Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Christian minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi.
Birth Name
Michael Luther King Jr.
Born
Tuesday, 15 January 1929
Died
Thursday, 04 April 1968
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| MLK/FBI | Self / himself (archival footage) | 2021 |
| The Reagans | Self - Civil Rights Activist | 2020 |
| The Soul of America | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2020 |
| First Ladies | Self | 2020 |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Self | 2020 |
| The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte hosts the Tonight Show | Self | 2020 |
| Helter Skelter: An American Myth | Self | 2020 |
| Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston | Self | 2020 |
| John Lewis: Good Trouble | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2020 |
| Uncle Tom | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| MLK/FBI | Self / himself (archival footage) | 2021 |
| The Reagans | Self - Civil Rights Activist | 2020 |
| The Soul of America | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2020 |
| First Ladies | Self | 2020 |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Self | 2020 |
| The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte hosts the Tonight Show | Self | 2020 |
| Helter Skelter: An American Myth | Self | 2020 |
| Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston | Self | 2020 |
| John Lewis: Good Trouble | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2020 |
| Uncle Tom | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2020 |
| Da 5 Bloods | Self | 2020 |
| History 101 | Self | 2020 |
| Shared Legacies | Self | 2020 |
| The Oscars | Self | 2020 |
| Who Killed Malcolm X? | Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Hitsville: The Making of Motown | Self | 2019 |
| Mike Wallace Is Here | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
| The Black Godfather | Self | 2019 |
| Woodstock | Self | 2019 |
| What's My Name: Muhammad Ali | Self | 2019 |
| Hesburgh | Self / Himself (archive footage) | 2019 |
| 1969 | Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Tricky Dick | Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
| The Green Book: Guide to Freedom | Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) / Self | 2019 |
| ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke | Self | 2019 |
| Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me | Self | 2019 |
| The Corporate Coup D'État | Self | 2019 |
| Curse of the Kennedys | Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black | Himself (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook | Himself (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Armchair Britain | Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| 1968: The Year That Changed America | Himself (archive footage) (as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.) | 2018 |
| Explained | Self | 2018 |
| Bobby Kennedy for President | Himself (archive footage), Himself | 2018 |
| Elvis Presley: The Searcher | Himself (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Martin Luther King Jr.: Marked Man | Himself (archive footage) | 2018 |
| I Am MLK Jr. | Himself | 2018 |
| King in the Wilderness | Himself (archive footage) | 2018 |
| The Gospel According to Andre | Himself (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Billy Graham: An Extraordinary Journey | Himself (archive footage) | 2018 |
| The Restaurant | Self | 2017 |
| Dolores | Himself (archive footage) | 2017 |
| Free Lunch Society: Komm Komm Grundeinkommen | Himself - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage) | 2017 |
| Superheroes Decoded | Himself (archive footage) | 2017 |
| Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History | Himself (archive footage) | 2017 |
| I Am Not Your Negro | Himself (archive footage) | 2017 |
| Hidden Figures | Himself | 2016 |
| 13th | Himself (archive footage) | 2016 |
| Murder with Friends | Self | 2016 |
| Sunday Today with Willie Geist | Himself (archive footage) | 2016 |
| Race for the White House | Himself (archive footage) | 2016 |
| Imminent Threat | Himself (archive footage) | 2015 |
| Listen To Me Marlon | Himself | 2015 |
| Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | Himself | 2015 |
| What Happened, Miss Simone? | Himself (archive footage) | 2015 |
| Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown | Himself (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Breath of Freedom | Himself (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Freedom Summer | Himself (archive footage) | 2014 |
| The Drunken Peasants | Himself (archive footage) | 2014 |
| The Sixties | Himself | 2013 |
| Birth of the Living Dead | Himself (archive footage) | 2013 |
| The March | Himself (archive footage) | 2013 |
| The Trials Of Muhammad Ali | Himself (archive footage) | 2013 |
| Gore Vidal: The United States Of Amnesia | Herself (archive footage) | 2013 |
| The Battle Of The Sexes | Himself (archive footage) | 2013 |
| Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth | Himself (archive footage) (as Dr Martin Luther King) | 2013 |
| Civil Right Movement Road Trip | As Martin Luther King Jr., as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | 2013 |
| Occupy Los Angeles | Himself (archive footage) | 2012 |
| B.B. King: The Life of Riley | Himself (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom | Himself (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Brothers on the Line | Himself (archive footage) | 2012 |
| MLK: The Assassination Tapes | Himself - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Elvis Found Alive | Himself (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Ethel | Himself (archive footage) | 2012 |
| America's Book of Secrets | Himself (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Moyers & Company | Himself (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Thrive: What on Earth Will it Take? | Himself (archive footage) | 2011 |
| J. Edgar | Himself | 2011 |
| Pan Am | Himself | 2011 |
| The Harmony Game | Himself (archive footage) | 2011 |
| I Am | Himself | 2011 |
| Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune | Himself (archive footage) | 2011 |
| The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | Himself (archive footage) | 2011 |
