Al Sharpton
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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
Credits
Mr. Deeds (2002)
as The Rhyme Master
Cold Feet (1999)
as The Reverend
Malcolm X (1992)
as Speaker #2
Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
as Self
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)
as Self
Bamboozled (2000)
as Himself
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
as Self - Minister & Activist
The Black Godfather (2019)
as Self
The Central Park Five (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
On the Shoulders of Giants (2011)
Actor
Good Hair (2009)
as Self
James Brown: Soul Survivor (2003)
Actor
Get Me Roger Stone (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2013)
as Self
Maynard (2017)
as Self
Street Fight (2005)
as Self
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (2021)
as Self
The Last Party (1993)
as Self
Looking for Lenny (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
"Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary) (2024)
as Self
Race (2010)
as Self
Pursuit of Equality (2005)
as Self
A Tale of James Brown (2016)
as Self
One Night in Vegas (2010)
as Self
The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
United We Stand: The Ali Summit (2018)
as self
Let's Talk (2000)
Actor
Seven Days in Bensonhurst (1990)
as Self
Woman in Motion (2021)
as Self
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014)
as Self
Atrocity Inc. (2024)
as Self - Civil Rights Activist
Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid (2024)
as Self
The Black List: Volume One (2008)
as Self
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes (2018)
as Self
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama (2014)
Actor
Celsius 41.11 (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message (2014)
as Self
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored (2009)
as Self
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop? (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
The First Wave (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
I Am MLK Jr. (2018)
as Self
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort (2020)
as Self
Prince: the Last Year of a Legend (2018)
as Self - Civil rights activist
Shooting Star(s): The Rise of Hip Hop Photographer Johnny Nunez (2009)
as Self
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary (2008)
as Self
The Subtext of a Yale Education (1999)
as Self
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn (2020)
as Self
Satan & Adam (2018)
as Self
Abraham Obama (2009)
as Self
South to Black Power (2023)
as Self
Koch (2013)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Run For Cover (1995)
as Himself
The After Party: The Last Party 3 (2011)
as Self
American Trial: The Eric Garner Story (2020)
as Self
Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage (2021)
as Self
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald (2018)
as Self
Loudmouth (2022)
as Self
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (2005)
Actor
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media (2018)
as Self
When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2023)
as Self
Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story (2006)
as Self
Brave Spaces: Perspectives on Faith and LGBT Justice (2015)
as Self - National Action Network
The Jena 6 (2007)
as Self
91 Bullets in a Minute (2014)
as Self
If I Die Tonight (2009)
as Self
Rudy! A Documusical (2022)
as Self
Beating Justice: The Martin Lee Anderson Story (2011)
as Self