Jelani Cobb: movies and TV shows

Jelani Cobb has 28 credits in the archive: 18 films and 10 TV series, from 1947 to 2025. Highest rated: Marvel's Luke Cage (6.9/10).

Career timeline

1947 – 2025 · busiest year: 2020 (6 credits)

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2025	Heightened Scrutiny	Self	Film	4.5	55
2024	What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates	Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School	TV	5.4	54
2024	One Person, One Vote?	Self	Film	5.0	54
2023	The Riot Report		Film	8.5	53
2023	The Riot Report		Film	8.5	53
2022	Lincoln's Dilemma		TV	6.8	52
2022	Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union	Self	Film	4.0	52
2022	Lies, Politics and Democracy	Self - Reporter	Film	7.0	52
2021	Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union	Self	TV	5.3	51
2021	Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union		TV	5.3	51
2021	A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks		Film	6.9	51
2021	America After 9/11	Himself	Film	—	51
2021	Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America	Self	Film	—	51
2020	America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump	Self - Author, The Substance of Hope	TV	—	50
2020	The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden	Self - Interviewee	Film	7.2	50
2020	East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story	Self	Film	7.0	50
2020	McCarthy	Self	Film	8.0	50
2020	Policing the Police 2020	Self	Film	—	50
2020	Policing the Police 2020		Film	—	50
2019	Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America	Self - Columbia University	Film	—	49
2016	Marvel's Luke Cage	Jelani Cobb	TV	6.9	46
2016	13th	Self	Film	7.8	46
2016	Policing the Police		Film	10.0	46
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	TV	6.1	45
2010	White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books	Self	Film	8.0	40
1996	The Daily Show	Self - Guest	TV	6.4	26
1983	Frontline	Self	TV	6.6	13
1947	Meet the Press	Self	TV	4.6	22