Al Sharpton
Acting
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)
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movieAtrocity Inc.
2024
Self - Civil Rights Activist
movieThe Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieBehind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
2022
Self (archive footage)
tvSherri
2022
Self - Guest
movieThe First Wave
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Self - Minister & Activist
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
2020
Self
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018
Self
Prince: the Last Year of a Legend
2018
Self - Civil rights activist
movieMaynard
2017
Self
movieGet Me Roger Stone
2017
Self (archive footage)
tvStar
2016
Rev. Al Sharpton
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
movieBrave Spaces: Perspectives on Faith and LGBT Justice
2015
Self - National Action Network
tvEmpire
2015
Rev. Al Sharpton
movieKoch
2013
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Central Park Five
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieLooking for Lenny
2011
Self (archive footage)
movieRace
2010
Self
movieMichael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?
2010
Self (archive footage)
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story
2006
Self
movieCelsius 41.11
2004
Self (archive footage)
tvBoston Legal
2004
Reverend Al Sharpton
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self / Self - Guest
movieMr. Deeds
2002
The Rhyme Master
movieBamboozled
2000
Himself
tvGirlfriends
2000
Al Sharpton
Cold Feet
1999
The Reverend
tvThe Daily Show
1996
Self - Guest
movieRun For Cover
1995
Himself
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
tvRaw
1993
Self
movieMalcolm X
1992
Speaker #2
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)