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How Did Martin Luther King Jr. Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 39Also known asMLK, Dr. King, Martin Luther King, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn15/01/1929Born inAtlanta, Georgia, USADied04/04/1968Died inSt. Joseph's Hospital, MemphisCausegunshot woundWikidataQ8027 ↗Buried atMartin Luther King Jr. National Historical ParkTMDb#1107983 ↗
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination, which most commonly affected African Americans.
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Importing filmography…
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | America Who Are You? A History of the American MindsetSeries | Self (archive footage) | 97 |
| 2024 | Hollywood BlackSeries | Self (archive footage) | 95 |
| 2024 | The Choice 2024: Harris vs. TrumpMovie | Self (archive footage) | 95 |
| 2023 | Bill Russell: LegendSeries | Self (archive footage) | 94 |
| 2023 | StandMovie | Self (archive footage) | 94 |
| 2023 | OriginMovie | Self (archive voice) | 94 |
| 2022 | Say Hey, Willie Mays!Movie | Self (archive footage) | 93 |
| 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & BluesMovie | Self (archive footage) | 93 |
| 2022 | The Century of IconsSeries | Self (archive footage) | 93 |
| 2022 | A History of AntisemitismSeries | Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) | 93 |
| 2021 | This Is PopSeries | Self (archive footage) | 92 |
| 2021 | The Art of DissentMovie | Self - Subject (archive footage) | 92 |
| 2020 | First LadiesSeries | Self (archive footage) | 91 |
| 2020 | History 101Series | Self (archive footage) | 91 |
| 2020 | John Lewis: Good TroubleMovie | Self (archive footage) | 91 |
| 2020 | John Lewis: Good TroubleMovie | Self (archive Footage) | 91 |
| 2020 | Helter Skelter: An American MythSeries | Self (archive footage) | 91 |
| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is HereMovie | Self (archive footage) | 90 |
| 2019 | What's My Name | Muhammad AliSeries | Self (archive footage) | 90 |
| 2019 | The Green Book: Guide to FreedomMovie | Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) | 90 |
| 2019 | Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a GenerationMovie | Self | 90 |
| 2019 | Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der WahlMovie | Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) | 90 |
| 2019 | England 79Movie | — | 90 |
| 2019 | Manson: Music from an Unsound MindMovie | Self (archive footage) | 90 |
| 2018 | ExplainedSeries | Self (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2018 | Basketball: A Love StorySeries | Self (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2018 | Martin Luther King by Trevor McdonaldMovie | Self (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2018 | Josephine Baker: The Story of an AwakeningMovie | Self (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2018 | 1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and BeyondMovie | Self (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2018 | Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked ManMovie | Self (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2018 | The Corporate Coup D'ÉtatMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 89 |
| 2017 | Chasing TraneMovie | Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) | 88 |
| 2016 | O.J.: Made in AmericaMovie | Self (archive footage) | 87 |
| 2016 | We Have A DreamMovie | Self (archive footage) | 87 |
| 2016 | O.J.: Made in AmericaSeries | Self (archive footage) | 87 |
| 2016 | Great Literary TourSeries | Self (archive footage) | 87 |
| 2016 | 13thMovie | Self (archive footage) | 87 |
| 2015 | Imminent ThreatMovie | Self (archive footage) | 86 |
| 2015 | Leif GW Persson - Min klassresaSeries | Self (archive footage) | 86 |
| 2015 | In Their Own WordsSeries | Self (archive footage) | 86 |
| 2014 | Freedom SummerMovie | Self (archive footage) | 85 |
| 2013 | Gore Vidal: The United States of AmnesiaMovie | Self (archive footage) | 84 |
| 2013 | High and Hallowed: Everest 1963Movie | Self (archive footage) | 84 |
| 2012 | I AmSeries | Self | 83 |
| 2012 | Infamous AssassinationsSeries | Self (archive footage) | 83 |
| 2011 | J. EdgarMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 82 |
| 2011 | Mentiras verdaderasSeries | Self (archive footage) | 82 |
| 2011 | Hollywood InvasionMovie | archive footage | 82 |
| 2010 | When You're StrangeMovie | Self (archive footage) | 81 |
| 2010 | COINTELPRO 101Movie | Self (archive footage) | 81 |
| 2009 | Capitalism: A Love StoryMovie | Self (archive footage) | 80 |
| 2009 | Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by SapphireMovie | Self (archive footage) | 80 |
| 2007 | L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK?Movie | Self (archive footage) | 78 |
| 2007 | RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby KennedyMovie | Self (archive footage) | 78 |
| 2006 | BobbyMovie | Self (archive footage) | 77 |
| 2006 | ...So Goes the NationMovie | Self (archive footage) | 77 |
| 2003 | Days That Shook the WorldSeries | Self (archive footage) | 74 |
| 2002 | Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in FilmMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 73 |
| 2002 | NaqoyqatsiMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 73 |
| 2000 | The American NightmareMovie | Self | 71 |
| 1997 | 4 Little GirlsMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 68 |
| 1996 | Blue EyedMovie | Self (archive footage) | 67 |
| 1996 | Assassinations That Changed the WorldSeries | — | 67 |
| 1995 | KulturzeitSeries | Self (archive footage) | 66 |
| 1992 | Death Scenes 2Movie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 63 |
| 1991 | The DoorsMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 62 |
| 1987 | DispatchesSeries | — | 58 |
| 1986 | In Remembrance of MartinMovie | Self | 57 |
| 1983 | First TuesdaySeries | — | 54 |
| 1981 | The Killing of AmericaMovie | Self (archive footage) | 52 |
| 1973 | Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)Movie | Self (archive footage) | 44 |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisMovie | Self (archive footage) | 41 |
| 1967 | OmnibusSeries | Self | 38 |
| 1963 | World in ActionSeries | — | 34 |
| 1959 | The David Susskind ShowSeries | Self | 30 |