Michael Jordan
Acting • Born 1963-02-17
Biography
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. After a standout career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' National Championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record, at the time, 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards. Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include five MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances, three All-Star Game MVP awards, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA records for highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century. He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 6, 2009 and was inducted on September 11, 2009. Jordan is also noted for his product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1985 and remain popular today. Jordan also starred in the 1996 feature film Space Jam as himself. He is the majority owner and head of basketball operations for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets; he recently won a bidding war to buy controlling interest in the team from founding owner Robert L. Johnson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Jordan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
81 credits
Space Jam
Movie • 1996
Michael Jordan
Ultimate Jordan
Movie • 2001
Self
Michael Jordan to the Max
Movie • 2000
Self
Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Untitled Michael Jordan / Washington Wizards Documentary
Movie
The Legend of the 81-Point Game
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
In Search of Greatness
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
The Redeem Team
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Michael Jordan's Playground
Movie • 1990
Self
Michael Jordan: Air Time
Movie • 1993
Self
Michael Jordan: His Airness
Movie • 1999
Self
Michael Jordan: Come Fly with Me
Movie • 1989
Self
Michael Jordan: Above and Beyond
Movie • 1996
Self
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Movie • 2022
Self
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
The Dream Team
Movie • 2012
Self
Great Sports Moments of the 80's
Movie • 1989
Self (archive footage)
NBA Dream Team
Movie • 1993
Self
Unforgettabulls: The 6th NBA Championship Season of the Chicago Bulls
Movie • 1998
Self
Meeting Michael
Movie • 2020
Self
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
Movie • 1993
Self (uncredited)
Chicago Bulls 1996-97 NBA Championship Season
Movie • 1997
Learning to Fly: The World Champion Chicago Bulls Rise to Glory
Movie • 1991
Self
Untouchabulls - The Chicago Bulls' Second Championship Season
Movie • 1992
The Official 1996 NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls Unstop-A-Bulls
Movie • 1996
The Official 1993 NBA World Championship Video - Three-Peat
Movie • 1993
All New Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Informe+. Cuando Jordan jugo en la ACB
Movie
The NBA's 100 Greatest Plays
Movie • 2003
Self
El otro Rey de Chicago
Movie • 2022
Self
The Making of Trump
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
The '84 Draft
Movie • 2014
The Magical Seven
Movie • 2024
Self
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
He Got Game
Movie • 1998
Michael Jordan
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
Movie • 1998
Self
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Three-Peat - The Chicago Bulls' Historic Third Championship
Movie • 1993
Rodman: For Better or Worse
Movie • 2019
Self - Bulls Teammate 1995-98
Dean Smith
Movie • 2015
Kobe Bryant's Muse
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
A Celebration of Life for Kobe and Gianna Bryant
Movie • 2020
Michael Jordan & Co
Movie • 1988
Self
Michael Jordan
Movie • 1986
Self
David Blaine: The Magic Way
Movie • 2020
Self
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Carlos Manuel Baldomir
Movie • 2006
Self
Chicago Bulls. Cinco campeonatos de la NBA
Movie • 1998
NBA Dynasty Series - Chicago Bulls
Movie
Pyrates
Movie • 1991
Self (archive footage)
Jordan Rides the Bus
Movie • 2010
Self
Bad Boys
Movie • 2014
Self
Game 6: The Movie
Movie • 2020
Self
Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
Movie • 2018
Self
Below the Rim
Movie • 1995
NB80s
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
NB90s
Movie • 2013
The Wayman Tisdale Story
Movie • 2011
Self
Luc Longley: One Giant Leap
Movie • 2021
Self
Legends of The Court
Movie • 2020
We Beat the Dream Team
Movie • 2025
Self
Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Blink
Movie • 1993
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Basketball Man
Movie • 2007
Self
A Season on the Brink
Movie • 2002
Michael Jordan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Today
TV • 1952
Self
My Wife and Kids
TV • 2001
Late Night with David Letterman
TV • 1982
Self
ProStars
TV • 1991
Michael Jordan
Shut Up and Dribble
TV • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
TV • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Tiger
TV • 2004
Self
They Call Me Magic
TV • 2022
Self
NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest
TV • 1976
Self
The Last Dance
TV • 2020
Self - Bulls Guard 1984-98
Teen Choice Awards
TV • 1999
Self
Explained
TV • 2018
Self (archive footage)
The Olympic Series: Golden Moments 1920 - 2002
TV • 2004
Self
NBA Dynasty - Chicago Bulls
TV • 2004