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."
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Filmography
all 98
self 79
Movies 58
TV Shows 40
James Brown: Say It Loud (2024)
When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2023)
When Truth Isn't Truth the Rudy Giuliani Story (2023)
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (2023)
Giuliani: What Happened to America's Mayor? (2023)
Loudmouth (2022)
The Greatest Lie Ever Sold (2022)
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL (2022)
Sherri (2022)
Rudy! A Documusical (2022)
JANET JACKSON. (2022)
The First Wave (2021)
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (2021)
NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½ (2021)
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union (2021)
Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage (2021)
Woman in Motion (2021)
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (2020)
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn (2020)
Uncle Tom (2020)
American Trial: The Eric Garner Story (2020)
Trial by Media (2020)
The Black Godfather (2019)
Basketball: A Love Story (2018)
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes (2018)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (2018)
Satan & Adam (2018)
I Am MLK Jr. (2018)
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media (2018)
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald (2018)
Maynard (2017)
Get Me Roger Stone (2017)
Time: The Kalief Browder Story (2017)
Star (2016)
Facing (2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Brave Spaces: Perspectives on Faith and LGBT Justice (2015)
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message (2014)
91 Bullets in a Minute (2014)
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014)
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama (2014)
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2013)
Keep the Promise: The Global Fight Against AIDS (2013)
Koch (2013)
The Central Park Five (2012)
PoliticsNation (2011)
The After Party: The Last Party 3 (2011)
On the Shoulders of Giants (2011)
Looking for Lenny (2011)
Race (2010)
One Night in Vegas (2010)
America: The Story of Us (2010)
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop? (2010)
Good Hair (2009)
Joy Behar: Say Anything! (2009)
If I Die Tonight (2009)
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored (2009)
Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
Abraham Obama (2009)
Shooting Star(s): The Rise of Hip Hop Photographer Johnny Nunez (2009)
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary (2008)
Murder in Black & White (2008)
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008)
The Black List: Volume One (2008)
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story (2006)
The Colbert Report (2005)
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (2005)
Pursuit of Equality (2005)
Street Fight (2005)
I Hate My Job (2004)
Celsius 41.11 (2004)
Tanner on Tanner (2004)
Boston Legal (2004)
Rescue Me (2004)
Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
Anderson Cooper 360° (2003)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Mr. Deeds (2002)
My Wife and Kids (2001)
Bamboozled (2000)
Girlfriends (2000)
Let's Talk (2000)
The Subtext of a Yale Education (1999)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Cold Feet (1999)
The Chris Rock Show (1997)
The Daily Show (1996)
MSNBC Live (1996)
Run For Cover (1995)
New York Undercover (1994)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
The Last Party (1993)
WWE Raw (1993)
Malcolm X (1992)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Tucker
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GenderMale
Birthday1954-10-03 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
ReligionBaptists
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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