Martin Luther King Jr.
Acting • Born 1929-01-15 – Died 1968-04-04
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
161 credits
Citizen King
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
The Universe
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Movie • 2020
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Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
Movie • 2018
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Stand
Movie • 2023
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Picture Me Rollin'
Movie • 2012
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Freedom Summer
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Movie • 2021
Self - Activist (archive footage)
...So Goes the Nation
Movie • 2006
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The American Nightmare
Movie • 2000
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Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Movie • 2022
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The Bus
Movie • 1965
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Movie • 2022
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Movie • 2013
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The Janes
Movie • 2022
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Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream
Movie • 2022
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Movie • 2019
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Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Movie • 2018
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The March
Movie • 1964
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The Art of Dissent
Movie • 2021
Self - Subject (archive footage)
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Movie • 2019
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Disasters of the Century
Movie • 1985
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Geek, and You Shall Find
Movie • 2019
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O.J.: Made in America
Movie • 2016
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl
Movie • 2019
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
A History of the World According to Getty Images
Movie • 2022
Self (Archive Footage)
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Movie • 2021
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The Doors
Movie • 1991
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Good Intentions
Movie • 1985
Self (Archival Footage)
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Movie • 2002
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Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
Movie • 2023
COINTELPRO 101
Movie • 2010
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Martin Luther King, Jr: From Montgomery to Memphis
Movie • 1969
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Martin Luther King at Newcastle University
Movie • 1967
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
Movie • 2020
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Zeitgeist: Requiem
Movie • 2024
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Becoming King
Movie • 2024
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Blue Eyed
Movie • 1996
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Movie • 2022
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Killing John F. Kennedy
Movie • 2020
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Imminent Threat
Movie • 2015
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David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Movie • 1963
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America's Woman
Movie • 2024
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Bobby
Movie • 2006
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Integration Report 1
Movie • 1960
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Klansville U.S.A.
Movie • 2015
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James Brown Soul Brother No. 1
Movie • 1978
4 Little Girls
Movie • 1997
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MLK: The Assassination Tapes
Movie • 2012
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2012: Time for Change
Movie • 2010
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I Am Curious (Yellow)
Movie • 1967
Himself
RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Movie • 2007
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A Huey P. Newton Story
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Movie • 2017
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective
Movie • 1994
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I Am MLK Jr.
Movie • 2018
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Speeches That Shook the World
Movie • 2013
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Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes
Movie • 2016
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King in the Wilderness
Movie • 2018
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The Corporate Coup D'État
Movie • 2018
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LBJ
Movie • 1968
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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Movie • 2005
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Chasing Trane
Movie • 2017
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
Movie • 2018
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England 79
Movie • 2019
Hesburgh
Movie • 2019
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The Corporation
Movie • 2003
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In Remembrance of Martin
Movie • 1986
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Capitalism: A Love Story
Movie • 2009
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L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK?
Movie • 2007
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Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
Movie • 1999
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13th
Movie • 2016
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Wealth of a Nation
Movie • 1964
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Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
Movie • 2019
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Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)
Movie • 1973
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J. Edgar
Movie • 2011
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Uncle Tom
Movie • 2020
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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
Movie • 2020
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Movie • 2019
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Stand
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Movie • 1973
Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра»
Movie • 1970
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Movie • 1970
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Mike Wallace Is Here
Movie • 2019
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The War at Home
Movie • 1979
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Da 5 Bloods
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
The Soul of America
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
The House I Live In
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MLK/FBI
Movie • 2020
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Ethel
Movie • 2012
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After Civil Rights... Black Power
Movie • 1967
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All Power to the People!
Movie • 1996
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Roads to Memphis
Movie • 2010
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Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
Movie • 2021
Self
Death Scenes 2
Movie • 1992
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Naqoyqatsi
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
Movie • 2017
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The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Movie • 2024
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Four Died Trying: Prologue
Movie • 2023
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Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
Movie • 2018
Året var 1966
Movie • 2016
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Året var 1963
Movie • 2013
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Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Movie • 2002
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I Have a Dream
Movie • 1963
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Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
Movie • 2022
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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Movie • 2013
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Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America
Movie • 2023
The Beach Boys
Movie • 2024
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Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
Movie • 2008
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The Negro and the American Promise
Movie • 1963
The Real Malcolm X
Movie • 1992
The Year That Trembled
Movie • 2002
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Origin
Movie • 2023
Self (archive voice)
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Movie • 2024
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Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc.
Movie • 2025
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Anno Domini MCMLXV
Movie • 1966
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When You're Strange
Movie • 2010
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The Day the Troubles Began
Movie • 2008
Self
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
Movie • 1992
King vs. the United States of America
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306
Movie • 2008
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Union and Freedom
Movie • 1964
Himself
Children of the Civil Rights
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
13 November 1967: Martin Luther King Interview
Movie • 1967
The David Susskind Show
TV • 1959
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Mentiras verdaderas
TV • 2011
Self (archive footage)
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
TV • 2019
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Bill Russell: Legend
TV • 2023
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Basketball: A Love Story
TV • 2018
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This Is Pop
TV • 2021
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O.J.: Made in America
TV • 2016
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
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Folk Britannia
TV • 2006
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La Californie !
TV • 2023
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Emancipation Road
TV • 2014
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Elvis Presley: The Searcher
TV • 2018
Self (archive footage)
A History of Antisemitism
TV • 2022
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Bobby Kennedy for President
TV • 2018
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Helter Skelter: An American Myth
TV • 2020
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History 101
TV • 2020
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American Experience
TV • 1988
Himself (archive footage)
Days That Shook the World
TV • 2003
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Great Literary Tour
TV • 2016
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The Century of Icons
TV • 2022
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Explained
TV • 2018
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Infamous Assassinations
TV • 2012
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Ku Klux Klan: An American Story
TV • 2020
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
First Ladies
TV • 2020
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Race for the White House
TV • 2016
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Leif GW Persson - Min klassresa
TV • 2015
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In Their Own Words
TV • 2015
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Omnibus
TV • 1967
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Kulturzeit
TV • 1995
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I Am
TV • 2012
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Dispatches
TV • 1987
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
TV • 2017
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