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Date of Birth:

15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA more

Date of Death:

4 April 1968, Memphis, Tennessee, USA more

Mini Biography:

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia... more

Trivia:

Subject of the U2 song "Pride (In the Name of Love)" from... more

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Alternate Names:

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | Martin Luther King Jr. | Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr. | Rev. Martin Luther King

Filmography

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Soundtrack View by NEW				Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
	1.	Freedom Writers (2007)	("A Dream")	2007	$40.4M	7.6 (16,029)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	Man with a Moustache (2007)	(special thanks) (as Martin Luther King Jr.)	2007	-	7.0 (5)

2.	StarCraft (1998) (VG)	(thanks) (as Martin Luther King Jr.)	1998	-	9.3 (1,744)

3.	Up Is Down (1969)	(dedicatee) (as Martin Luther King Jr.)	1969	-	8.5 (7)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	"21 Jump Street" (1987)	Himself (1 episode, 1987)	1987	-	7.2 (1,982)
	1 TV episode: Don't Stretch the Rainbow (1987) (voice) (uncredited) Himself
2.	Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult (1967)	Himself	1967	-	6.1 (1,224)
	AKAs: I Am Curious (Yellow) (USA) Jag är nyfiken - gul
3.	"Meet the Press" (1947)	Himself (1 episode, 1967)	1967	-	7.5 (121)
	AKAs: Meet the Press with Tim Russert (USA: complete title) 1 TV episode: Episode dated 13 August 1967 (1967) (as Martin Luther King Jr.) Himself
4.	The March (1964)	(as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) Himself	1964	-	-

5.	"Face to Face" (1959)	Himself (1 episode, 1961)	1961	-	-
	1 TV episode: Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1961) (as Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr.) Himself
6.	"Today" (1952)	Himself (1 episode, 1960)	1960	-	4.6 (318)
	AKAs: NBC News Today (USA: promotional title) The Today Show (USA: alternative title) 1 TV episode: Episode dated 8 September 1960 (1960) Himself


1.	"50 años de"
	1 TV episode: Una periodista de a pie (2009) Himself
2.	Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)	(uncredited) Himself

3.	Regreso a la luna (2009) (TV)	Himself

4.	Stand (2009/I)	Himself

5.	Brothers on the Line (2009)	Himself

6.	70's Fever (2008) (TV)	Himself

7.	"The American Future: A History"
	1 TV episode: American Fervour (2008) Himself
8.	War of the Gods (2008)	Himself

9.	Salute (2008)	Himself

10.	"60/90"
	1 TV episode: Los Chiripitifláuticos i Amor a primera vista (2008) Himself
11.	68 (2008) (TV)	Himself

12.	The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008) (TV)	Himself

13.	"Banda sonora"
	1 TV episode: Episode #2.7 (2008) (uncredited) Himself
14.	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)	Himself

15.	"Upp till kamp"
	1 TV episode: 1968-1969 (2007) Himself
16.	Hair, Let the Sun Shine In (2007) (TV)	Himself

17.	"La tele de tu vida"
	1 TV episode: Episode #1.18 (2007) Himself
18.	Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)	Himself

19.	Numbers from a Montgomery Jail (2007)	Himself

20.	Talk to Me (2007)	(uncredited) Himself

21.	King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007) (V)	Himself

22.	"Video on Trial"
	1 TV episode: Episode #2.8 (2006) Himself
23.	"La imagen de tu vida"
	1 TV episode: Episode #1.4 (2006) Himself
24.	...So Goes the Nation (2006)	Himself

25.	The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)	(uncredited) Himself

26.	Billy Graham: God's Ambassador (2006) (V)	(as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) Himself

27.	"Graffiti 60" (2005)	Himself

28.	The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation (2005) (TV)	Himself

29.	The Shot That Shook the World (2005) (TV)	Himself

30.	Gilligan's Island: A Pop Culture Phenomenon (2005) (V)	Himself

31.	No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)	Himself

32.	"How Art Made the World"
	1 TV episode: More Human Than Human (2005) (uncredited) Himself
33.	The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World (2005) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself

34.	USA the Movie (2005) (V)	(voice) Himself archive footage

35.	Elvis Presley: From the Beginning to the End (2004) (V)	(uncredited) Himself

36.	"And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop" (2004)	Himself

37.	The N Word (2004)	Himself

38.	Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself

39.	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)

40.	TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) (V)	Himself

41.	"The American Experience"
	2 TV episodes: Citizen King (2004) Himself Malcolm X: Make It Plain (1994) (uncredited) Himself (with RFK during March On Washington)
42.	The Corporation (2003)	(uncredited) Himself, during March On Washington

43.	A Decade Under the Influence (2003)	Himself

44.	Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)	Himself

45.	National Geographic: The FBI (2003) (TV)	Himself

46.	The Weather Underground (2002)	Himself

47.	Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks (2002)	Himself

48.	Naqoyqatsi (2002)	(uncredited) Himself

49.	Undercover Brother (2002)	(uncredited) Himself - Applauding for 'I Have a Dream' Speech

50.	Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself

51.	Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel (2002)	Himself

52.	The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself

53.	The Year That Trembled (2002)	Himself

54.	"America Beyond the Color Line with Henry Louis Gates Jr." (2002)	Himself

55.	"Power of Peace"
	1 TV episode: Family Peace (????) Himself
56.	Last Party 2000 (2001)	(uncredited) Himself

