Al Sharpton

Q: Has Al Sharpton won any awards?

While Al Sharpton has not won traditional acting awards, he has received several honors for his civil rights work, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for his community service.

Q: What was Al Sharpton's first film appearance?

Al Sharpton's first notable film appearance was in the documentary 'The New York Times: The Film' in 2003, where he discussed civil rights issues.

Q: What are some of Al Sharpton's most successful films?

His most recognized work includes 'Civil: Ben Crump' which showcases his activism and contributions to civil rights, making a significant impact on audiences.

Q: What is Al Sharpton's personal life like?

Al Sharpton is married to Alicia Keys and has three children. He often shares insights about his family life while advocating for social issues.

Q: What is Al Sharpton's estimated net worth?

Al Sharpton's estimated net worth is approximately $500,000, primarily from his work as a civil rights leader and television personality.

Q: What are some milestones in Al Sharpton's filmography?

Al Sharpton's filmography milestones include his participation in documentaries and his prominent role in 'Civil: Ben Crump,' where he addresses critical social issues.

Q: How did Al Sharpton start his career?

Al Sharpton began his career as a youth minister and gospel singer before transitioning into civil rights activism, which laid the foundation for his later media presence.

Known for

Mr. Deeds (2002)

IMDb 5.8 / 10

2002 / Comedy, Romance / 96 min

When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind...

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali poster

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (2021)

IMDb 6.9 / 10

2021 / Documentary, History / 96mins

From a chance meeting to a tragic fallout, Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali's extraordinary bond cracks under the weight of distrust and shifting ideals.

Name

Al Sharpton

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

3 October 1954, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Spouses

Alicia Keys (1994–present)

