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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Daily Show
1996
Raw
1993
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Colbert Report
2005
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Sherri
2022
Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest · 2009
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Himself · 1999
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest · 1996
Raw
as Self · 1993
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1975
The Colbert Report
as Self · 2005
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
Sherri
as Self - Guest · 2022
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
Boston Legal
as Reverend Al Sharpton · 2004
Anderson Cooper 360°
· 2003
Meet the Press
as Self - Panelist · 1947
Empire
as Rev. Al Sharpton · 2015
Girlfriends
as Al Sharpton · 2000
Rescue Me
· 2004
Steve Harvey
as Self · 2012
New York Undercover
as Self · 1994
My Wife and Kids
· 2001
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
as Self · 2018
Star
as Rev. Al Sharpton · 2016
The Joy Reid Show
as Self · 2020
Fox News Sunday
as Self · 1996
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self · 2018
The Chris Rock Show
· 1997
The Chris Rock Show
as Self · 1997
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
as Self · 2020
Mr. Deeds
as The Rhyme Master · 2002
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
as Himself · 2009
Malcolm X
as Speaker #2 · 1992
America: The Story of Us
as Self · 2010
JANET JACKSON.
as Self · 2022
MS NOW Reports
as Self · 1996
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
as Self · 2006
Tanner on Tanner
as Self · 2004
Madea Goes to Jail
as Self · 2009
Time: The Kalief Browder Story
as Self · 2017
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
as Self · 2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self - Minister & Activist · 2021
James Brown: Say It Loud
as Self · 2024
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
as Self · 2020
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
as Self · 2023
Bamboozled
as Himself · 2000
Satan & Adam
as Self · 2018
Good Hair
as Self · 2009
Get Me Roger Stone
as Self (archive footage) · 2017
91 Bullets in a Minute
as Self · 2014
The Last Party
as Self · 1993
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
as Self · 2021
The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
"Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary)
as Self · 2024
The Central Park Five
as Self (archive footage) · 2012
The Black Godfather
as Self · 2019
James Brown: Soul Survivor
· 2003
On the Shoulders of Giants
· 2011
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
as Self · 2013
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
as Self · 2008
United We Stand: The Ali Summit
as self · 2018
Celsius 41.11
as Self (archive footage) · 2004
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
as Self · 2014
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?
as Self (archive footage) · 2010
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
as Self · 2014
Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid
as Self · 2024
The Black List: Volume One
as Self · 2008
The Subtext of a Yale Education
as Self · 1999
I Am MLK Jr.
as Self · 2018
PoliticsNation
as Self · 2011
American Trial: The Eric Garner Story
as Self · 2020
When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story
as Self · 2023
Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage
as Self · 2021
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
as Self · 2018
Looking for Lenny
as Self (archive footage) · 2011
One Night in Vegas
as Self · 2010
The After Party: The Last Party 3
as Self · 2011
Maynard
as Self · 2017
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
as Self · 2008
Atrocity Inc.
as Self - Civil Rights Activist · 2024
A Tale of James Brown
as Self · 2016
South to Black Power
as Self · 2023
Woman in Motion
as Self · 2021
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored
as Self · 2009
The First Wave
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
as Self · 2020
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
as Self · 2018
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
as Self · 2018
Street Fight
as Self · 2005
Prince: the Last Year of a Legend
as Self - Civil rights activist · 2018
Pursuit of Equality
as Self · 2005
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn
as Self · 2020
Rudy! A Documusical
as Self · 2022
Shooting Star(s): The Rise of Hip Hop Photographer Johnny Nunez
as Self · 2009
Race
as Self · 2010
Seven Days in Bensonhurst
as Self · 1990
Run For Cover
as Himself · 1995
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
· 2005
Koch
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2013
I Hate My Job
· 2004
Cold Feet
as The Reverend · 1999
Loudmouth
as Self · 2022
Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story
as Self · 2006
Let's Talk
· 2000
Murder in Black & White
· 2008
Brave Spaces: Perspectives on Faith and LGBT Justice
as Self - National Action Network · 2015
Abraham Obama
as Self · 2009
If I Die Tonight
as Self · 2009
Beating Justice: The Martin Lee Anderson Story
as Self · 2011
The Jena 6
as Self · 2007