Al Sharpton

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 radical who is to blame, in part, for the deterioration of race relations". Sociologist Orlando Patterson has referred to him as a racial arsonist, while liberal columnist Derrick Z. Jackson has called him the black equivalent of Richard Nixon and Pat Buchanan. Sharpton sees much of the criticism as a sign of his effectiveness. "In many ways, what they consider criticism is complimenting my job," he said. "An activist's job is to make public civil rights issues until there can be a climate for change." (Wikipedia)

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Daily Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Real Time with Bill Maher

Raw

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

All Movies (68)

• Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid2024 · as Self
• Atrocity Inc.2024 · as Self - Civil Rights Activist
• "Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary)2024 · as Self
• South to Black Power2023 · as Self
• When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story2023 · as Self
• Loudmouth2022 · as Self
• The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rudy! A Documusical2022 · as Self
• The First Wave2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali2021 · as Self
• Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)2021 · as Self - Minister & Activist
• Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage2021 · as Self
• Woman in Motion2021 · as Self
• Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn2020 · as Self
• American Trial: The Eric Garner Story2020 · as Self
• Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort2020 · as Self
• The Black Godfather2019 · as Self
• Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes2018 · as Self
• United We Stand: The Ali Summit2018 · as self
• Satan & Adam2018 · as Self
• I Am MLK Jr.2018 · as Self
• Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media2018 · as Self
• Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald2018 · as Self
• Prince: the Last Year of a Legend2018 · as Self - Civil rights activist
• Maynard2017 · as Self
• Get Me Roger Stone2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Tale of James Brown2016 · as Self
• Brave Spaces: Perspectives on Faith and LGBT Justice2015 · as Self - National Action Network
• James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message2014 · as Self
• 91 Bullets in a Minute2014 · as Self
• Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown2014 · as Self
• We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama2014
• Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie2013 · as Self
• Koch2013 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Central Park Five2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• The After Party: The Last Party 32011 · as Self
• On the Shoulders of Giants2011
• Looking for Lenny2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• Beating Justice: The Martin Lee Anderson Story2011 · as Self
• Race2010 · as Self
• One Night in Vegas2010 · as Self
• Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?2010 · as Self (archive footage)
• Good Hair2009 · as Self
• If I Die Tonight2009 · as Self
• Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored2009 · as Self
• Madea Goes to Jail2009 · as Self
• Abraham Obama2009 · as Self
• Shooting Star(s): The Rise of Hip Hop Photographer Johnny Nunez2009 · as Self
• Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary2008 · as Self
• James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston2008 · as Self
• The Black List: Volume One2008 · as Self
• The Jena 62007 · as Self
• Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story2006 · as Self
• The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till2005
• Pursuit of Equality2005 · as Self
• Street Fight2005 · as Self
• Celsius 41.112004 · as Self (archive footage)
• James Brown: Soul Survivor2003
• Mr. Deeds2002 · as The Rhyme Master
• Bamboozled2000 · as Himself
• Let's Talk2000
• The Subtext of a Yale Education1999 · as Self
• Cold Feet1999 · as The Reverend
• Run For Cover1995 · as Himself
• The Last Party1993 · as Self
• Malcolm X1992 · as Speaker #2
• Seven Days in Bensonhurst1990 · as Self

All TV Shows (41)

• James Brown: Say It Loud2024 · as Self
• Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World2023 · as Self
• Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
• JANET JACKSON.2022 · as Self
• Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union2021 · as Self
• The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart2020 · as Self
• By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem2020 · as Self
• Basketball: A Love Story2018 · as Self
• Firing Line with Margaret Hoover2018 · as Self
• Time: The Kalief Browder Story2017 · as Self
• Star2016 · as Rev. Al Sharpton
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Empire2015 · as Rev. Al Sharpton
• PoliticsNation2011 · as Self
• America: The Story of Us2010 · as Self
• Joy Behar: Say Anything!2009 · as Himself
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Murder in Black & White2008
• When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts2006 · as Self
• The Colbert Report2005 · as Self
• The Colbert Report2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• I Hate My Job2004
• Tanner on Tanner2004 · as Self
• Boston Legal2004 · as Reverend Al Sharpton
• Rescue Me2004
• Anderson Cooper 360°2003
• Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• My Wife and Kids2001
• Girlfriends2000 · as Al Sharpton
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Himself
• The Chris Rock Show1997
• The Chris Rock Show1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• MS NOW Reports1996 · as Self
• Fox News Sunday1996 · as Self
• New York Undercover1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Raw1993 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)