| The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office | Himself (archive footage) | 2010 |
| 2012: Time For Change | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2010 |
| Hubert H Humphrey: The Art of the Possible | Himself - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage) | 2010 |
| Through the Wormhole | Himself | 2010 |
| Reel Injun | Himself (archive footage) | 2010 |
| Woodstock: Now & Then | Himself (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Becoming Barack | Himself (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Warehouse 13 | Himself | 2009 |
| Stand | Himself (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Sole Journey | Himself (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Facing Ali | Himself | 2009 |
| An American Affair | Himself (archive footage) | 2008 |
| Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson | Himself (archive footage) | 2008 |
| Salute | Himself | 2008 |
| The Night James Brown Saved Boston | Himself (archive footage) | 2008 |
| RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy | Himself (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Pete Seeger: The Power Of Song | Himself (archive footage) | 2007 |
| How Soon Is Now? | Himself (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Oswald's Ghost | Himself (archive footage) | 2007 |
| The UCLA Dynasty | Himself (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Hair, Let the Sun Shine In | Himself (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Undercover History | Himself (archive footage) | 2006 |
| Bobby | Himself (archive footage) | 2006 |
| ...So Goes the Nation | Himself (archive footage) | 2006 |
| Behind the Mask | Himself (archive footage) | 2006 |
| The N Word | Himself (archive footage) | 2006 |
| Billy Graham: God's Ambassador | Himself (archive footage) (as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) | 2006 |
| Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream | Himself (archive footage) | 2005 |
| We Are Dad | Himself (archive footage) | 2005 |
| Naked Science | Himself | 2004 |
| Conspiracy? | Himself - Civil Rights Activist | 2004 |
| Something The Lord Made | Himself | 2004 |
| Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | (archive footage) | 2004 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Himself (archive footage) | 2004 |
| The Corporation | Himself - During March on Washington | 2003 |
| A Decade Under The Influence | Himself (archive footage) | 2003 |
| February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four | Himself (archive footage) | 2003 |
| Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks | Himself (archive footage) | 2002 |
| Undercover Brother | Himself - Applauding for 'I Have a Dream' Speech | 2002 |
| Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel | Himself (archive footage) | 2002 |
| Power of Peace | Himself | 2001 |
| VH1 Presents the 80's | (archive footage) | 2001 |
| A Huey P. Newton Story | 2001 |
| Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies | Himself (archive footage) | 2001 |
| History | 2000 |
| The American Nightmare | Himself (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Life | Himself (archive footage) | 1999 |
| The Century: America's Time | Himself (archive footage) | 1999 |
| City Confidential | Himself | 1999 |
| The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation | Himself (archive footage) | 1999 |
| Classified X | Himself (archive footage) | 1998 |
| Cold War | Himself | 1998 |
| Beyond Titanic | (archive footage) | 1998 |
| 4 Little Girls | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1997 |
| Mahalia Jackson: The Power And The Glory | Himself (archive footage) | 1997 |
| The Pretender | Himself | 1996 |
| Blue Eyed | (archive footage) | 1996 |
| Forensic Files | Himself | 1996 |
| Assassinations That Changed the World | Himself | 1996 |
| Nixon | Himself | 1995 |
| Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream | Himself (archive footage) | 1995 |
| Reputations | Himself (archive footage) | 1994 |
| Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective | Himself (archive footage) | 1994 |
| Dangerous: The Short Films | Himself (archive footage) | 1993 |
| WWE Raw | Himself (archive footage) | 1993 |
| Malcolm X | Himself | 1992 |
| Nina Simone: La légende | Himself (archive footage) | 1992 |
| Death Scenes 2 | Himself | 1992 |
| JFK | Himself | 1991 |
| Berkeley In The Sixties | Himself (archive footage) | 1991 |
| Driving Miss Daisy | Himself (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited) | 1989 |
| Adam Clayton Powell | Himself (archive footage) | 1989 |
| American Experience | Himself (archive footage), Self (archive footage) | 1988 |
| P.O.V. | Self | 1988 |
| 21 Jump Street | Himself | 1987 |
| Eyes on the Prize | Himself | 1987 |
| Unsolved Mysteries | Himself (archive footage) | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| In Remembrance of Martin | Himself (archive footage) | 1986 |
| The Cosby Show | Himself | 1984 |
| Call to Glory | Himself | 1984 |
| Vietnam: A Television History | Himself (archive footage) | 1983 |
| Frontline | Himself (archive footage), Himself (voice) (archive footage) | 1983 |
| Music Is the Weapon | Himself (English-language version) (archive footage) | 1982 |
| The Killing of America | Himself (archive footage) | 1981 |
| Death of a Prophet | Himself | 1981 |
| The War at Home | Himself - Marches | 1979 |
| CBS News Sunday Morning | Self (segment "Remembering 1968") (archive footage) | 1979 |
| 20/20 | Himself (archive footage) | 1978 |
| Arena | Himself (archive footage) | 1975 |
| The Jeffersons | Himself | 1975 |
| Malcolm X | Himself - Remarks After Death of Malcolm X | 1972 |
| Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
| No Place to Hide | Himself (voice) (archive footage) (as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.) | 1970 |
| King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Himself (archive footage) | 1970 |
| LBJ | Himself | 1968 |
| I Am Curious (Yellow) | Himself (as Martin Luther King Jr.) | 1967 |
| The March | Himself | 1964 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - - Guest | 1962 |
| Integration Report I | Himself | 1960 |
| Face to Face | Himself (as Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr.) | 1959 |
| Look Here | Himself | 1957 |
