Cornel West

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

47

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

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

  • 30 Rock

    30 Rock

  • Q&A

    Q&A

  • Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

  • The Matrix Reloaded

    The Matrix Reloaded

  • The Matrix Revolutions

    The Matrix Revolutions

  • The Chris Rock Show

    The Chris Rock Show

  • James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

    James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

  • Charlie Rose

    Charlie Rose

  • The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

    The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

  • The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

    The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

  • Still Bill

    Still Bill

  • No Safe Spaces

    No Safe Spaces

  • The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

    The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

  • Examined Life

    Examined Life

  • Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

    Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

  • Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

  • The Matrix Recalibrated

    The Matrix Recalibrated

  • Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

    Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

  • Bernie Blackout

    Bernie Blackout

  • Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

    Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

  • Owned & Operated

    Owned & Operated

  • Nas: Time Is Illmatic

    Nas: Time Is Illmatic

  • The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left

    The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left

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

    Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

  • Black in the 80s

    Black in the 80s

  • We Are George Floyd

    We Are George Floyd

  • 137 Shots

    137 Shots

  • Black Is… Black Ain’t

    Black Is… Black Ain’t

  • American Tap

    American Tap

  • Motown 40: The Music is Forever

    Motown 40: The Music is Forever

  • Chasing Trane

    Chasing Trane

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

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

  • The Corporate Coup D'État

    The Corporate Coup D'État

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

    The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White

  • Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

    Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

  • Fariba

    Fariba

  • Tax Broke

    Tax Broke

  • Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

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

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

  • Black America since MLK: And still I rise

    Black America since MLK: And still I rise

  • Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

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

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

  • Stand

    Stand

  • Street Fight

    Street Fight

  • An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

    An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story