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.
Acted in 14
2020s
- 2023
Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
Movie
Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America
Movie
- 2022
Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream
Movie
Andy Warhol's America
TV
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
Movie
2000s
- 2006
Never Lose Sight of Freedom
Movie
1990s
- 1995
- 1992
The Real Malcolm X
Movie
1980s
- 1987
1970s
- 1978
James Brown Soul Brother No. 1
Movie
1960s
- 1965
The Bus
Movie
- 1963
The Negro and the American Promise
Movie
Appearances142
2020s
- 2026
Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream
Self (archive footage)
- 2025
Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc.
Self (archive footage)
- 2024
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Self (archive footage)
America's Woman
Self
Zeitgeist: Requiem
Self (archive footage)
- 2023
Four Died Trying: Prologue
Self (archive footage)
La Californie !
Self (archive footage) · 3 episodes
The Universe
Self (archive footage)
- 2022
The Century of Icons
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
A History of Antisemitism
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) · 1 episode
Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
Self (archive footage)
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Self (archive footage)
- 2021
The Art of Dissent
Self - Subject (archive footage)
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
Self
- 2020
Ku Klux Klan: An American Story
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) · 1 episode
MLK/FBI
Self (archive footage)
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
Self
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Self (archive Footage), Self (archive footage)
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2019
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Self
Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Hesburgh
Self (archive footage)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
- 2018
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Self (archive footage)
The Corporate Coup D'État
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
Self (archive footage)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self (archive footage) · 2 episodes
I Am MLK Jr.
Self
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
Self (archive footage)
- 2017
Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
Self (archive footage)
Dolores
Self (archive footage)
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
Self (archive footage) · 3 episodes
- 2016
Great Literary Tour
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
O.J.: Made in America
Self (archive footage)
Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes
Self (archive footage)
Året var 1966
Self (archive footage)
We Have A Dream
Self (archive footage)
- 2015
Leif GW Persson - Min klassresa
Self (archive footage) · 2 episodes
Imminent Threat
Self (archive footage)
In Their Own Words
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
Listen to Me Marlon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Klansville U.S.A.
Self (archive Footage)
- 2014
Emancipation Road
Self · 7 episodes
Freedom Summer
Self (archive footage)
An American Ascent
Self (archive footage)
- 2013
JFK
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
Speeches That Shook the World
Self (archive footage)
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
Self (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Self (archive footage)
Året var 1963
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Self
- 2012
The House I Live In
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Infamous Assassinations
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
Self (archive footage)
Picture Me Rollin'
Self (voice)
- 2011
- 2010
2012: Time for Change
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
COINTELPRO 101
Self (archive footage)
Roads to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
When You're Strange
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306
Self
Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
self - archival footage
- 2007
L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK?
Self (archive footage)
RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Self (archive footage)
- 2006
...So Goes the Nation
Self (archive footage)
- 2005
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Self (archive footage)
- 2004
Mighty Times: The Children's March
Self (archive footage)
- 2003
- 2002
The Year That Trembled
Self (archive footage)
- 2001
A Huey P. Newton Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2000
The American Nightmare
Self
1990s
- 1999
- 1997
Martin Luther King: Days of Hope
Self
- 1996
All Power to the People!
Self (archive footage)
- 1994
- 1992
Death Scenes 2
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1991
1980s
- 1988
- 1986
In Remembrance of Martin
Self
- 1985
Disasters of the Century
Self (archive footage)
- 1981
1970s
- 1979
- 1973
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Self/Cameo (archive footage)
- 1970
Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра»
Self (archive footage)
1960s
- 1968
LBJ
Self
- 1967
Martin Luther King at Newcastle University
Self
After Civil Rights... Black Power
Self
I Am Curious (Yellow)
Himself
- 1966
Anno Domini MCMLXV
Self (archive footage)
- 1964
Wealth of a Nation
Self
- 1963
David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
himself
- 1962
- 1960
Integration Report 1
Self
