Al Sharpton
Acting • Born 1954-10-03
Biography
Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, television/radio talk show host and a former White House adviser for President Barack Obama. In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election. He hosts his own radio talk show, Keepin' It Real, and he makes regular guest appearances cable news television. In 2011, he was named the host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation, a nightly talk show. In 2015, the program was shifted to Sunday mornings. Sharpton's supporters praise "his ability and willingness to defy the power structure that is seen as the cause of their suffering" and consider him "a man who is willing to tell it like it is". Former Mayor of New York City Ed Koch, a one-time foe, said that Sharpton deserves the respect he enjoys among black Americans: "He is willing to go to jail for them, and he is there when they need him." President Barack Obama said that Sharpton is "the voice of the voiceless and a champion for the downtrodden." A 2013 Zogby Analytics poll found that one quarter of African Americans said that Sharpton speaks for them. His critics describe him as "a political radical who is to blame, in part, for the deterioration of race relations". Sociologist Orlando Patterson has referred to him as a racial arsonist, while liberal columnist Derrick Z. Jackson has called him the black equivalent of Richard Nixon and Pat Buchanan. Sharpton sees much of the criticism as a sign of his effectiveness. "In many ways, what they consider criticism is complimenting my job," he said. "An activist's job is to make public civil rights issues until there can be a climate for change." (Wikipedia)
Filmography
105 credits
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Movie • 2021
Self
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
Movie • 2018
Self
The Last Party
Movie • 1993
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Good Hair
Movie • 2009
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Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
Movie • 2018
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Street Fight
Movie • 2005
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When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story
Movie • 2023
The First Wave
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
The Subtext of a Yale Education
Movie • 1999
Self
Malcolm X
Movie • 1992
Speaker #2
Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story
Movie • 2006
Self
Rudy! A Documusical
Movie • 2022
Self
The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
One Night in Vegas
Movie • 2010
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Pursuit of Equality
Movie • 2005
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James Brown: Soul Survivor
Movie • 2003
A Tale of James Brown
Movie • 2016
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South to Black Power
Movie • 2023
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The Central Park Five
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid
Movie • 2024
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Maynard
Movie • 2017
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The Black List: Volume One
Movie • 2008
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Mr. Deeds
Movie • 2002
The Rhyme Master
Run For Cover
Movie • 1995
Himself
Shooting Star(s): The Rise of Hip Hop Photographer Johnny Nunez
Movie • 2009
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91 Bullets in a Minute
Movie • 2014
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Cold Feet
Movie • 1999
The Reverend
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn
Movie • 2020
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Bamboozled
Movie • 2000
Himself
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Movie • 2005
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
Movie • 2014
On the Shoulders of Giants
Movie • 2011
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Movie • 2008
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Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage
Movie • 2021
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Looking for Lenny
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Uncle Tom
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
Madea Goes to Jail
Movie • 2009
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Get Me Roger Stone
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Celsius 41.11
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Let's Talk
Movie • 2000
The Black Godfather
Movie • 2019
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American Trial: The Eric Garner Story
Movie • 2020
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Satan & Adam
Movie • 2018
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Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Movie • 2014
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I Am MLK Jr.
Movie • 2018
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Woman in Motion
Movie • 2021
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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Movie • 2018
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Brave Spaces: Perspectives on Faith and LGBT Justice
Movie • 2015
Self - National Action Network
If I Die Tonight
Movie • 2009
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Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
Movie • 2008
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Race
Movie • 2010
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The After Party: The Last Party 3
Movie • 2011
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Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
Movie • 2013
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Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored
Movie • 2009
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James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
Movie • 2014
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Abraham Obama
Movie • 2009
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Koch
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Atrocity Inc.
Movie • 2024
Self - Civil Rights Activist
WSJ Opinion Documentary: "Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited
Movie • 2024
Self
Prince: the Last Year of a Legend
Movie • 2018
Self - Civil rights activist
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
Movie • 2020
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United We Stand: The Ali Summit
Movie • 2018
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Movie • 2021
Self - Minister & Activist
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
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The Daily Show
TV • 1996
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Girlfriends
TV • 2000
Al Sharpton
My Wife and Kids
TV • 2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Himself
MSNBC Live
TV • 1996
Self
Anderson Cooper 360°
TV • 2003
Rescue Me
TV • 2004
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
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Star
TV • 2016
Rev. Al Sharpton
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Reverend Al Sharpton
I Hate My Job
TV • 2004
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
TV • 2021
Self
Murder in Black & White
TV • 2008
Basketball: A Love Story
TV • 2018
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Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Chris Rock Show
TV • 1997
Tanner on Tanner
TV • 2004
Self
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
America: The Story of Us
TV • 2010
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New York Undercover
TV • 1994
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Time: The Kalief Browder Story
TV • 2017
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Raw
TV • 1993
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Joy Behar: Say Anything!
TV • 2009
Himself
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
TV • 2018
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Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
TV • 2023
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
TV • 2006
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James Brown: Say It Loud
TV • 2024
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JANET JACKSON.
TV • 2022
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By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
TV • 2020
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PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton
TV • 2011
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The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
TV • 2020
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Fox News Sunday
TV • 1996
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)