John Lewis: movies and TV shows

John Lewis has 30 credits in the archive: 23 films and 7 TV series, from 1960 to 2021. Highest rated: King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (7.3/10).

Career timeline

1960 – 2021 · busiest year: 2020 (4 credits)

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2021	Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union	Himself	TV	5.3	81
2021	Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story	Self	Film	—	81
2020	Enslaved	Self	TV	6.7	80
2020	John Lewis: Good Trouble	Self	Film	4.4	80
2020	The Soul of America	Self (archive footage)	Film	6.3	80
2020	With Drawn Arms	Self	Film	5.4	80
2018	Bobby Kennedy for President	Self	TV	7.8	78
2018	King in the Wilderness	Self	Film	6.9	78
2018	America's Library	Self	Film	—	78
2017	The Words That Built America	Self - Reader: The Constitution	Film	6.0	77
2017	The Obama Years: The Power of Words	Self - Congressman and Civil Rights Advocate	Film	10.0	77
2017	Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis	Himself	Film	—	77
2016	National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony	Self	Film	5.5	76
2016	Arc of Justice	Himself	Film	—	76
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self - Guest	TV	6.1	75
2015	Children of the Civil Rights	Self	Film	7.0	75
2015	The State of Marriage	Self	Film	5.7	75
2014	Breath of Freedom	Himself	Film	—	74
2013	Julian and John January 8, 2013	Himself	Film	—	73
2013	Mikeyboy	Steve (IRA Agent)	Film	—	73
2012	Finding Your Roots	Self	TV	6.5	72
2010	Freedom Riders	Self - Freedom Rider	Film	7.5	70
2005	The Colbert Report		TV	6.9	65
1996	Arthur	John Lewis (voice)	TV	7.0	56
1991	Your vote	Self	Film	—	51
1986	In Remembrance of Martin	Self	Film	8.0	46
1970	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Self (archive footage)	Film	7.3	30
1964	The March	Self	Film	7.0	24
1960	Sit-In	Self	Film	—	20
	Henry David Thoreau: Surveyor of the Soul	Self	Film	9.0	—