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Andrew Young
Andrew Young

Andrew Young

Acting•Born March 12, 1932 (age 94)•New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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

The Colbert Report
6.9

The Colbert Report

TV Series2005
The American President
8.0

The American President

TV Series2000
4 Little Girls
7.1

4 Little Girls

Movie1997
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told
6.4

Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Movie2024
A Man's Story
6.9

A Man's Story

Movie2011
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
6.9

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Movie2020
Rather
3.2

Rather

Movie2023
Backyard Wilderness
6.5

Backyard Wilderness

Movie2018

Filmography

2025
Andrew Young: The Dirty Work

as Self

Movie
2025
The Games in Black & White

as Himself

Movie
2024
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2023
South to Black Power

as Self

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

as Self

Movie
2023
Rather

as Self - Civil Rights Activist & Politician

Movie
2023
This World Is Not My Own

as Self

Movie
2021
Downing of a Flag

as self

TV
2021
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

as Self

Movie
2020
MLK/FBI

as Self

Movie
2020
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

as Self

Movie
2020
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story

as Self

Movie
2018
Backyard Wilderness

as Dad

Movie
2018
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

as Self

Movie
2018
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

as Self

Movie
2018
King in the Wilderness

as Self

Movie
2017
Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis

as Self

Movie
2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

as Self

Movie
2011
A Man's Story

as Self

Movie
2009
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

as Self

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

as Self

Movie
2005
The Colbert Report

as Self

TV
2004
Citizen King

as Self

Movie
2000
The American President

as Thomas Jefferson

TV
1998
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

as Self

Movie
1997
4 Little Girls

as Self - SCLC

Movie
1992
The Real Malcolm X
Movie
1982
Traveling Hopefully

as Self - Ambassador

Movie
1980
A Decade of Struggle

as Self

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

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1970
I Am Somebody

as Self

Movie
1960
Integration Report 1

as Self

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 12, 1932
Place of BirthNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Popularity0.7