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Andrew Young

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Born: March 12, 1932
From: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Also known as

Rev. Andrew Young · Andrew Jackson Young Jr.

Biography

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.

Known for

I Am Somebody

King in the Wilderness

Backyard Wilderness

4 Little Girls

Integration Report 1

Citizen King

Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story

Filmography

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2025

Andrew Young: The Dirty Work

Acting (Self)

The Games in Black & White

Acting (Himself)

2024

Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove

Acting (Self) 1 EP

Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Acting (Self (archive footage))

2023

South to Black Power

Acting (Self)

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

Acting (Self)

Acting (Self - Civil Rights Activist & Politician)

This World Is Not My Own

Acting (Self)

2021

Downing of a Flag

Acting (self) 2 EP

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

Acting (Self)

2020

Fandango at the Wall

Production (Executive Producer)

Acting (Self)

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Acting (Self)

Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story

Acting (Self)

2018

Backyard Wilderness

Acting (Dad)

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

Acting (Self)

Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

Acting (Self)

King in the Wilderness

Acting (Self)

2017

Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis

Acting (Self)

2013

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Acting (Self)

2011

A Man's Story

Acting (Self)

2009

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Acting (Self)

2008

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

Acting (Self)

2005

The Colbert Report

Acting (Self) 2 EP

2004

Dawn of the Maya

Crew (Cinematography)

Citizen King

Acting (Self)

2000

The American President

Acting (Thomas Jefferson) 10 EP

1998

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

Acting (Self)

1997

4 Little Girls

Acting (Self - SCLC)

1992

The Real Malcolm X

1982

Traveling Hopefully

Acting (Self - Ambassador)

1980

A Decade of Struggle

Acting (Self)