Acting
Al Sharpton
EN, DE cinema · 67 credits
Born
3 October 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
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)
Known for
Filmography
Atrocity Inc.
as Self - Civil Rights Activist
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
as Self (archive footage)
The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM
as Self (archive footage)
Loudmouth
as Self
The First Wave
as Self (archive footage)
Woman in Motion
as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self - Minister & Activist
Satan & Adam
as Self
I Am MLK Jr.
as Self
Prince: the Last Year of a Legend
2018
Prince: the Last Year of a Legend
as Self - Civil rights activist
Maynard
as Self
Get Me Roger Stone
as Self (archive footage)
Brave Spaces: Perspectives on Faith and LGBT Justice
as Self - National Action Network
Koch
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Central Park Five
as Self (archive footage)
Looking for Lenny
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?
as Self (archive footage)
Race
as Self
Good Hair
as Self
The Jena 6
as Self
Street Fight
as Self
Celsius 41.11
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Deeds
as The Rhyme Master
Bamboozled
as Himself
Cold Feet
1999
Cold Feet
as The Reverend
Run For Cover
as Himself
The Last Party
as Self
Malcolm X
as Speaker #2