57.	A Huey P. Newton Story (2001) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself

58.	Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001)	Himself

59.	We Shall Not Be Moved (2001) (TV)	Himself

60.	"History's Mysteries: Infamous Murders"
	1 TV episode: Murder by Decree (????) (uncredited) Himself
61.	Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington (2001) (TV)	Himself

62.	Hendrix (2000) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself (at Lincoln Memorial)

63.	Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible (2000) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself

64.	Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (2000) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself

65.	Steal This Movie (2000)	(uncredited) Himself

66.	"American Masters"
	1 TV episode: Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000) Himself
67.	ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999) (TV)

68.	"Biography of the Millennium: 100 People - 1000 Years" (1999)	Himself - #33

69.	Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999)	Himself

70.	Life (1999/I)	Himself

71.	The Source (1999) (TV)	Himself

72.	Our Friend, Martin (1999) (V)	(uncredited) Himself

73.	"Investigative Reports"
	1 TV episode: Inside Scientology (1998) Himself
74.	Beyond Titanic (1998) (TV)

75.	"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998)	(uncredited) Himself

76.	Memphis Remembers Martin (1998) (TV)	Himself

77.	Classified X (1998) (TV)	Himself

78.	"Cold War" (1998)	(uncredited) Himself

79.	"Cronkite Remembers" (1997)	(uncredited) Himself

80.	George Wallace (1997) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself (How Long speech)

81.	Contact (1997)	(voice) (uncredited) Himself/Voice Through Space

82.	4 Little Girls (1997)	(uncredited) Himself

83.	The Speeches of Malcolm X (1997) (V)	Himself (leads march into Montgomery, at signings of Civil & Voting Rights Acts)

84.	Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)	(uncredited) Himself

85.	"The X Files"
	1 TV episode: Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man (1996) (uncredited) Himself
86.	Blue Eyed (1996)

87.	"Frontline"
	1 TV episode: The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson (1996) Himself
88.	All Power to the People (1996)	Himself

89.	"Assassinations That Changed the World" (1996)	Himself (1996)

90.	Struggles in Steel: The Fight for Equal Opportunity (1996)	Himself

91.	Nixon (1995)	(uncredited) Himself

92.	Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream (1995)	Himself

93.	The Speeches of Martin Luther King (1995) (V)

94.	The Speeches of Robert F. Kennedy (1995) (V)	Himself (Mountaintop speech)

95.	Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World (1994) (TV)	Himself

96.	The November Men (1994)	(uncredited) Himself

97.	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective (1994)	Himself

98.	The Trial of James Earl Ray (1993) (TV)	Himself

99.	Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (V)	Himself

100.	Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen Vol. 2: Assassination in the 20th Century (1993) (V)	Himself

101.	Malcolm X (1992)	(uncredited) Himself

102.	Nina Simone: La légende (1992) (TV)	Himself

103.	Stalking the President: A History of American Assassins (1992)	Himself (handshake with LBJ, lies in state)

104.	Death Scenes 2 (1992) (V)	(uncredited) Himself

105.	The Real Malcolm X (1992) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself (March on Washington)

106.	Qui a tué Martin Luther King? (1992) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself (speeches, lies in state)

107.	JFK (1991)	(uncredited) Himself

108.	The Doors (1991)	(uncredited) Himself

109.	"Making Sense of the Sixties" (1991)	Himself

110.	Rock Hudson (1990) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself

111.	Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)	Himself

112.	Driving Miss Daisy (1989)	(uncredited) (archive sound) Himself

113.	11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried (1989) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself

114.	Reasonable Doubt: The Single-Bullet Theory and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy (1988)	(uncredited) Himself (with black leaders)

115.	"Eyes on the Prize" (1987)	Himself

116.	"The Cosby Show"
	1 TV episode: The March (1986) Himself
117.	X: The Unheard Music (1986)	(uncredited) Himself

118.	In Remembrance of Martin (1986)	Himself

119.	"Call to Glory"
	1 TV episode: Call It Courage (1984) Himself
120.	El balcón abierto (1984)	Himself

121.	Beat This!: A Hip Hop History (1984) (TV)	Himself

122.	A Good Turn Daily (1983)	(uncredited) Himself

123.	The Killing of America (1982)	Himself

124.	Musique au poing (1982)	Himself (English-language version)

125.	Death of a Prophet (1981) (TV)	(uncredited) Himself

126.	"The Jeffersons"
	1 TV episode: The First Store (1980) (voice) Himself
127.	"The Ten Thousand Day War" (1980)	(uncredited) Himself

128.	The War at Home (1979)	(uncredited) Himself (marches)

129.	Executive Action (1973)	(uncredited) Himself (with civil rights leaders at the White House)

130.	Malcolm X (1972)	(as Rev. Martin Luther King) Himself (remarks after death of Malcolm X)

131.	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)	Himself

132.	Medium Cool (1969)	(uncredited) Himself

133.	Anarchy U.S.A. (1966)	Himself

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Other Works:

Book: "Stride Toward Freedom", 1958. more

Publicity Listings:

11 Biographical Movies | 9 Portrayals | 18 Print Biographies | 12 Articles | 5 Magazine Cover Photos more

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