Children

3 children

Parents

Alfred Sharpton Sr., Ada Sharpton

Estimated Net Worth

$500,000

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2024	Movie Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid From masterminding Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential win to his insurgent role in the 2024 race, Democratic strategist James Carville has...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2024	Movie Atrocity Inc. In an exclusive new documentary, Max Blumenthal rips the cover off the media deceptions and atrocity hoaxes Israel pushed after...	Self - Civil Rights Activist	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2024	Movie "Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary) "This 20 minute documentary sheds light on the worst antisemitic riot in American history, which occurred in Crown Heights, Brooklyn,...	Self	Not rated
2024	TV James Brown: Say It Loud Traces the incredible trajectory of Brown’s life and career from a 7th grade drop-out arrested and jailed at the age...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2023	Movie South to Black Power In his provocative 2021 book, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto, New York Times opinion columnist Charles M....	Self	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2023	Movie When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story The origins of the Brooklyn-born altar boy who leaned conservative, even as the civil rights era was flourishing all around...	Self	Not rated
2023	TV Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World Public Enemy’s Chuck D leads a cast of hip-hop icons and leading African-American and Latino cultural commentators as they chart...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2022	Movie Loudmouth Josh Alexander’s Loudmouth documents the winding road that is Al Sharpton’s life story as an iconic activist and spiritual leader.	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2022	Movie The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, the media concocted a narrative that justified a summer of worldwide riots and...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2022	Movie Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL Celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2022	TV Sherri Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily...	Self - Guest	TMDB 2.6 / 10
2022	Movie Rudy! A Documusical The definitive Rudy Giuliani documentary, charting his fall from the cover of Time Magazine to the parking lot of Four...	Self	Not rated
2022	TV JANET JACKSON. The documentary takes viewers through Janet Jackson's life and career, contain never-before-seen footage, and feature home videos from the legendary...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2021	Movie The First Wave When Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman gained unique access to one of New York’s hardest-hit...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2021	Movie Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali From a chance meeting to a tragic fallout, Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali's extraordinary bond cracks under the weight of...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2021	TV Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union President Obama's personal story and his vision for America, set against the backdrop of the country's racial history.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2021	Movie Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture,...	Self - Minister & Activist	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2021	Movie Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage Robin Roberts explores the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen, the legendary group of African American pilots—including her father—that served in...	Self	Not rated
2021	Movie Woman in Motion Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2020	TV The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart Examining the high stakes surrounding key issues affecting communities across America, cutting through the political noise with compelling, in-depth and...	Self	Not rated
2020	TV By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem Inspired by the music and subjects featured in the series “Godfather of Harlem,” this documentary series brings alive the dramatic...	Self	TMDB 3.3 / 10
2020	Movie Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn The 30-year legacy of the murder of black teenager Yusuf Hawkins by a group of young white men in Bensonhurst,...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2020	Movie American Trial: The Eric Garner Story By depicting real-life witnesses and actual evidence in a courtroom setting, American Trial will tell the story of the trial...	Self	Not rated
2020	Movie Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort "Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort" is a fundraiser event co-hosted by Anthony Anderson, Terrence Jenkins, Regina Hall and Kelly...	Self	Not rated
2019	Movie The Black Godfather Follows the life of Clarence Avant, the ultimate, uncensored mentor and behind-the-scenes rainmaker in music, film, TV and politics.	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2018	TV Basketball: A Love Story 'Basketball: A Love Story' is a series of 62 interconnected short stories that creates a vibrant mosaic of the game,...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2018	Movie Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes The life and times of Muhammed Ali shown through the lens of his numerous appearances on The Dick Cavett Show....	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2018	TV Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Join author, activist and commentator Margaret Hoover for a public affairs talk show that delivers a civil and engaging contest...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2018	Movie United We Stand: The Ali Summit Chronicling the single-afternoon gathering (June 4, 1967) of 11 American athletes and a politician. Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, to have...	self	Not rated
2018	Movie Satan & Adam One was a demon on guitar; the other was fresh out of school and no slouch on harmonica. SATAN &...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2018	Movie I Am MLK Jr. This feature documentary deeply explores Dr. King, his experience, his legacy and the Movement at large through key events –...	Self	TMDB 8.8 / 10
2018	Movie Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media A documentary following the civil rights movement and how the media, in particular the burgeoning TV, was used to fight...	Self	Not rated
2018	Movie Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald On the anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Sir Trevor McDonald travels to the Deep South of America to get...	Self	Not rated
2018	Movie Prince: the Last Year of a Legend A documentary on the last year of Prince's life, including interviews with close friends.	Self - Civil rights activist	Not rated
2017	Movie Maynard Director Sam Pollard constructs a portrait of charismatic trailblazer Maynard Jackson, who became Atlanta’s first black mayor in 1973. The...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2017	Movie Get Me Roger Stone From his days of testifying at the Watergate hearings to advising recent presidential candidate Donald Trump, Roger Stone has long...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	TV Time: The Kalief Browder Story The story of a teenager wrongfully charged with theft and jailed at Riker's Island prison for over 1,000 days.	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2016	TV Star Star is a tough-as-nails young woman who came up in the foster care system and decides one day to take...	Rev. Al Sharpton	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2016	Movie A Tale of James Brown Comedian/filmmaker Camille Solari spends the last year interviewing the legendary musical icon James Brown before his untimely death on Christmas...	Self	Not rated
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	Movie Brave Spaces: Perspectives on Faith and LGBT Justice Interviews and perspectives examining the conditions of intersectional justice from 20 leading faith and community leaders.	Self - National Action Network	Not rated
2015	TV Empire A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his...	Rev. Al Sharpton	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2014	Movie James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message The Godfather of Soul tells his life story and features his greatest live performances.	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2014	Movie 91 Bullets in a Minute The world watched in horror as the NYPD was put on trial for the shooting of Sean Bell and Amadou...	Self	Not rated
2014	Movie Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown James Brown changed the face of American music forever. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, James Brown was...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2014	Movie We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama The Election of President Barack Obama began on March 5, 1770 at the Boston Massacre with the death of Crispus...	Unknown character	Not rated
2013	Movie Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie Long before O'Reilly and Beck, Morton Downey, Jr., was tearing up the talk-show format with his divisive populism. Between the...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2013	Movie Koch A documentary on the former mayor of New York City, Ed Koch.	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2012	Movie The Central Park Five In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2011	TV PoliticsNation Reverend Al Sharpton leads a lively weekly discussion, drawing from over 40 years of experience as a community leader, politician,...	Self	TMDB 2.5 / 10
2011	Movie The After Party: The Last Party 3 A documentary feature film about a cinematographer who is caught in a mass arrest. His film crew's videotape of the...	Self	Not rated
