James Baldwin

James Baldwin

Known for
Acting
Born
August 2, 1924
Died
December 1, 1987 (aged 63)
Birthplace
Harlem, New York, USA

Biography

James Arthur Baldwin was an African-American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son, explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America, and their inevitable if unnameable tensions.

Known For

Filmography

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Assignment America

Assignment America

TV · 1 ep

2026
My Gender Is Black poster

My Gender Is Black

Movie

2025
The New Yorker at 100 poster

The New Yorker at 100

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
James Baldwin Abroad poster

James Baldwin Abroad

Movie · as Self

2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues poster

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Madonna: Madame X poster

Madonna: Madame X

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2021
i ran from it and was still in it poster

i ran from it and was still in it

Movie · as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2020
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade poster

De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

Movie · as Self

2018
Target: St. Louis Vol. 1 poster

Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
Mr. SOUL! poster

Mr. SOUL!

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
Robert Penn Warren: A Vision poster

Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

Movie

2018
Explained poster

Explained

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2017
The Madding Crowd poster

The Madding Crowd

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
I Am Not Your Negro poster

I Am Not Your Negro

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else poster

A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2013
Off-White Tulips poster

Off-White Tulips

Movie · as Self

2011
Public Speaking poster

Public Speaking

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
The James Baldwin Anthology

The James Baldwin Anthology

Movie

1989
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket poster

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1985
The Statue of Liberty poster

The Statue of Liberty

Movie · as Self - Writer

1982
I Heard It Through the Grapevine poster

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Movie

1981
I Remember Harlem poster

I Remember Harlem

TV · as self · 4 eps

1978
The Black Contribution: Literature and Theatre poster

The Black Contribution: Literature and Theatre

Movie · as Himself

1973
James Baldwin: From Another Place poster

James Baldwin: From Another Place

Movie · as Self

1971
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris poster

Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

Movie · as Self

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

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1968
Baldwin's Nigger poster

Baldwin's Nigger

Movie · as Self

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1968
SOUL! poster

SOUL!

TV · 2 eps

1965
Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley poster

Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley

Movie · as Self

1964
Take This Hammer poster

Take This Hammer

Movie · as Self

1963
The Negro and the American Promise poster

The Negro and the American Promise

Movie

1963
World in Action poster

World in Action

TV · 1 ep

1962
James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village poster

James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village

Movie · as Self