Al Sharpton

Acting

Born Oct 03, 1954

From New York City, New York, USA

Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, television/radio talk show host and a former White House adviser for President Barack Obama. In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election. He hosts his own radio talk show, Keepin' It Real, and he makes regular guest appearances cable news television. In 2011, he was named the host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation, a nightly talk show. In 2015, the program was shifted to Sunday mornings. Sharpton's supporters praise "his ability and willingness to defy the power structure that is seen as the cause of their suffering" and consider him "a man who is willing to tell it like it is". Former Mayor of New York City Ed Koch, a one-time foe, said that Sharpton deserves the respect he enjoys among black Americans: "He is willing to go to jail for them, and he is there when they need him." President Barack Obama said that Sharpton is "the voice of the voiceless and a champion for the downtrodden." A 2013 Zogby Analytics poll found that one quarter of African Americans said that Sharpton speaks for them. His critics describe him as "a political radical who is to blame, in part, for the deterioration of race relations". Sociologist Orlando Patterson has referred to him as a racial arsonist, while liberal columnist Derrick Z. Jackson has called him the black equivalent of Richard Nixon and Pat Buchanan. Sharpton sees much of the criticism as a sign of his effectiveness. "In many ways, what they consider criticism is complimenting my job," he said. "An activist's job is to make public civil rights issues until there can be a climate for change." (Wikipedia)

Al Sharpton

Known For

Malcolm X

Mr. Deeds

Bamboozled

Madea Goes to Jail

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Get Me Roger Stone

Good Hair

The Central Park Five

Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

Uncle Tom

Filmography — Acting

Malcolm X

Mr. Deeds

Bamboozled

Madea Goes to Jail

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Get Me Roger Stone

Good Hair

The Central Park Five

Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

Uncle Tom

Koch

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

The Last Party

On the Shoulders of Giants

The First Wave

The Black Godfather

The Black List: Volume One

Celsius 41.11

A Tale of James Brown

I Am MLK Jr.

Street Fight

Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

Atrocity Inc.

Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort

Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

Loudmouth

Woman in Motion

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story

American Trial: The Eric Garner Story

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn

We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM

Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage

Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid

Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored

Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?

Satan & Adam

One Night in Vegas

South to Black Power

Maynard

Pursuit of Equality

United We Stand: The Ali Summit

91 Bullets in a Minute

Shooting Star(s): The Rise of Hip Hop Photographer Johnny Nunez

James Brown: Soul Survivor

Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary

Rudy! A Documusical

Prince: the Last Year of a Legend

The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till

Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story

James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message

Race

Looking for Lenny

The After Party: The Last Party 3

Run For Cover

Cold Feet

Abraham Obama

The Subtext of a Yale Education

Brave Spaces: Perspectives on Faith and LGBT Justice

Let's Talk

If I Die Tonight

Beating Justice: The Martin Lee Anderson Story

"Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary)