Al Sharpton
Acting
112
Acting Credits
Biography
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 p...
Known For
Filmography
Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid
2024
as Self
Atrocity Inc.
2024
as Self - Civil Rights Activist
"Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary)
2024
as Self
James Brown: Say It Loud
2024
as Self
When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story
2023
as Self
South to Black Power
2023
as Self
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
2023
as Self
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Rudy! A Documusical
2022
as Self
The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Loudmouth
2022
as Self
The Sherri Shepherd Show
2022
as Self - Guest
JANET JACKSON.
2022
as Self
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
2021
as Self
The First Wave
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage
2021
as Self
Woman in Motion
2021
as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
as Self - Minister & Activist
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021
as Self
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn
2020
as Self
American Trial: The Eric Garner Story
2020
as Self
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
2020
as Self
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
2020
as Self
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
2020
as Self
The Joy Reid Show
2020
as Self
The Black Godfather
2019
as Self
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
2018
as Self
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
2018
as Self
I Am MLK Jr.
2018
as Self
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018
as Self
Satan & Adam
2018
as Self
Prince: the Last Year of a Legend
2018
as Self - Civil rights activist
United We Stand: The Ali Summit
2018
as self
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018
as Self
Maynard
2017
as Self
Get Me Roger Stone
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Time: The Kalief Browder Story
2017
as Self
A Tale of James Brown
2016
as Self
Star
2016
as Rev. Al Sharpton
Brave Spaces: Perspectives on Faith and LGBT Justice
2015
as Self - National Action Network
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Empire
2015
as Rev. Al Sharpton
91 Bullets in a Minute
2014
as Self
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
2014
as Self
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
2014
as Self
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
2013
as Self
Koch
2013
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Central Park Five
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Steve Harvey
2012
as Self
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
Looking for Lenny
2011
as Self (archive footage)
The After Party: The Last Party 3
2011
as Self
Beating Justice: The Martin Lee Anderson Story
2011
as Self
PoliticsNation
2011
as Self
One Night in Vegas
2010
as Self
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Race
2010
as Self
America: The Story of Us
2010
as Self
Good Hair
2009
as Self
Shooting Star(s): The Rise of Hip Hop Photographer Johnny Nunez
2009
as Self
Madea Goes to Jail
2009
as Self
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored
2009
as Self
If I Die Tonight
2009
as Self
Abraham Obama
2009
as Self
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
as Himself
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Black List: Volume One
2008
as Self
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
2008
as Self
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
2008
as Self
Murder in Black & White
2008
The Jena 6
2007
as Self
Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story
2006
as Self
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006
as Self
Street Fight
2005
as Self
Pursuit of Equality
2005
as Self
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
2005
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self
Celsius 41.11
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Rescue Me
2004
Boston Legal
2004
as Reverend Al Sharpton
I Hate My Job
2004
Tanner on Tanner
2004
as Self
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Mr. Deeds
2002
as The Rhyme Master
My Wife and Kids
2001
Bamboozled
2000
as Himself
Let's Talk
2000
Girlfriends
2000
as Al Sharpton
The Subtext of a Yale Education
1999
as Self
Cold Feet
1999
as The Reverend
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Himself
The Chris Rock Show
1997
The Chris Rock Show
1997
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
MS NOW Reports
1996
as Self
Fox News Sunday
1996
as Self
Run For Cover
1995
as Himself
New York Undercover
1994
as Self
The Last Party
1993
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Raw
1993
as Self
Malcolm X
1992
as Speaker #2
Seven Days in Bensonhurst
1990
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Meet the Press
1947
as Self - Panelist