Jelani Cobb
Acting
22
Acting Credits
Biography
William Jelani Cobb is an American writer, author and educator. The Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, Cobb was previously an associate professor of history and director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, from 2012 to 2016.
Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
Meet the Press
Self
Frontline
Self
Marvel's Luke Cage
Jelani Cobb
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
13th
Self
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
Self - Author, The Substance of Hope
Filmography
Heightened Scrutiny
2025
as Self
One Person, One Vote?
2024
as Self
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
2024
as Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
2022
as Self
Lies, Politics and Democracy
2022
as Self - Reporter
Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
2021
as Self
America After 9/11
2021
as Himself
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021
as Self
Policing the Police 2020
2020
as Self
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
2020
as Self
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020
as Self - Interviewee
McCarthy
2020
as Self
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020
as Self - Author, The Substance of Hope
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019
as Self - Columbia University
13th
2016
as Self
Policing the Police
2016
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
as Jelani Cobb
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books
2010
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Frontline
1983
as Self
Meet the Press
1947
as Self