 1947-04-17
  • Place of birth: Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
  • Also know as: Lew Alcindor

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.

Filmography

Yes We Can

2008

As Self

On the Shoulders of Giants

2011

As Self - Narrator

Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution

2020

As Self - Narrator (voice)

Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War

2022

As Self - Narrator (voice)

The Iceman

2023

As Self

Kobe Doin' Work

2009

As Self

1968

2018

As Self

Airplane!

1980

As Roger Murdock

Slam Dunk Ernest

1995

As Archangel

John Bronco

2020

As Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Bruce Lee in G.O.D.

2000

As Himself / Hakim

Ask Max

1986

As Himself

Kobe Bryant's Muse

2015

As Self (archive footage)

Game of Death Redux

2019

As Mantis, the 5th Floor Guardian

A Night to Die For

1995

As Himself

Be Water

2020

As Self - Student / Friend

Whitepaddy

2006

As Hank

The Final Game of Death

2023

As Fifth Floor Fighter (Archival footage)

Game of Death

1978

As Hakim

Hoodwinked

1989

As Man at Sal's House

All New Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers

1990

As Self (archive footage)

Weapons

2007

As P.J.

The GREATEST : Bruce Lee

1998

As Comentador

Troop Beverly Hills

1989

As Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I Tried

2007

As Sin

The Game of Death

1974

As Hakim / Mantis

Fletch

1985

As Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

2022

As Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

D2: The Mighty Ducks

1994

As Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Forget Paris

1995

As Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

BASEketball

1998

As Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

O.J.: Made in America

2016

As Self (archive footage)

Stand

2023

As Self (archive footage)

Production

The Vernon Johns Story

1994

As Producer

Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War

2022

As Executive Producer

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