Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1947-04-17 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As Lew Alcindor, Lewis Alcindor, Lewis Ferdinand Alcindor, Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, كريم عبدالجبار, Fredrick Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Biography

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.) 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

Actor

2024
Game of Silence

as Fifth Floor Fighter

2023
The Final Game of Death

as Fifth Floor Fighter (archive footage)

2023
The Iceman

as Self

2023
Stand

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Bill Russell: Legend

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2022
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2022
2021
Muhammad Ali

as Self

2020
John Bronco

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2020
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2020
Be Water

as Self - Student / Friend

2020
Dear...

as Self

2020
DAVE

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2019
Game of Death Redux

as Mantis, the 5th Floor Guardian

2018
1968

as Self

2018
Shut Up and Dribble

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Basketball: A Love Story

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Beat Shazam

as Self

2016
O.J.: Made in America

as Self (archive footage)

2016
To Tell the Truth

as Self - Panelist

2016
O.J.: Made in America

as Self (archive footage)

2016
Billions

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2015
Kobe Bryant's Muse

as Self (archive footage)

2015
Fresh Off the Boat

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

2011
New Girl

as Himself

2009
2007
I Tried

as Sin

2007
Weapons

as P.J.

2007
The Big Bang Theory

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2006
Whitepaddy

as Hank

2005
2005
Dancing with the Stars

as Self - Contestant

2003
2001
Scrubs

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2000
Bruce Lee in G.O.D.

as Himself / Hakim

1998
1998
BASEketball

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1998
Jackie Chan: My Story

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1996
Everybody Loves Raymond

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1996
1996
Boston Common

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1995
Slam Dunk Ernest

as Archangel

1995
Forget Paris

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1995
1994
D2: The Mighty Ducks

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1994
The Stand

as The Monster

1994
The Stand

as Monster Shouter

1993
Saved by the Bell: The New Class

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1993
Matrix

as Blind Man

1993
1992
1990
The Best of the Martial Arts Films

as Self (archive footage)

1989
Hoodwinked

as Man at Sal's House

1989
Troop Beverly Hills

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1989
The Simpsons

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (voice)

1987
21 Jump Street

as Wesley Williams

1986
Ask Max

as Himself

1986
1985
Fletch

as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1984
Tales from the Darkside

as The Djinn, Jan Bin Jan

1980
Airplane!

as Roger Murdock

1978
Game of Death

as Hakim

1977
1974
The Game of Death

as Hakim / Mantis

1967
1953
The Oscars

as Self

Producer

2022
2004
Veronica Mars

as Co-Producer

1994

Writer

2004
Veronica Mars

as Writer