Andrew Young

Career Overview

Andrew Young has 32 screen credits in a career dating back to 1960. Signature works include Backyard Wilderness, Andrew Young: The Dirty Work, The Games in Black & White. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

32

Birth Date

1932-03-12

Birth Place

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Known For

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  Backyard Wilderness
• 

  Andrew Young: The Dirty Work
• 

  The Games in Black & White
• 

  This World Is Not My Own
• 

  Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
• 

  Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

Frequent Collaborators

• Christopher Ryan (1 collaborations)
• Susan Todd (1 collaborations)
• Katherine van Hengel (1 collaborations)
• Bobby Axelrod (1 collaborations)
• Caleigh Barker (1 collaborations)
• Katherine LaFountain (1 collaborations)
• Tanner Lamanuzzi (1 collaborations)
• Cheri Lynne (1 collaborations)
• Khadia Abam-Depass (1 collaborations)
• Annie Fabian (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (30 credits)

  • Andrew Young: The Dirty Work

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • The Games in Black & White

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • South to Black Power

    Self

    actor

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

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Rather

    Self - Civil Rights Activist & Politician

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • This World Is Not My Own

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • MLK/FBI

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Backyard Wilderness

    Dad

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • King in the Wilderness

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • A Man's Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • The Colbert Report

    - Grimmy (2014) ... Self actor actors

    - Malcolm Gladwell, Andrew Young (2008) ... Self actor actors
    2005
  • Citizen King

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • 4 Little Girls

    Self - SCLC

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The Real Malcolm X

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Traveling Hopefully

    Self - Ambassador

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • A Decade of Struggle

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • I Am Somebody

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Integration Report 1

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1960

• production (1 credits)

  • Fandango at the Wall

    executive producer

    production
    2020

• crew (1 credits)

  • Dawn of the Maya

    cinematography

    crew
    2004