Cornel West

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

49

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-06-02 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Cornel West

Biography

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

  • The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

  • 30 Rock

    30 Rock

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • The Matrix Reloaded

    The Matrix Reloaded

  • Q&A

    Q&A

  • The Matrix Revolutions

    The Matrix Revolutions

  • Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

  • Bernie Blackout

    Bernie Blackout

  • Charlie Rose

    Charlie Rose

  • The Chris Rock Show

    The Chris Rock Show

  • Owned & Operated

    Owned & Operated

  • 137 Shots

    137 Shots

  • American Tap

    American Tap

  • Chasing Trane

    Chasing Trane

  • The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

    The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

  • The Matrix Recalibrated

    The Matrix Recalibrated

  • No Safe Spaces

    No Safe Spaces

  • The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

    The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

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

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

  • Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

    Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

  • Kareem: Minority of One

    Kareem: Minority of One

  • Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

    Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

  • Nas: Time Is Illmatic

    Nas: Time Is Illmatic

  • The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

    The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

  • The Corporate Coup D'État

    The Corporate Coup D'État

  • James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

    James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

  • Fear of a Black Republican

    Fear of a Black Republican

  • Black Is… Black Ain’t

    Black Is… Black Ain’t

  • Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

    Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

  • Motown 40: The Music is Forever

    Motown 40: The Music is Forever

  • Stand

    Stand

  • We Are George Floyd

    We Are George Floyd

  • Black in the 80s

    Black in the 80s

  • The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left

    The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left

  • Examined Life

    Examined Life

  • Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

  • Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

    Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

  • Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

    Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

  • Tax Broke

    Tax Broke

  • An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

    An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

  • Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

  • Street Fight

    Street Fight

  • Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

  • Still Bill

    Still Bill

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

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

  • Fariba

    Fariba

  • The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White

    The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White

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

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

  • Black America since MLK: And still I rise

    Black America since MLK: And still I rise