Martin Luther King Jr.
Acting Born Jan 15, 1929 Died Apr 4, 1968 Atlanta, Georgia, USA 172 credits
Biography
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, and died on April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. He was an American Baptist minister and activist who served as a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, advancing civil rights through nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. Early in his career, he led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. He led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia, and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama. He was also known by his initials MLK and as Dr. King, and he was the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Career overview
Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist who became involved in the advancement of civil rights early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King also led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia, and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama.
As a civil rights leader, King became a prominent figure in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He was a leader in the use of nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. King's activism was met with opposition from some, including Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover, who considered King a radical and made him an object of Cointelpro from 1963.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s involvement in the civil rights movement spanned several years, during which he became a prominent figure in American society. His leadership and activism helped to inspire lasting change and leave an enduring legacy.
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America Who Are You? A History of the American MindsetMartin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream
Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc.
Hollywood BlackThe Beach BoysZeitgeist: RequiemReturn of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis PresleyBecoming King
Bill Russell: LegendOriginThe UniverseLa Californie !Stand
The Century of IconsLouis Armstrong's Black & BluesSay Hey, Willie Mays!A History of AntisemitismThe Janes
This Is PopSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk HorrorThe Art of DissentKilling Martin Luther King Jr.
History 101First LadiesDa 5 BloodsHelter Skelter: An American MythKu Klux Klan: An American Story
What's My Name | Muhammad AliEngland 79Geek, and You Shall FindMike Wallace Is HereWoodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Basketball: A Love StoryExplainedElvis Presley: The SearcherBobby Kennedy for PresidentJosephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Monochrome: Black, White & BlueBurn Motherfucker, Burn!August 28: A Day in the Life of a PeopleChasing Trane
Race for the White HouseO.J.: Made in America13thO.J.: Made in AmericaWe Have A Dream
In Their Own WordsLeif GW Persson - Min klassresaImminent ThreatChildren of the Civil RightsKlansville U.S.A.
Emancipation RoadFreedom Summer
Gore Vidal: The United States of AmnesiaSpeeches That Shook the WorldMartin Luther King and the March on WashingtonÅret var 1963
I AmInfamous AssassinationsThe House I Live InMLK: The Assassination TapesEthel
Mentiras verdaderasJ. EdgarHollywood Invasion
Epic Rap Battles of History · CharactersWhen You're Strange2012: Time for ChangeCOINTELPRO 101Roads to Memphis
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by SapphireCapitalism: A Love StoryStand
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved BostonThe Day the Troubles BeganAdjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey GreeneThe Witness from the Balcony of Room 306
L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK?King: Man of Peace in a Time of WarRFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
BobbyFolk Britannia...So Goes the Nation
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Citizen King
The CorporationDays That Shook the World
NaqoyqatsiThe Year That TrembledReel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in FilmMighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
A Huey P. Newton Story
The American Nightmare
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
4 Little GirlsMartin Luther King: Days of Hope
Assassinations That Changed the WorldBlue EyedAll Power to the People!
Full Filmography
172 titles- America Who Are You? A History of the American Mindset (2026) as Self (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream (2026) as Self (archive footage)
- Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc. (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- Hollywood Black (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- The Beach Boys (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Zeitgeist: Requiem (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Becoming King (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- America's Woman (2024) as Self
- Bill Russell: Legend (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Origin (2023) as Self (archive voice)
- The Universe (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- La Californie ! (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Stand (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America (2023)
- Four Died Trying: Prologue (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight (2023)
- The Century of Icons (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Say Hey, Willie Mays! (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- A History of Antisemitism (2022) as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
- The Janes (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream (2022)
- A History of the World According to Getty Images (2022) as Self (Archive Footage)
- This Is Pop (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) as Self - Activist (archive footage)
- Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- The Art of Dissent (2021) as Self - Subject (archive footage)
- Killing Martin Luther King Jr. (2021) as Self
- History 101 (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- First Ladies (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Da 5 Bloods (2020) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Helter Skelter: An American Myth (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Ku Klux Klan: An American Story (2020) as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
- The Soul of America (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020) as Self (archive Footage)
- John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Killing John F. Kennedy (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- MLK/FBI (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade (2020) as Self
- What's My Name | Muhammad Ali (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- England 79 (2019)
- Geek, and You Shall Find (2019) as Self (voice)
- Mike Wallace Is Here (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019) as Self
- Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019) as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
- Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl (2019) as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
- Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Hesburgh (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Basketball: A Love Story (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Explained (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Bobby Kennedy for President (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- I Am MLK Jr. (2018) as Self
