Martin Luther King Jr.

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

147

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-01-15

Day of death

1968-04-04 (39 years old)

Place of Birth

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Mentiras verdaderas

    Mentiras verdaderas

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • 21 Jump Street

    21 Jump Street

  • Kulturzeit

    Kulturzeit

  • Explained

    Explained

  • Basketball: A Love Story

    Basketball: A Love Story

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • History 101

    History 101

  • Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

    Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

  • Bobby

    Bobby

  • Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

    Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

  • The Beach Boys

    The Beach Boys

  • Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

    Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

  • A Huey P. Newton Story

    A Huey P. Newton Story

  • James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

    James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

  • Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene

    Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene

  • O.J.: Made in America

    O.J.: Made in America

  • Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

    Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

  • The Corporation

    The Corporation

  • Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes

    Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes

  • Capitalism: A Love Story

    Capitalism: A Love Story

  • This Is Pop

    This Is Pop

  • Origin

    Origin

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man

    Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man

  • L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK?

    L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK?

  • The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

    The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

  • Days That Shook the World

    Days That Shook the World

  • Hesburgh

    Hesburgh

  • Four Died Trying: Prologue

    Four Died Trying: Prologue

  • 1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond

    1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond

  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

  • The David Susskind Show

    The David Susskind Show

  • J. Edgar

    J. Edgar

  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective

  • The American Nightmare

    The American Nightmare

  • The Doors

    The Doors

  • Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook

    Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook

  • First Ladies

    First Ladies

  • Say Hey, Willie Mays!

    Say Hey, Willie Mays!

  • Death Scenes 2

    Death Scenes 2

  • Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

    Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

  • Helter Skelter: An American Myth

    Helter Skelter: An American Myth

  • Da 5 Bloods

    Da 5 Bloods

  • Speeches That Shook the World

    Speeches That Shook the World

  • The War at Home

    The War at Home

  • The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

    The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

  • Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

  • COINTELPRO 101

    COINTELPRO 101

  • James Brown Soul Brother No. 1

    James Brown Soul Brother No. 1

  • The Art of Dissent

    The Art of Dissent

  • Elvis Presley: The Searcher

    Elvis Presley: The Searcher

  • Ethel

    Ethel

  • Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation

    Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation

  • Disasters of the Century

    Disasters of the Century

  • Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

    Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Naqoyqatsi

    Naqoyqatsi

  • The March

    The March

  • Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's

    Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's

  • Race for the White House

    Race for the White House

  • Bill Russell: Legend

    Bill Russell: Legend

  • The Soul of America

    The Soul of America

  • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

  • Ku Klux Klan: An American Story

    Ku Klux Klan: An American Story

  • What's My Name | Muhammad Ali

    What's My Name | Muhammad Ali

  • After Civil Rights... Black Power

    After Civil Rights... Black Power

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

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

  • Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра»

    Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра»

  • O.J.: Made in America

    O.J.: Made in America

  • Klansville U.S.A.

    Klansville U.S.A.

  • Killing John F. Kennedy

    Killing John F. Kennedy

  • The Century of Icons

    The Century of Icons

  • A History of Antisemitism

    A History of Antisemitism

  • Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

    Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

  • 2012: Time for Change

    2012: Time for Change

  • The Year That Trembled

    The Year That Trembled

  • Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind

    Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind

  • The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

  • Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)

    Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)

  • Roads to Memphis

    Roads to Memphis

  • In Remembrance of Martin

    In Remembrance of Martin

  • La Californie !

    La Californie !

  • Freedom Summer

    Freedom Summer

  • The House I Live In

    The House I Live In

  • The Bus

    The Bus

  • 13th

    13th

  • The Janes

    The Janes

  • Stand

    Stand

  • England 79

    England 79

  • August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

    August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

  • Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

    Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

  • Bobby Kennedy for President

    Bobby Kennedy for President

  • In Their Own Words

    In Their Own Words

  • Great Literary Tour

    Great Literary Tour

  • I Am Curious (Yellow)

    I Am Curious (Yellow)

  • Mike Wallace Is Here

    Mike Wallace Is Here

  • Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

    Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

  • A History of the World According to Getty Images

    A History of the World According to Getty Images

  • Leif GW Persson - Min klassresa

    Leif GW Persson - Min klassresa

  • The Universe

    The Universe

  • Infamous Assassinations

    Infamous Assassinations

  • Folk Britannia

    Folk Britannia

  • Wealth of a Nation

    Wealth of a Nation

  • RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy

    RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy

  • All Power to the People!

    All Power to the People!

  • Emancipation Road

    Emancipation Road

  • Chasing Trane

    Chasing Trane

  • Blue Eyed

    Blue Eyed

  • Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl

    Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl

  • Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream

    Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream

  • Becoming King

    Becoming King

  • The Corporate Coup D'État

    The Corporate Coup D'État

  • John Lewis: Good Trouble

    John Lewis: Good Trouble

  • John Lewis: Good Trouble

    John Lewis: Good Trouble

  • Uncle Tom

    Uncle Tom

  • America's Woman

    America's Woman

  • 4 Little Girls

    4 Little Girls

  • Imminent Threat

    Imminent Threat

  • ...So Goes the Nation

    ...So Goes the Nation

  • MLK: The Assassination Tapes

    MLK: The Assassination Tapes

  • The Real Malcolm X

    The Real Malcolm X

  • Citizen King

    Citizen King

  • Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games

    Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games

  • King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

    King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

  • Burn Motherfucker, Burn!

    Burn Motherfucker, Burn!

  • Integration Report 1

    Integration Report 1

  • I Am MLK Jr.

    I Am MLK Jr.

  • LBJ

    LBJ

  • Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

    Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

  • Zeitgeist: Requiem

    Zeitgeist: Requiem

  • Året var 1963

    Året var 1963

  • Geek, and You Shall Find

    Geek, and You Shall Find

  • Stand

    Stand

  • Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America

    Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America

  • Good Intentions

    Good Intentions

  • Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks

    Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks

  • MLK/FBI

    MLK/FBI

  • Martin Luther King at Newcastle University

    Martin Luther King at Newcastle University

  • Picture Me Rollin'

    Picture Me Rollin'

  • Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

    Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

  • Året var 1966

    Året var 1966

  • King in the Wilderness

    King in the Wilderness

  • De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

    De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

  • David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

    David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

  • Martin Luther King, Jr: From Montgomery to Memphis

    Martin Luther King, Jr: From Montgomery to Memphis

  • The Negro and the American Promise

    The Negro and the American Promise

  • I Have a Dream

    I Have a Dream