Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-04-17 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Biography

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 17, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time. Abdul-Jabbar has also been an actor, a basketball coach, a best-selling author, and a martial artist, having trained in Jeet Kune Do under Bruce Lee.

Acting

1980

Airplane!

as Roger Murdock

2007

I Tried

as Sin

1978

2023

The Iceman

as Self

2023

Stand

as Self (archive footage)

1979

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1998

2022

Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2023

The Final Game of Death

as Fifth Floor Fighter (archive footage)

2016

O.J.: Made in America

as Self (archive footage)

1995

Forget Paris

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2000

Bruce Lee in G.O.D.

as Himself / Hakim

1974

The Game of Death

as Hakim / Mantis

2022

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1990

The Best of the Martial Arts Films

as Self (archive footage)

1985

Fletch

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1995

Slam Dunk Ernest

as Archangel

1998

BASEketball

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1989

Troop Beverly Hills

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1989

Hoodwinked

as Man at Sal's House

1994

D2: The Mighty Ducks

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2009

1986

Ask Max

as Himself

2015

Kobe Bryant's Muse

as Self (archive footage)

2020

Be Water

as Self - Student / Friend

2011

On the Shoulders of Giants

as Self - Narrator

2019

Game of Death Redux

as Mantis, the 5th Floor Guardian

2018

1968

as Self

2020

2020

John Bronco

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2007

Weapons

as P.J.

2006

Whitepaddy

as Hank

1998

Jackie Chan: My Story

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

2001

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee

as Self (archive footage)

Production

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