Andrew Young

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Andrew Young

Acting 94 March 12, 1932

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Andrew Jackson Young Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as ex…

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The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report

7.0 2005 TV Show
4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

7.1 1997 Movie
King in the Wilderness

King in the Wilderness

7.0 2018 Movie
The American President

The American President

8.0 2000 TV Show
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

6.9 2020 Movie
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

7.3 1970 Movie
MLK/FBI

MLK/FBI

6.9 2020 Movie
A Man's Story

A Man's Story

6.9 2011 Movie
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

8.0 2009 Movie
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

6.4 2024 Movie
Backyard Wilderness

Backyard Wilderness

6.7 2018 Movie
Rather

Rather

3.2 2023 Movie

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Andrew Jackson Young Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Andrew Young: The Dirty Work

    Movie Self

  2. 2025
    The Games in Black & White

    Movie Himself

  3. 2024
    Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove

    TV show Self

  4. 2024
    Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2023
    South to Black Power

    Movie Self

  6. 2023
    Move When the Spirit Says Move: The Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton

    Movie Self

  7. 2023
    Rather

    Movie Self - Civil Rights Activist & Politician

  8. 2023
    This World Is Not My Own

    Movie Self

  9. 2021
    Downing of a Flag

    TV show self

  10. 2021
    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

    Movie Self

  11. 2020
    Fandango at the Wall

    Movie Executive Producer

  12. 2020
    MLK/FBI

    Movie Self

  13. 2020
    Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

    Movie Self

  14. 2020
    Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story

    Movie Self

  15. 2018
    Backyard Wilderness

    Movie Dad

  16. 2018
    Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2018
    Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

    Movie Self

  2. 2018
    King in the Wilderness

    Movie Self

  3. 2017
    Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis

    Movie Self

  4. 2013
    Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

    Movie Self

  5. 2011
    A Man's Story

    Movie Self

  6. 2009
    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

    Movie Self

  7. 2008
    Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions

    Movie Self

  8. 2005
    The Colbert Report

    TV show Self

  9. 2004
    Dawn of the Maya

    Movie Cinematography

  10. 2004
    Citizen King

    Movie Self

  11. 2000
    The American President

    TV show Thomas Jefferson

  12. 1998
    I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

    Movie Self

  13. 1997
    4 Little Girls

    Movie Self - SCLC

  14. 1992
    The Real Malcolm X

    Movie

  15. 1982
    Traveling Hopefully

    Movie Self - Ambassador

  16. 1980
    A Decade of Struggle

    Movie Self

  17. 1970
    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  18. 1970
    I Am Somebody

    Movie Self

  19. 1960
    Integration Report 1

    Movie Self