About
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Overview
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.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2024 | Game of Silence | Actor | Fifth Floor Fighter | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | The Final Game of Death | Actor | Fifth Floor Fighter (Archival footage) | 59 Average |
| 2023 | The Iceman | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Bill Russell: Legend | Actor | Self - Basketball Hall of Fame | 69 Fair |
| 2023 | Stand | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Actor | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 69 Fair |
| 2022 | Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers | Actor | Self | 73 Good |
| 2022 | They Call Me Magic | Actor | Self | 69 Fair |
| 2022 | Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Muhammad Ali | Actor | Self | 72 Good |
| 2021 | A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2020 | John Bronco | Actor | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Be Water | Actor | Self - Student / Friend | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Game of Death Redux | Actor | Mantis, the 5th Floor Guardian | 59 Average |
| 2018 | 1968 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2016 | O.J.: Made in America | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 66 Fair |
| 2015 | Kareem: Minority of One | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Kobe Bryant's Muse | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | On the Shoulders of Giants | Actor | Self - Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2010 | The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2009 | How Bruce Lee Changed the World | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | Kobe Doin' Work | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2008 | The Black List: Volume One | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2007 | I Tried | Actor | Sin | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Los Angeles Lakers: 1984-1985 NBA Champions Return To Glory | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Weapons | Actor | P.J. | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Whitepaddy | Actor | Hank | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | Bruce Lee in G.O.D. | Actor | Himself / Hakim | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey | Actor | Self | 61 Fair |
| 1998 | The GREATEST : Bruce Lee | Actor | Comentador | 59 Average |
| 1998 | BASEketball | Actor | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 60 Fair |
| 1998 | Jackie Chan: My Story | Actor | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 1996 | The Journey of the African-American Athlete | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Bully Smart for Kids | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1995 | Slam Dunk Ernest | Actor | Archangel | 57 Average |
| 1995 | Forget Paris | Actor | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 59 Average |
| 1995 | A Night to Die For | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | The Stand | Actor | Monster Shouter | 68 Fair |
| 1994 | D2: The Mighty Ducks | Actor | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 60 Fair |
| 1994 | Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1993 | The Curse of the Dragon | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Matrix | Actor | Blind Man | 69 Fair |
| 1990 | All New Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | The Best of the Martial Arts Films | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 1989 | Hoodwinked | Actor | Man at Sal's House | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Detroit Pistons: 1988-1989 NBA Champions - Motor City Madness | Actor | Los Angeles Lakers | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | Troop Beverly Hills | Actor | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Ask Max | Actor | Himself | 58 Average |
| 1985 | All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | Fletch | Actor | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 63 Fair |
| 1980 | Airplane! | Actor | Roger Murdock | 71 Good |
| 1979 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1978 | Game of Death | Actor | Hakim | 61 Fair |
| 1974 | The Game of Death | Actor | Hakim / Mantis | 59 Average |
Writing |
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| 2011 | On the Shoulders of Giants | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
Production |
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| 2022 | Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Veronica Mars | Production | Co-Producer | 77 Good |
| 1994 | The Vernon Johns Story | Production | Producer | 59 Average |