- King in the Wilderness (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- The Corporate Coup D'État (2018) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Robert Penn Warren: A Vision (2018)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Monochrome: Black, White & Blue (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- Burn Motherfucker, Burn! (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- August 28: A Day in the Life of a People (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- Chasing Trane (2017) as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
- Race for the White House (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- O.J.: Made in America (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- 13th (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- O.J.: Made in America (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- We Have A Dream (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Great Literary Tour (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Året var 1966 (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- In Their Own Words (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Leif GW Persson - Min klassresa (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Imminent Threat (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Children of the Civil Rights (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Klansville U.S.A. (2015) as Self (archive Footage)
- Emancipation Road (2014) as Self
- Freedom Summer (2014) as Self (archive footage)
- Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Speeches That Shook the World (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013) as Self
- Året var 1963 (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- I Am (2012) as Self
- Infamous Assassinations (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- The House I Live In (2012) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- MLK: The Assassination Tapes (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- Ethel (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- Picture Me Rollin' (2012) as Self (voice)
- Mentiras verdaderas (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- J. Edgar (2011) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Hollywood Invasion (2011) as archive footage
- Epic Rap Battles of History (2010) Characters
- When You're Strange (2010) as Self (archive footage)
- 2012: Time for Change (2010) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- COINTELPRO 101 (2010) as Self (archive footage)
- Roads to Memphis (2010) as Self (archive footage)
- Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009) as Self (archive footage)
- Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) as Self (archive footage)
- Stand (2009) as Self (archive footage)
- James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- The Day the Troubles Began (2008) as Self
- Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene (2008) as self - archival footage
- The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 (2008) as Self
- L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK? (2007) as Self (archive footage)
- King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007) as Self (archive footage)
- RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy (2007) as Self (archive footage)
- Bobby (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Folk Britannia (2006) as Self (archival footage)
- ...So Goes the Nation (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- Citizen King (2004) as Self (archive footage)
- The Corporation (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- Days That Shook the World (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- Naqoyqatsi (2002) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Year That Trembled (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- A Huey P. Newton Story (2001) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The American Nightmare (2000) as Self
- Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999) as Self (archive footage)
- 4 Little Girls (1997) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Martin Luther King: Days of Hope (1997) as Self
- Assassinations That Changed the World (1996)
- Blue Eyed (1996) as Self (archive footage)
- All Power to the People! (1996) as Self (archive footage)
- Kulturzeit (1995) as Self (archive footage)
- Nixon (1995) as (Archive footage)
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective (1994) as Self (archive footage)
- The Real Malcolm X (1992)
- Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century (1992)
- Death Scenes 2 (1992) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Doors (1991) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- American Experience (1988) as Himself (archive footage)
- Dispatches (1987)
- In Remembrance of Martin (1986) as Self
- Good Intentions (1985) as Self (Archival Footage)
- Disasters of the Century (1985) as Self (archive footage)
- First Tuesday (1983)
- The Killing of America (1981) as Self (archive footage)
- The War at Home (1979) as Self (archive footage)
- James Brown Soul Brother No. 1 (1978)
- Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 (1973) as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
- Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective) (1973) as Self (archive footage)
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) as Self (archive footage)
- Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра» (1970) as Self (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King, Jr: From Montgomery to Memphis (1969) as Self
- LBJ (1968) as Self
- Omnibus (1967) as Self
- I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) as Himself
- Martin Luther King at Newcastle University (1967) as Self
- 13 November 1967: Martin Luther King Interview (1967)
- After Civil Rights... Black Power (1967) as Self
- Anno Domini MCMLXV (1966) as Self (archive footage)
- The Bus (1965)
- Union and Freedom (1964) as Himself
- Wealth of a Nation (1964) as Self
- The March (1964) as Self
- World in Action (1963)
- The Negro and the American Promise (1963)
- I Have a Dream (1963) as Self
- David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr (1963) as himself
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- Integration Report 1 (1960) as Self
- The David Susskind Show (1959) as Self
- King vs. the United States of America as Self (archive footage)
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Martin Luther King Jr. best known for?
Martin Luther King Jr. is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including America Who Are You? A History of the American Mindset (2026), Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022), Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021), History 101 (2020).
When and where was Martin Luther King Jr. born?
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. They passed away on April 4, 1968.
How many credits does Martin Luther King Jr. have?
Martin Luther King Jr. has accumulated over 172 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1959 to 2026.
What is Martin Luther King Jr.'s background in cinema and television?
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, and died on April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. He was an American Baptist minister and activist who served as a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, advancing civil rights through nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christia...
Martin Luther King Jr. by the numbers
172credits
134films
38TV series
1959–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 92
- The Corporation (2003) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 74
- Explained (2018) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 89
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self — aged about 33
- What's My Name | Muhammad Ali (2019) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 90
- Basketball: A Love Story (2018) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 89
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