Kareem Abdul-JabbarFilmography

Born:: April 16, 1947 in New York City, NY
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Among his many achievements during his illustrious career in Milwaukee and Los Angeles, six-time basketball MVP Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the all-time leading scorer. In 1978, Abdul-Jabbar translated his popularity into a film career by appearing as a hulking foe to Bruce Lee in Game of Death. The...Read More

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The Black List, Vol. 1

Actors: Elvis Mitchell

Synopsis: Directed by filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and produced by journalist Elvis Mitchell, this collaborative documentary offers an informative collection of portraits of twenty influential African Americans ranging from powerful CEOs to prolific artists, well-known politicians, and dedicated Read More

2008
Wilt Chamberlain: Larger Than Life

2004
The Real: Rucker Park Legends

Synopsis: Witness the transformation of one typical basketball court from ordinary neighborhood playground to legendary training ground for the NBA's most talented superstars as director Bahmekka takes a look at the legend of Holcombe Rucker and the positive message that has been passed down for Read More

2003
1 Love

Synopsis: Essentially a cinematic love letter to the game of basketball, this documentary was helmed by filmmaker Leon Gast, the Academy Award-winning director of When We Were Kings. Featuring such basketball luminaries as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kobe Bryant, the film explores the game's modern roots on the Read More

2003
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey

Actors: Bruce Lee

Synopsis: Bruce Lee was inarguably the greatest martial arts star of his generation, and his intense onscreen charisma and astounding fighting skills make him the standard by which other martial arts heroes are measured. Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey is a documentary about Lee's life, career, and untimely Read More

2002
Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz

Actors: Bob Belden, Joachim Ernst Berendt, Art Blakey, Ron Carter, John Coltrane

Synopsis: Blue Note Records was founded in the 1930s and has played a vital role in the development of jazz for more than 60 years. Important works by some of the greatest jazz musicians in history -- John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, and many others Read More

1997
Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault

Actors: Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach

Synopsis: In this inspirational sports drama, a talented but drug-addicted basketball player cleans up his act and devotes his life to teaching Harlem children to play the game. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1996
Slam Dunk Ernest

Actors: Jim Varney, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jay Brazeau, Cylk Cozart, Lester Barrie

Synopsis: Poor Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney). All he wants is to be a real basketball player on the amateur team with all the other janitors from his workplace. Unfortunately, they have all told him over and over that white guys like him just can't jump. That turns out to be true until he receives divine Read More

1995
Forget Paris

Actors: Billy Crystal, Debra Winger, Joe Mantegna, Cynthia Stevenson, Richard Masur

Synopsis: Actor Billy Crystal co-wrote, directed, and starred in this romantic comedy. Forty-something couple Andy (Joe Mantegna) and Liz (Cynthia Stevenson) are about to be married, and as they gather with their friends for dinner not long before the wedding, they are told the story of their mutual friends Read More

1995
Full House: Air Jesse

Synopsis: To help out DJ (Candace Cameron), Jesse (John Stamos) enters the charity basketball game she has organized. But though everyone else in the Tanner household is a whiz on the basketball court, Jesse can barely hold the up ball, even with two hands. Fortunately, he is given a few helpful tips by a Read More

1995
The Road to Freedom: The Vernon Johns Story

Crew: Co-Executive Producer

Actors: James Earl Jones, Mary Alice, Tommy Hollis, Cissy Houston, Clifton James

Synopsis: The Vernon Johns Story is the inspirational saga of the man who preceded Martin Luther King Jr. as pastor of a Montgomery, Alabama Baptist Church. Described as "one of God's most brilliant preachers," Johns campaigned tirelessly for Civil Rights long before the cudgel was taken up by the Read More

1994
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Will's Misery

Synopsis: Nia Long makes her first series appearance as Will's latest hearthrob, Lisa Wilkes. Upon seeing Lisa for the first time, Will (Will Smith) uses all of his patented make-out lines on her, and is amazed at how quickly she falls for him. Little does Will realizes that Lisa is undergoing a sorority Read More

1994
D2: The Mighty Ducks

Actors: Emilio Estevez, Kathryn Erbe, Michael Tucker, Jan Rubes, Carsten Norgaard

Synopsis: In this sequel to the kid-friendly sports comedy The Mighty Ducks, Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) takes one more shot at a career as a professional hockey player, but a severe knee injury sidelines him for good. However, his success coaching a rag-tag pee-wee hockey team in Minneapolis (as Read More

1994
Deadliest Art: The Best of the Martial Arts Films

Synopsis: Piecing together exciting film footage of martial arts performances, Deadliest Art demonstrates the reasons for the popularity of martial arts combat in visual entertainment. The history of the art, including basics of the Eastern philosophies that govern it, provides insight along with the Read More

