Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Acting
Born April 17, 1947 · Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. (born April 16, 1947) in New York City, grew up in the working-class neighborhood of Harlem in a family of Trinidadian descent, raised in the Catholic tradition and imbued with values such as honor and dignity. An only child, he was quickly marked by his exceptional height: from elementary school onward, he played with the tallest kids, and at fourteen, already over two meters (6'7"), he was able to dunk. His adolescence was punctuated by episodes of social confrontation and learning the art of street basketball, which forged his competi…
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Simpsons
The Daily Show
Late Show with David Letterman
Good Mythical Morning
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Colbert Report
Scrubs
New Girl
Dancing with the Stars
The Merv Griffin Show
Billions
The Big Bang Theory
Full House
Mannix
21 Jump Street
Emergency!
Everybody Loves Raymond
Fresh Off the Boat
Tales from the Darkside
Celebrity Family Feud
The Celebrity Apprentice
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Oscars
Martin
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Beat Shazam
The Bachelorette
Basketball: A Love Story
DAVE
To Tell the Truth
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Night Court
Dear...
Airplane!
The Stand