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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-04-17 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Biography:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 17, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time. Abdul-Jabbar has also been an actor, a basketball coach, a best-selling author, and a martial artist, having trained in Jeet Kune Do under Bruce Lee.

Known For

Acting

2024

Game of Silence as Fifth Floor Fighter

2023

The Iceman as Self
Stand as Self (archive footage)
The Final Game of Death as Fifth Floor Fighter (archive footage)
Bill Russell: Legend as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

2022

Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War as Self - Narrator (voice)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2021

Muhammad Ali as Self

2020

Be Water as Self - Student / Friend
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution as Self - Narrator (voice)
John Bronco as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
DAVE as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Dear... as Self

2019

Game of Death Redux as Mantis, the 5th Floor Guardian

2018

1968 as Self
Basketball: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
Shut Up and Dribble as Self (archive footage)

2017

Beat Shazam as Self

2016

O.J.: Made in America as Self (archive footage)
O.J.: Made in America as Self (archive footage)
Billions as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist

2015

Kobe Bryant's Muse as Self (archive footage)
Fresh Off the Boat as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2014

2013

The Crazy Ones as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2012

Guys with Kids as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2011

On the Shoulders of Giants as Self - Narrator
New Girl as Himself

2010

2009

2008

2007

I Tried as Sin
Weapons as P.J.
The Big Bang Theory as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2006

Whitepaddy as Hank

2005

Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant

2004

2003

2001

Scrubs as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2000

Bruce Lee in G.O.D. as Himself / Hakim

1998

BASEketball as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Jackie Chan: My Story as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1996

Everybody Loves Raymond as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Boston Common as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1995

Forget Paris as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Slam Dunk Ernest as Archangel

1994

D2: The Mighty Ducks as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The Critic as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (voice)
The Stand as The Monster
The Stand as Monster Shouter

1993

Saved by the Bell: The New Class as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Matrix as Blind Man

1992

1991

1990

The Best of the Martial Arts Films as Self (archive footage)

1989

Troop Beverly Hills as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Hoodwinked as Man at Sal's House
The Simpsons as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (voice)

1987

21 Jump Street as Wesley Williams

1986

Ask Max as Himself

1985

Fletch as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1984

Tales from the Darkside as The Djinn, Jan Bin Jan

1980

Airplane! as Roger Murdock

1979

1978

Game of Death as Hakim

1977

1974

The Game of Death as Hakim / Mantis

1972

1967

1962

1953

The Oscars as Self

Writing

2004

Veronica Mars as Writer

Production

2022

2004

Veronica Mars as Co-Producer

1994