David Stern
Acting • Born 1942-09-22 – Died 2020-01-01
Biography
David Joel Stern (September 22, 1942 – January 1, 2020) was an American lawyer and business executive who was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1984 to 2014 and oversaw NBA basketball's growth into one of the world's most popular sports during the 1990s and 2000s. He is credited with developing and broadening the NBA's audience, especially internationally by setting up training camps, playing exhibition games, and recruiting more international players. In addition, with Stern's guidance the NBA opened 12 offices in cities outside the United States, and broadcast to over 200 territories in over 40 languages. Stern also helped found the Women's National Basketball Association and the NBA G League, the NBA's development league. Under Stern, the NBA launched their digital presence with NBA.com, NBA TV and NBA League Pass. He also established the NBA's social responsibility program, NBA Cares.
Filmography
28 credits
1 Love
Movie • 2003
Self
Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Rodman: For Better or Worse
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Going Big
Movie • 2012
Self
The Redeem Team
Movie • 2022
Self - NBA Commissioner (1984-2014) (archive footage)
The Other Dream Team
Movie • 2012
Himself
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
Movie • 2005
Self
Allen Iverson - The Answer
Movie • 2002
Himself
All New Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
34
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Glickman
Movie • 2013
Self
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Arvydas Sabonis 11
Movie • 2014
Himself
Detroit Pistons: 1988-1989 NBA Champions - Motor City Madness
Movie • 1989
Self - Commissioner of the NBA
The Carter Effect
Movie • 2017
Self
Bad Boys
Movie • 2014
Self
Mike and the Mad Dog
Movie • 2017
Self
Michael Jordan: His Airness
Movie • 1999
Self
Gap Year
Movie • 2020
The Golden Generation
Movie • 2018
Self
Untold: Malice at the Palace
Movie • 2021
Self - NBA Commissioner (archive footage)
Ready or Not: The 96 NBA Draft
Movie • 2021
Basketball Man
Movie • 2007
Self
Lenny Cooke
Movie • 2013
Basketball: A Love Story
TV • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
TV • 2018
Self
Shut Up and Dribble
TV • 2018
Self - Former NBA Commissioner
The Last Dance
TV • 2020
Self