1990
Troop Beverly Hills

Actors: Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson, Betty Thomas, Mary Gross, Stephanie Beacham

Synopsis: Shelly Long stars in this comedy as a spoiled Beverly Hills wife who decides--wanting to prove her husband's accusation of her selfishness wrong--to become the leader of her daughter's wilderness group. Though taking them on outings at the mall rather than in the woods, she later must prove her Read More

3/22/89
Jake Spanner: Private Eye

Actors: Robert Mitchum, Ernest Borgnine, Laurie Latham

Synopsis: In this mystery, based on a novel by L.A. Morse, retired L.A. detective Jake Spanner enlists the aide of a group of senior citizens to help him find an ex-mobster's daughter. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1989
NBA: Kareem - Reflections from Inside

Synopsis: Superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, an outstanding player, powerful athlete, and somewhat enigmatic figure in the world of sports, finished his career in professional basketball after two remarkable decades. On the occasion of his retirement, he presented this video autobiography to the public. Read More

1989
The Legends of Rock & Roll

1989
The Golden Greats of Basketball

1989
Fast Break: The Fundamentals of Championship Basketball, Vol. 1

1988
Purple People Eaters

Actors: Ned Beatty, Neil Patrick Harris, Shelley Winters, Peggy Lipton, James Houghton

Synopsis: Linda Shayne wrote and directed this children's story based on the 1958 novelty song "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley. Billy Johnson (Neal Patrick Harris) is joined by a friendly alien from outer space who wants to play in a rock & roll band. Peggy Lipton plays Billy's mom, with James Houghton Read More

1988
Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Actors: Paul Reubens

Synopsis: The secret word is "Happy New Year" as Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubens) and the Playhouse gang hold a Christmas party. Things threaten to get out of hand fairly early as the increasingly disappointed Pee-Wee receives one fruitcake after another. When he complains that he didn't get anything he Read More

1988
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll

Actors: Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Etta James, Julian Lennon, Keith Richards

Synopsis: Rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry's 60th birthday party (October 18, 1986) in his home town of St. Louis forms the nucleus of Taylor Hackford's lively musical documentary. In addition to Berry, we are treated to interviews with Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, and Read More

10/9/87
Fletch

Actors: Chevy Chase, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Tim Matheson, Joe Don Baker, Richard Libertini

Synopsis: Chevy Chase added a classic comic hero to the film landscape with Fletch, one of his few truly popular star vehicles in a famously misguided post-Saturday Night Live career. Chase plays Irwin M. Fletcher, known to everyone as Fletch, a Los Angeles Lakers-loving investigative reporter with a Read More

1985
The Hero Who Couldn't Read

Actors: Eric D. Wallace, Clarence Williams III, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lynn Hamilton, Rene Jones

Synopsis: The fact that he is unable to read does not bother high-school basketball star Freddie Ellis (Eric D. Wallace). He is confident in the knowledge that his friends will cover for him in the classroom -- and besides, who needs to be literate in the pros? It takes the persistence of teacher Mr. Read More

1984
Airplane!

Actors: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack

Synopsis: This spoof of the Airport series of disaster movies relies on ridiculous sight gags, groan-inducing dialogue, and deadpan acting -- a comedy style that would be imitated for the next 20 years. Airplane! pulls out all the clichés as alcoholic pilot Ted Striker (Robert Hays), who's developed a fear Read More

1980
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

Actors: Julius "Dr. J" Erving, Jonathan Winters, Meadowlark Lemon, Jack Kehoe, Margaret Avery

Synopsis: The "fish" in the title of this picture refers to the astrological sign Pisces. Not all of Pittsburgh is due to be saved, but the members of a third-rate NBA basketball team could sure use some salvation. When all the team members except for Moses Guthrie (Julius Erving) quit, astrologer Mona Read More

1979
The Game of Death

Actors: Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger, Hugh O'Brian, Colleen Camp

Synopsis: Star Bruce Lee died before this film was completed, thus the producers were forced to pad out the running time with outtakes and alternate shots. They also lifted chunks of footage from Enter the Dragon and Return of the Dragon. The finished product finally hit the screens in 1978, five years Read More

1978
Emergency!: Foreign Trade

Synopsis: Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar guest stars as an accident victim who turns out to be too tall to be removed from his damaged car by the emergency team. In another incident, a fraternity pledge's life is jeopardized by a misfire party prank. And back at the station house, head nurse Dixie Read More

1974
NBA: Centers

Synopsis: Thrill to the action of the great NBA centers. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Chamberlain & Abdul-Jabbar
Fastbreak: the Fundamentals of Championship Basketball LA Lakers 1988