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Al Sharpton

Al Sharpton

Actor · Born 1954-10-03 · New York City, New York, USA

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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 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 r…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Himself
  2. Mr. Deeds (2002) — The Rhyme Master
  3. Malcolm X (1992) — Speaker #2
  4. Empire (2015) — Rev. Al Sharpton
  5. The Daily Show (1996) — Self - Guest
  6. My Wife and Kids (2001)
  7. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
  8. Boston Legal (2004) — Reverend Al Sharpton
  9. Raw (1993) — Self
  10. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self - Guest
  11. The Colbert Report (2005) — Self
  12. Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) — Self
  13. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) — Self - Minister & Activist
  14. Madea Goes to Jail (2009) — Self
  15. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self
  16. Rescue Me (2004)
  17. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
  18. Bamboozled (2000) — Himself
  19. Get Me Roger Stone (2017) — Self (archive footage)
  20. Star (2016) — Rev. Al Sharpton
  21. The Central Park Five (2012) — Self (archive footage)
  22. Good Hair (2009) — Self
  23. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) — Self - Guest
  24. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006) — Self
  25. Girlfriends (2000) — Al Sharpton
  26. Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014) — Self
  27. The Black Godfather (2019) — Self
  28. New York Undercover (1994) — Self
  29. Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (2021) — Self
  30. Time: The Kalief Browder Story (2017) — Self
  31. Street Fight (2005) — Self
  32. The First Wave (2021) — Self (archive footage)
  33. The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM (2022) — Self (archive footage)
  34. JANET JACKSON. (2022) — Self
  35. Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2013) — Self
  36. Sherri (2022) — Self - Guest
  37. The Chris Rock Show (1997)
  38. America: The Story of Us (2010) — Self
  39. One Night in Vegas (2010) — Self
  40. Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union (2021) — Self