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Director
James Baldwin
Acting
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 10
TMDB ID: 943183
IMDb ID: nm0049924
Known for: Acting
Born: August 2, 1924
Died: December 1, 1987
Age: 63
Place of birth: Harlem, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2025
Years active: 64
Average TMDB rating: 7.07
Wikidata: Q273210
Frequent jobs
Novel (4)Writer (3)Original Film Writer (1)Original Story (1)Screenplay (1)
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.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with James Baldwin.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with James Baldwin.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with James Baldwin.
as Himself
The Black Contribution: Literature and Theatre
1978 • Movie
Screenplay
Malcolm X
1992 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. SOUL!
2018 • Movie
Novel
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018 • Movie
Writer
I Am Not Your Negro
2017 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Public Speaking
2011 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The New Yorker at 100
2025 • Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Madonna: Madame X
2021 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 • Movie
as Self - Writer
The Statue of Liberty
1985 • Movie
The Negro and the American Promise
1963 • Movie
Novel
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with James Baldwin.
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 • Series
Novel • 1 eps
American Playhouse
1982 • Series
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
Explained
2018 • Series
1 eps
World in Action
1963 • Series
as Self (archive footage) • 4 eps
Bobby Kennedy for President
2018 • Series
2 eps
SOUL!
1968 • Series
as self • 4 eps
I Remember Harlem
1981 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for James Baldwin.
Writer
James Baldwin Abroad
2023 • Movie
Original Story
Brother, Where Are You?
2022 • Movie
Novel
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018 • Movie
Writer
I Am Not Your Negro
2017 • Movie
Original Film Writer
Where the Heart Is
1998 • Movie
Screenplay
Malcolm X
1992 • Movie
Novel
Toc Storee
1992 • Movie
Novel
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984 • Movie
Writer
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
1982 • Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for James Baldwin.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for James Baldwin.
as Self (archive footage)
The New Yorker at 100
2025 • Movie
as Self
James Baldwin Abroad
2023 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 • Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Madonna: Madame X
2021 • Movie
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
i ran from it and was still in it
2021 • Movie
as Self
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
2020 • Movie
Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
2018 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. SOUL!
2018 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Target: St. Louis Vol. 1
2018 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Madding Crowd
2017 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else
2014 • Movie
as Self
Off-White Tulips
2013 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for James Baldwin.
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
Explained
2018 • Series
as Self (archive footage) • 4 eps
Bobby Kennedy for President
2018 • Series
as self • 4 eps
I Remember Harlem
1981 • Series
2 eps
SOUL!
1968 • Series
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 • Series
1 eps
World in Action
1963 • Series