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Malcolm X (1925–1965)

Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, one of eight children. His father, Earl Little, was a Baptist preacher who supported Marcus Garvey's Back to Africa movement. When Malcolm was four, the family moved to Lansing, Michigan, where Earl tried opening a store while continuing his preaching... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1992 Malcolm X (book "The Autobiography of Malcolm X")
 
1972 Malcolm X (documentary) (book "The Autobiography of Malcolm X")
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2005 V for Vendetta ("Bkab")
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
1996 When We Were Kings (documentary) (in memory of)
 
1994 Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X (documentary) (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
2008/I Malcolm's Echo: The Legacy of Malcolm X (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X (documentary)
Himself
 
1965 Front Page Challenge (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 5 January 1965 (1965) … Himself - Guest
 
1964 One More River (documentary)
Himself
 
1963 Howard K. Smith (TV series)
Himself - Guest
 
1963 This Week (TV series)
Himself
Black Muslims (1963) … Himself
 
1959 The Hate That Hate Produced (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (51 titles)
2006-2012 60 Minutes (TV series documentary)
 
2012 Ali 70 from Las Vegas (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 King Kennedy
Himself
 
2010-2011 Democracy Now! (TV series)
 
2011 The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Double Conscious: Race & Rhetoric (video documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2010 Hubert H Humphrey: The Art of the Possible (TV documentary)
Himself - Civil Rights Leader
 
2010 Mourir? Plutôt crever! (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Motherland (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Facing Ali (documentary)
Himself - Nation of Islam
 
2009 Precious
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Black Magic (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2007 Maafa: Truth 2007 (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Our Story Our Voice (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Video on Trial (TV series)
 
2005 500 Years Later (documentary)
Himself (archive sound) (as El-Hajj Malik Shabazz 'Malcolm X')
 
2004 Something the Lord Made (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2003 P.O.V. (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 A Huey P. Newton Story (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Hendrix (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1995-2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2000 The Directors (TV series documentary)
 
1999 Great Books (TV series)
 
1998 Classified X (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The Speeches of Malcolm X (video documentary)
Himself - Speeches, Interview
 
1996 Ghosts of Mississippi
Himself (uncredited)
 
1996 Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 All Power to the People (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
 
1992 Malcolm X
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 Nina Simone: La légende (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 The Real Malcolm X (TV documentary)
Himself - Speeches, Lies in State (uncredited)
 
1991 JFK
Himself (uncredited)
 
1984 Beat This!: A Hip Hop History (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1972 Malcolm X (documentary)
Himself - Speeches, Lies in State
 
1971 Dynamite Chicken
Himself
 
1970 A.k.a. Cassius Clay (documentary)
Himself
 
1969 Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee (documentary)
Himself
 
1965 World in Action (TV series documentary)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

CD album: Voice from 1960s speech on a track of "Supreme Clientel" by Ghostface (2001).

Publicity Listings:

8 Biographical Movies  | 13 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 3 Articles  | See more »


Alternate Names:

El-Hajj Malik Shabazz 'Malcolm X'

Height:

6' 3½" (1.92 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color. See more »

Trivia:

Chosen by GQ Magazine as one of the 50 most stylish men of the past 50 years. See more »

Trademark:

Horn Rimmed Glasses See more »

Nickname:

Detroit Red See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus