ACTOR
Martin Luther King Jr.
Known for J. Edgar · The Doors · Da 5 Bloods
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…
Snapshot 2026-10-16
- Born
- Jan 15, 1929
- Died
- Apr 4, 1968
- Birthplace
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- 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.
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Known For
MOVIE
J. EdgarSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2011
★ 6.2
★ 6.2
MOVIE
The DoorsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1991
★ 7.1
★ 7.1
MOVIE
Da 5 BloodsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2020
★ 6.4
★ 6.4
MOVIE
BobbySelf (archive footage) · 2006
★ 6.4
★ 6.4
MOVIE
Nixon(Archive footage) · 1995
★ 6.8
★ 6.8
TV
History 101Self (archive footage) · 2020
★ 7.1
★ 7.1
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 1962
★ 7.6
★ 7.6
MOVIE
OriginSelf (archive voice) · 2023
★ 6.2
★ 6.2
Filmography
Movies
Integration Report 1Self
1960
David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin Luther King Jrhimself
1963IH
I Have a DreamSelf
1963
The Negro and the American Promise
1963
The MarchSelf
1964UA
Union and FreedomHimself
1964
Wealth of a NationSelf
1964
The Bus
1965
Anno Domini MCMLXVSelf (archive footage)
19661N
13 November 1967: Martin Luther King Interview
1967
After Civil Rights... Black PowerSelf
1967
I Am Curious (Yellow)Himself
1967
Martin Luther King at Newcastle UniversitySelf
1967
LBJSelf
1968ML
Martin Luther King, Jr: From Montgomery to MemphisSelf
1969
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage)
1970
Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра»Self (archive footage)
1970
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2Self/Cameo (archive footage)
1973TW
Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)Self (archive footage)
1973
James Brown Soul Brother No. 1
1978
The War at HomeSelf (archive footage)
1979
The Killing of AmericaSelf (archive footage)
1981
Disasters of the CenturySelf (archive footage)
1985GI
Good IntentionsSelf (Archival Footage)
1985
In Remembrance of MartinSelf
1986
The DoorsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Death Scenes 2Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992MM
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
1992
The Real Malcolm X
1992
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical PerspectiveSelf (archive footage)
1994
Nixon(Archive footage)
1995
All Power to the People!Self (archive footage)
1996
Blue EyedSelf (archive footage)
1996
4 Little GirlsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1997
Martin Luther King: Days of HopeSelf
1997
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer GamesSelf (archive footage)
1999
The American NightmareSelf
2000
A Huey P. Newton StorySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001MT
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa ParksSelf (archive footage)
2002
NaqoyqatsiSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002RR
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in FilmSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
The Year That TrembledSelf (archive footage)
2002
The CorporationSelf (archive footage)
2003CK
Citizen KingSelf (archive footage)
2004
Mighty Times: The Children's MarchSelf (archive footage)
2004
No Direction Home: Bob DylanSelf (archive footage)
2005
...So Goes the NationSelf (archive footage)
2006
BobbySelf (archive footage)
2006
Never Lose Sight of Freedom
2006
King: Man of Peace in a Time of WarSelf (archive footage)
2007
L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK?Self (archive footage)
2007
RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby KennedySelf (archive footage)
2007
Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greeneself - archival footage
2008
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved BostonSelf (archive footage)
2008TD
The Day the Troubles BeganSelf
2008
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306Self
2008
Capitalism: A Love StorySelf (archive footage)
2009
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by SapphireSelf (archive footage)
2009S
StandSelf (archive footage)
2009
2012: Time for ChangeSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010
COINTELPRO 101Self (archive footage)
2010
Roads to MemphisSelf (archive footage)
2010
When You're StrangeSelf (archive footage)
2010
J. EdgarSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011
EthelSelf (archive footage)
2012
MLK: The Assassination TapesSelf (archive footage)
2012
Picture Me Rollin'Self (voice)
2012
The House I Live InSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012
Gore Vidal: The United States of AmnesiaSelf (archive footage)
2013
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963Self (archive footage)
2013
Martin Luther King and the March on WashingtonSelf
2013
Speeches That Shook the WorldSelf (archive footage)
2013
Året var 1963Self (archive footage)
2013
An American AscentSelf (archive footage)
2014
Freedom SummerSelf (archive footage)
2014CO
Children of the Civil RightsSelf (archive footage)
2015
Imminent ThreatSelf (archive footage)
2015
Klansville U.S.A.Self (archive Footage)
2015
Listen to Me MarlonSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
13thSelf (archive footage)
2016
Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its OuttakesSelf (archive footage)
2016
O.J.: Made in AmericaSelf (archive footage)
2016
We Have A DreamSelf (archive footage)
2016
Året var 1966Self (archive footage)
2016
August 28: A Day in the Life of a PeopleSelf (archive footage)
2017
Burn Motherfucker, Burn!Self (archive footage)
2017
Chasing TraneSelf - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
2017
DoloresSelf (archive footage)