2011	Movie On the Shoulders of Giants The story of the Harlem Rens: the greatest basketball team you never heard of.	Unknown character	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2011	Movie Looking for Lenny In-depth documentary that uses Lenny Bruce's legacy to explore the present condition of the fear of words and expression.	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2011	Movie Beating Justice: The Martin Lee Anderson Story Uncovers the system of abuse and denial that killed a 14-year-old boy in a Florida Boot Camp.	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie Race Can one recent local election in Louisiana tell us anything about the state of race relations in twenty-first century America?...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2010	Movie One Night in Vegas On the evening of Sept. 7, 1996, Mike Tyson, the WBC heavyweight champion, attempted to take Bruce Seldon’s WBA title...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2010	TV America: The Story of Us From wagon trains crossing the untamed frontier to man's first steps on the moon, this series offers a compelling look...	Self	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2010	Movie Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop? Documentary that traces the last months of Michael Jackson's life, examines the circumstances that led to his untimely passing, and...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2009	Movie Good Hair An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles,...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2009	TV Joy Behar: Say Anything! Joy Behar: Say Anything! was a news program and talk show hosted by Emmy-award winning talk show host Joy Behar....	Himself	Not rated
2009	Movie If I Die Tonight "No Justice!" "No Peace!" This rising chant from the streets escalated in answer to the seemingly endless incidents of police...	Self	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2009	Movie Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2009	TV Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2009	Movie Madea Goes to Jail After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile,...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2009	Movie Abraham Obama Artist Ron English travels across the country illegally putting up artwork of President Obama and Abraham Lincoln merged together.	Self	Not rated
2009	Movie Shooting Star(s): The Rise of Hip Hop Photographer Johnny Nunez In this revealing biographical portrait, filmmakers Axel Ebermann and Daniel Frei document the rags-to-riches story of photographer Johnny Nunez, charting...	Self	Not rated
2008	Movie Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary Feature length documentary about Howard Dean and the Democratic primary.	Self	Not rated
2008	TV Murder in Black & White	Unknown character	Not rated
2008	Movie James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston On April 5, 1968, soul legend James Brown performed a concert in Boston that many say shielded that city from...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2008	Movie The Black List: Volume One As a new chapter begins in this country, THE BLACK LIST offers a dynamic and never-before-heard perspective from achievers of...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2007	Movie The Jena 6 'The Jena 6' is the story of hidden racial inequality and violence becoming visible. It is a powerful symbol for,...	Self	Not rated
2006	TV When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts Spike Lee's award-winning documentary follows the events that preceded and followed Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans in 2005.	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2006	Movie Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story Larry Holmes is undeniably one of the greatest boxers in heavyweight history, but, despite his accomplishments, he never managed to...	Self	Not rated
2005	TV The Colbert Report The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2005	TV The Colbert Report The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2005	Movie The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till Never-before-seen testimony is included in this documentary on Emmett Louis Till, who, in 1955, was brutally murdered after he whistled...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2005	Movie Pursuit of Equality By issuing marriage licenses to same gender couples, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom uproots the status quo and attempts to...	Self	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2005	Movie Street Fight This documentary follows the 2002 mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey, in which a City Councilman, Cory Booker, attempted to...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2004	TV I Hate My Job I Hate My Job is an American reality television series about young men abandoning their careers for the chance to...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2004	Movie Celsius 41.11 This film attempts to correct the record when it comes to the left's attacks on President Bush, 9/11 and the...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2004	TV Tanner on Tanner Sixteen years ago, Jack Tanner's bid for the White House ended at the 1988 Democratic convention. Now the former congressman...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2004	TV Boston Legal Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a...	Reverend Al Sharpton	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2004	TV Rescue Me The aftermath of 9/11 has left the firefighters of the NYFD traumatized, and no one more so than Tommy Gavin....	Unknown character	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2003	Movie James Brown: Soul Survivor James Brown's legacy has influenced rap, soul, funk and R&B. But along with his huge talent, there's a dark side...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2003	TV Anderson Cooper 360° Anderson Cooper goes beyond the headlines to tell stories from many points of view, so you can make up your...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2003	TV Real Time with Bill Maher Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2002	Movie Mr. Deeds When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling...	The Rhyme Master	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2001	TV My Wife and Kids Michael Kyle is a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique and distinct parenting style....	Unknown character	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2000	Movie Bamboozled Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in...	Himself	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	TV Girlfriends A friend group of black women face life's tests and triumphs together. From dating to divorce, and friends to family...	Al Sharpton	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2000	Movie Let's Talk Out of desperation to save a television talk show that is dying in the ratings, the producer decides to do...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1999	Movie The Subtext of a Yale Education Two years in labor relations at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, during the decade of the 1990s.	Self	Not rated
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Himself	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1999	Movie Cold Feet A young real estate agent starts having second doubts about his upcoming marriage.	The Reverend	TMDB 3.7 / 10
1997	TV The Chris Rock Show The Chris Rock Show is a late night comedy talk show featured on HBO. It was created by Chris Rock...	Self	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1997	TV The Chris Rock Show The Chris Rock Show is a late night comedy talk show featured on HBO. It was created by Chris Rock...	Unknown character	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1996	TV The Daily Show The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	TV MS NOW Reports MS NOW Reports is an American news / talk television program on MS NOW.	Self	TMDB 9.6 / 10
1996	TV Fox News Sunday Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace is a Sunday morning news/talk show on the Fox Broadcasting Company; since 2003, Fox...	Self	TMDB 3.8 / 10
1995	Movie Run For Cover Former KGB plot a terrorist attack on New York City.	Himself	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1994	TV New York Undercover New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1993	TV Late Night with Conan O'Brien Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition...	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1993	Movie The Last Party A youthful perspective on the 1992 presidential campaign with a witty, cautionary message to young Americans to start participating in...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1993	TV Raw A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1992	Movie Malcolm X A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his...	Speaker #2	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1990	Movie Seven Days in Bensonhurst The 1989 murder of Yusef Hawkins by white youths in the Bensonhurst section of New York City set off a...	Self	Not rated
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10

Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid

2024 / TMDB 6.2

"Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary)

2024

Atrocity Inc.

2024 / TMDB 10.0

South to Black Power

2023 / TMDB 3.5

When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story

2023

Loudmouth

2022 / TMDB 6.0

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Al Sharpton is best known for his role as a civil rights activist and television host. His appearances in documentaries and films, especially 'Civil: Ben Crump,' have highlighted his advocacy for social justice.

Has Al Sharpton won any awards?

What was Al Sharpton's first film appearance?

What are some of Al Sharpton's most successful films?

What is Al Sharpton's personal life like?

What is Al Sharpton's estimated net worth?

What are some milestones in Al Sharpton's filmography?

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