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David Stern

Acting Born Sep 22, 1942 New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Basketball: A Love Story

as Self (archive footage)

Basketball: A Love Story

as Self

The Last Dance

as Self

Full filmography

  • Basketball: A Love Story (2018) as Self (archive footage)
  • Basketball: A Love Story (2018) as Self
  • The Last Dance (2020) as Self
  • Shut Up and Dribble (2018) as Self - Former NBA Commissioner
  • Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Redeem Team (2022) as Self - NBA Commissioner (1984-2014) (archive footage)
  • Untold: Malice at the Palace (2021) as Self - NBA Commissioner (archive footage)
  • Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul (2022) as Self (archive footage)
  • Bad Boys (2014) as Self
  • 1 Love (2003) as Self
  • Rodman: For Better or Worse (2019) as Self (archive footage)
  • Lenny Cooke (2013)
  • The Carter Effect (2017) as Self
  • All New Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers (1990) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World (2005) as Self
  • Arvydas Sabonis 11 (2014) as Himself
  • Allen Iverson - The Answer (2002) as Himself
  • Basketball Man (2007) as Self
  • Ready or Not: The 96 NBA Draft (2021)
  • The Golden Generation (2018) as Self
  • Glickman (2013) as Self
  • Detroit Pistons: 1988-1989 NBA Champions - Motor City Madness (1989) as Self - Commissioner of the NBA
  • Michael Jordan: His Airness (1999) as Self
  • Mike and the Mad Dog (2017) as Self