Martin Luther King Jr.
Biography
Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. With the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia (the Albany Movement), and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history.
Top Rated Movies
Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2024 | The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2023 | The Universe | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2022 | Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream | - | HIT | |
| 2022 | Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2021 | Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2021 | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Self - Activist (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2020 | Uncle Tom | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2019 | Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation | Self | HIT | |
| 2019 | Hesburgh | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2019 | Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2019 | The Green Book: Guide to Freedom | Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2018 | Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2018 | The Corporate Coup D'État | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 2018 | 1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2018 | I Am MLK Jr. | Self | HIT | |
| 2018 | Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2017 | Chasing Trane | Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2016 | 13th | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2016 | O.J.: Made in America | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2016 | Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2014 | Freedom Summer | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2013 | Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2013 | Martin Luther King and the March on Washington | Self | HIT | |
| 2012 | The House I Live In | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 2012 | MLK: The Assassination Tapes | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2010 | Roads to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2010 | When You're Strange | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2009 | Capitalism: A Love Story | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2008 | Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene | self - archival footage | HIT | |
| 2007 | RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2007 | King: Man of Peace in a Time of War | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2005 | No Direction Home: Bob Dylan | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2004 | Citizen King | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2003 | The Corporation | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2002 | Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1999 | Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1997 | 4 Little Girls | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 1996 | Blue Eyed | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1994 | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1991 | The Doors | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 1986 | In Remembrance of Martin | Self | HIT | |
| 1985 | Disasters of the Century | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1979 | The War at Home | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1978 | James Brown Soul Brother No. 1 | - | HIT | |
| 1973 | Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 | Self/Cameo (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1970 | Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра» | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1964 | The March | Self | HIT | |
| 1960 | Integration Report 1 | Self | HIT |