Cornel West

Cornel West

Acting
Born Jun 02, 1953
From Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. West is the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Center for African American Studies and in the Department of Religion. West is known for his combination of political and moral insight and criticism and his contribution to the post-1960s civil rights movement. The bulk of his work focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society and the means by which people act and react to their "radical conditionedness". West draws intellectual contributions from such diverse traditions as the African American Baptist Church, pragmatism and transcendentalism.

Known For

Filmography — Acting

The Matrix Reloaded
7.1
2003

The Matrix Reloaded

Councillor West

The Matrix Revolutions
6.7
2003

The Matrix Revolutions

Councillor West

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
5.9
2009

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Don Sexton

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
1.5
2014

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Self

The Corporate Coup D'État
7.6
2018

The Corporate Coup D'État

Self - Philosopher

6.1
2003

The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

Self

Chasing Trane
7.2
2017

Chasing Trane

Self - Philosopher

The Matrix Recalibrated
6.8
2004

The Matrix Recalibrated

Self

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
8.0
2009

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Self

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
7.3
2021

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

Self

Kareem: Minority of One
7.2
2015

Kareem: Minority of One

Self

Nas: Time Is Illmatic
7.0
2014

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

Self

Street Fight
6.8
2005

Street Fight

Self

The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
7.2
2011

The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

Self

Motown 40: The Music is Forever
1998

Motown 40: The Music is Forever

Self

Still Bill
7.1
2010

Still Bill

Self

6.0
2018

American Tap

Self

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
6.6
2008

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

Self (as Dr. Cornel West)

2009

Stand

Self

Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
1994

Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

Self

No Safe Spaces
6.8
2019

No Safe Spaces

Self

An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
2017

An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

Self

Black Is… Black Ain’t
5.6
1995

Black Is… Black Ain’t

Self

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
2021

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

Self

Owned & Operated
8.8
2012

Owned & Operated

Cornel West

2019

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

Self - Harvard University

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
10.0
2013

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

Self

Examined Life
6.5
2008

Examined Life

Self

Bernie Blackout
7.0
2020

Bernie Blackout

Self

De "Matrix" à "Sense8", la révolution Wachowski
7.0
2024

De "Matrix" à "Sense8", la révolution Wachowski

Self - Postcolonialism Philosopher

1992

The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White

Self

2020

We Are George Floyd

Self

137 Shots
6.3
2021

137 Shots

self

America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote
2016

America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote

Self

East Meets West: Hindi & Christian Perspectives on God, Love, & Spiritual Activism
2011

East Meets West: Hindi & Christian Perspectives on God, Love, & Spiritual Activism

Self

Fear of a Black Republican
2011

Fear of a Black Republican

Self

Fariba

Fariba

Black America since MLK: And still I rise
2016

Black America since MLK: And still I rise

The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left
6.0
2017

The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left

Self

9.0
2024

Tax Broke

Self