Andrew Young

Andrew Young

ActorProducer Mar 12 (age 94) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 1960–2025 (65 year career)

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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

4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

Self - SCLC

King in the Wilderness

King in the Wilderness

Self

MLK/FBI

MLK/FBI

Self

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

I Am Somebody

I Am Somebody

Self

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Self

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Self

A Man's Story

A Man's Story

Self

Filmography

Acting (32)

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Movies (29)

Andrew Young: The Dirty Work

Andrew Young: The Dirty Work

as self

The Games in Black & White

The Games in Black & White

as Himself

Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

as Self (archive footage)

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

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

as Self

Rather

Rather

as Self - Civil Rights Activist & Politician

South to Black Power

South to Black Power

as Self

This World Is Not My Own

This World Is Not My Own

as Self

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

as Self

MLK/FBI

MLK/FBI

as Self

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

as Self

Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story

Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story

as Self

King in the Wilderness

King in the Wilderness

as Self

Backyard Wilderness

Backyard Wilderness

as Dad

Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

as Self

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

as Self

Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis

Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis

as Self

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

as Self

A Man's Story

A Man's Story

as Self

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

as Self

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

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

as Self

Citizen King

as Self

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

as Self

4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

as Self - SCLC

The Real Malcolm X

The Real Malcolm X

Traveling Hopefully

Traveling Hopefully

as Self - Ambassador

A Decade of Struggle

A Decade of Struggle

as Self

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

as Self (archive footage)

I Am Somebody

I Am Somebody

as Self

Integration Report 1

Integration Report 1

as Self

Television (3)

Downing of a Flag

Downing of a Flag

as self

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report

as Self

The American President

The American President

as Thomas Jefferson

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Fandango at the Wall

Fandango at the Wall

Executive Producer