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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Birthday: 1947-04-17 | Place of Birth: Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 16, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time. Abdul-Jabbar has also been an actor, a basketball coach, a best-selling author, and a martial artist, having trained in Jeet Kune Do under Bruce Lee and appeared in his film Game of Death (1972) and other TV Shows a series.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
They Call Me Magic

as    Self

2022
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War

as    Self - Narrator (voice)

2020
John Bronco

as    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2020
Be Water

as    Self - Student / Friend

2015
Kareem: Minority of One

as    Self

2015
Kobe Bryant's Muse

as    Self (archive footage)

2011
On the Shoulders of Giants

as    Self - Narrator

2009
Kobe Doin' Work

as    Self

2007
Weapons

as    P.J.

2000
Bruce Lee in G.O.D.

as    Himself / Hakim

2000
1995
Slam Dunk Ernest

as    Archangel

1993
The Curse of the Dragon

as    Self

1990
The Best of the Martial Arts Films

as    Self (archive footage)

1989
Hoodwinked

as    Man at Sal's House

1980
Airplane!

as    Roger Murdock

1979
Game of Death

as    Hakim