Spike Lee
Directing
131
Acting Credits
77
Directed
Biography
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American filmmaker and actor. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. Lee received numerous accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Peabody Awards as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award. Lee stud...
Known For
Filmography
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
2026
as Self
Sophie Marceau, à voix haute
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Scorsese
2025
as Self
13 Steps - Die unglaubliche Karriere von Edwin Moses
2024
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
2023
as self
The Moviemakers: Spike Lee
2023
as Self
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
2022
as Self
Sidney
2022
as Self
Denzel Washington: A Model American
2022
as Self
Gold Blooded
2022
as Self
They Call Me Magic
2022
as Self
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021
as Self
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
2021
as Self
Pretend It's a City
2021
as Self
This Is Pop
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Directors on Directors
2021
as Self
Dear...
2020
as Self
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
Desus & Mero
2019
as Self - Illustrious Guest
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018
as Self
Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
2018
as Self
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Be Truly Free
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Birth of a Movement
2017
as Self
Plankton Salesmen
2017
as Self (archive footage)
She's Gotta Have It
2017
as Drum Major
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016
as Self
Champs
2015
as Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
as Self
Director Spike Lee's New York City
2015
as Self
Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth
2015
Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever
2015
as self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience
2014
as self
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Brooklyn Boheme
2012
as Self
Bad 25
2012
as Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
as Self
Red Hook Summer
2012
as Mr. Mookie
Guest
2011
as Self
A Man's Story
2011
as Self
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks
2010
as Self
Four Days in October
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
PoliWood
2009
as Self
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009
as Self
Kobe Doin' Work
2009
as Self
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
2008
as Self
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008
Pixote In Memoriam
2007
as Self
Lights, Action, Music
2007
as Self
Street Fight
2005
as Self
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
as Self
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
2005
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005
as Self
Through the Fire
2005
It's the Shoes
2005
as Self
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004
as Self
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004
as Self
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
2004
as Self
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
New York at the Movies
2002
as Self
It's Black Entertainment
2002
as Self
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002
as Self
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
2002
as Self
3 A.M.
2001
as Filmmaker
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001
as Self
Michael Jordan to the Max
2000
as Self
Lisa Picard Is Famous
2000
as Spike Lee
Summer of Sam
1999
as John Jeffries
The Early Show
1999
as Self
4 Little Girls
1997
as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
The View
1997
as Self
The Chris Rock Show
1997
as Self
When We Were Kings
1996
as Self
Girl 6
1996
as Jimmy
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996
as Self
The Universal Story
1996
as Self (archive footage)
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Clockers
1995
as Chucky
Below the Rim
1995
Lumière & Company
1995
as Self (segment "Sarah Moon")
Crooklyn
1994
as Snuffy
Hoop Dreams
1994
as Self
A Century of Cinema
1994
as Self
Drop Squad
1994
as Himself
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
The Last Party
1993
as Self
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
1993
Farewell, Babylon!
1993
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
Malcolm X
1992
as Shorty
Our Hollywood Education
1992
as Self
Ghostwriter
1992
as Special Agent Pete (archive footage)
Ghostwriter
1992
as Special Agent Pete
Jungle Fever
1991
as Cyrus
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
1991
as Self
Sous les marches du palais
1991
as Self
Branford Marsalis: Steep
1991
as Self
Lonely in America
1990
as Spike Lee (Newsstand Customer) (uncredited)
Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Giant
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
1990
as Self
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
1990
In Living Color
1990
Do the Right Thing
1989
as Mookie
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
as Self
First Works
1989
as Self
Decade
1989
as Self
Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!
1989
School Daze
1988
as Darrell 'Half-Pint' Dunlap
Yo! MTV Raps
1988
as Self
She's Gotta Have It
1986
as Mars Blackmon
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Mars Blackmon
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self - Audience Member