Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (I)

Actor | Producer | Writer

Legendary US NBA basketball player with the Milwaukee Bucks (1969-1975) and the Los Angeles Lakers ...

Born: April 16, 1947

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Filmography

Known For

Airplane! Roger Murdock (1980)
Fletch Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1985)
Forget Paris Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1995)
Known For

Veronica Mars Producer (2019)
Actor

Dave Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2021)
We Are Home (2020)
iZombie Zed (2019)
The Big Bang Theory Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2019)
Fresh Off the Boat Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2018)
The Comedy Get Down Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2017)
Linkin Park: Good Goodbye The judge (2017)
The Crazy Ones Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2014)
Guys with Kids Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2012)
The Simpsons Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2011)
Will.i.am: Yes We Can Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2008)
Whitepaddy Hank (2006)
Scrubs Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2006)
The Brian Benben Show Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2000)
The War Next Door Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2000)
Saved by the Bell: The New Class Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1998)
BASEketball Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1998)
The Gregory Hines Show Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1998)
Boston Common Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1997)
Living Single Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1997)
Everybody Loves Raymond Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1996)
Martin Dr. Skyhook (1996)
Slam Dunk Ernest The Archangel of Basketball (1995)
Forget Paris Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1995)
Full House Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1995)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1994)
The Critic Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1994)
The Stand Monster Shouter (1994)
D2: The Mighty Ducks Celebrity at Party (1994)
Phenom Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1994)
Matrix Blind Man (1993)
Uncle Buck Judge (1991)
Amen The Wiz (1991)
Good Sports Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1991)
CBS Schoolbreak Special Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1990)
21 Jump Street Wesley Williams (1990)
Jake Spanner, Private Eye Man at Sal's House (1989)
Troop Beverly Hills Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1989)
Bustin' Loose (1987)
Stingray Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1987)
The Magical World of Disney Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1986)
Stop the Madness Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1986)
Diff'rent Strokes Mr. Wilkes (1982-1985)
Fletch Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1985)
Tales from the Darkside The Djinn, Jan Bin Jan (1985)
Pryor's Place Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1984)
ABC Afterschool Specials Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1984)
Airplane! Roger Murdock (1980)
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1979)
The Visitor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1979)
Laugh-In Guest Performer (1978)
Man from Atlantis Thark (1977)
Emergency! Man Stuck in Car (1974)
The Game of Death Hakim / Mantis (1974)
Actor

Mannix Jeff (1971)
Producer

Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War (2022)
Fight the Power: The Protests That Changed America (2021)
Black Patriots (2020)
Veronica Mars (2019)
On the Shoulders of Giants (2011)
On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of (2010)
The Vernon Johns Story (1994)
Producer

All-Star Tribute to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1989)
Writer

The Games We Play (2021)
Veronica Mars (2019)
On the Shoulders of Giants (2011)
Writer

On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of (2010)
Archive footage

What's My Name: Muhammad Ali (2019)
Access Hollywood (2018)
Entertainment Tonight (2018)
Mike & Mike (2017)
Inside Edition (2016)
O.J.: Made in America (2016)
In Their Own Words (2015)
Kobe Bryant's Muse (2015)
I Am Ali (2014)
Media Buzz (2014)
30 for 30 (2014)
Behind the Freedom Curtain (2013)
I Am Bruce Lee (2012)
NB80's (2011)
Anderson Cooper 360° (2011)
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals (2010)
Rome Is Burning (2009)
Black Magic (2008)
Greatest Moments in NBA History (2006)
Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship (2005)
Beyond the Glory (2004)
I Love the '70s (2003)
Reflections on 'the Little Dragon' (2001)
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001)
Bruce Lee in G.O.D.: Shibôteki yûgi (2000)
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (2000)
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On (1999)
Sports Illustrated: 1995 the Year in Sports (1995)
The Critic (1995)
Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do (1995)
City Hunter (1993)
The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990)
NBA Awesome Endings (1989)
Archive footage

Game of Death (1978)
The Real Bruce Lee (1977)

Videos

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Did You Know

Trivia

Began wearing goggles on the court due to corneal erosion syndrome, a condition where the eye cornea doesn't produce moisture and begins to dry out.

[observation, 2016] Most young people today know Muhammad Ali only as the hunched old man whose body shook ceaselessly from Parkinson's. But I, and millions of other Americans black and white, remember him as the man whose mind and body once shook ...