2017
I Am Not Your NegroSelf (archive footage)
2017
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and BeyondSelf (archive footage)
2018
I Am MLK Jr.Self
2018
Josephine Baker: The Story of an AwakeningSelf (archive footage)
2018
King in the WildernessSelf (archive footage)
2018
Martin Luther King by Trevor McdonaldSelf (archive footage)
2018ML
Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked ManSelf (archive footage)
2018
Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
2018
The Corporate Coup D'ÉtatSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der WahlSelf - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
2019
England 79
2019
Geek, and You Shall FindSelf (voice)
2019
HesburghSelf (archive footage)
2019
Manson: Music from an Unsound MindSelf (archive footage)
2019
Mike Wallace Is HereSelf (archive footage)
2019
Rigged: The Voter Suppression PlaybookSelf (archive footage)
2019
The Green Book: Guide to FreedomSelf - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
2019
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a GenerationSelf
2019
Da 5 BloodsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da LiberdadeSelf
2020
John Lewis: Good TroubleSelf (archive Footage)
2020John Lewis: Good TroubleSelf (archive footage)
2020
Killing John F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
2020
MLK/FBISelf (archive footage)
2020
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight ShowSelf (archive footage)
2020
The Soul of AmericaSelf (archive footage)
2020
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.Self
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Self - Activist (archive footage)
2021
The Art of DissentSelf - Subject (archive footage)
2021
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk HorrorSelf (archive footage)
2021AH
A History of the World According to Getty ImagesSelf (Archive Footage)
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & BluesSelf (archive footage)
2022
Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream
2022
Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60'sSelf (archive footage)
2022
Say Hey, Willie Mays!Self (archive footage)
2022
The JanesSelf (archive footage)
2022
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in AmericaSelf (archive footage)
2022
Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
2023
Four Died Trying: PrologueSelf (archive footage)
2023
Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America
2023
OriginSelf (archive voice)
2023
StandSelf (archive footage)
2023
The UniverseSelf (archive footage)
2023
America's WomanSelf
2024
Becoming KingSelf (archive footage)
2024
FayeSelf - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage) (as Martin Luther King)
2024
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis PresleySelf (archive footage)
2024
The Beach BoysSelf (archive footage)
2024
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. TrumpSelf (archive footage)
2024
Zeitgeist: RequiemSelf (archive footage)
2024
Breakdown: 1975Self (archive photo)
2025
Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc.Self (archive footage)
2025
Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the DreamSelf (archive footage)
2026KV
King vs. the United States of AmericaSelf (archive footage)
Television
The David Susskind ShowSelf · 1 eps
1959
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 1 eps
1962
World in Action1 eps
1963
OmnibusSelf · 1 eps
1967FT
First Tuesday1 eps
1983
Dispatches1 eps
1987
American ExperienceHimself (archive footage) · 2 eps
1988AT
Assassinations That Changed the World1 eps
1996
Democracy Now!Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
2001
Days That Shook the WorldSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2003FB
Folk BritanniaSelf (archival footage) · 1 eps
2006
Mentiras verdaderasSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2011IA
I AmSelf · 1 eps
2012
Infamous AssassinationsSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2012
Emancipation RoadSelf · 7 eps
2014
In Their Own WordsSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2015
Leif GW Persson - Min klassresaSelf (archive footage) · 2 eps
2015
Great Literary TourSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2016
O.J.: Made in AmericaSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2016
Race for the White HouseSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2016
Monochrome: Black, White & BlueSelf (archive footage) · 3 eps
2017
Basketball: A Love StorySelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2018
Bobby Kennedy for PresidentSelf (archive footage) · 4 eps
2018
Elvis Presley: The SearcherSelf (archive footage) · 2 eps
2018
ExplainedSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2018
What's My Name | Muhammad AliSelf (archive footage) · 2 eps
2019
First LadiesSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2020
Helter Skelter: An American MythSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2020
History 101Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
2020
Ku Klux Klan: An American StorySelf - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) · 1 eps
2020
This Is PopSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2021
A History of AntisemitismSelf - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) · 1 eps
2022
Andy Warhol's America1 eps
2022
The Century of IconsSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2022
Bill Russell: LegendSelf (archive footage) · 2 eps
2023
La Californie !Self (archive footage) · 3 eps
2023
Hollywood BlackSelf (archive footage) · 4 eps
2024
America Who Are You?Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
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