Cornel West

Characters played by Cornel West

Career Overview

Cornel West has 48 screen credits in a career dating back to 1992. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently The Matrix with 2 titles. Signature works include James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston, American Tap, Fariba. 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

48

Birth Date

1953-06-02 00:00:00

Birth Place

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Known For

• 

  James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
• American Tap
• 

  Fariba
• We Are George Floyd
• 

  America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote
• 

  East Meets West: Hindi & Christian Perspectives on God, Love, & Spiritual Activism

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

• The Matrix (2 titles)
• Sinister (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• James Brown (1 collaborations)
• Muhammad Ali (1 collaborations)
• Michael Ambrosino (1 collaborations)
• Tom Atkins (1 collaborations)
• Charles Bobbitt (1 collaborations)
• Bobby Byrd (1 collaborations)
• Martin Luther King Jr. (1 collaborations)
• Coretta Scott King (1 collaborations)
• Robert F. Kennedy (1 collaborations)
• Lyndon B. Johnson (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (47 credits)

  • Fariba

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • De "Matrix" à "Sense8", la révolution Wachowski

    Self - Postcolonialism Philosopher

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Tax Broke

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Israelism

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • 137 Shots

    self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • When I See Them, I See Us

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • The Big Scary “S” Word

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Bernie Blackout

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • We Are George Floyd

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • No Safe Spaces

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

    Self - Harvard University

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • The Corporate Coup D'État

    Self - Philosopher

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • American Tap

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Chasing Trane

    Self - Philosopher

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Black America since MLK: And still I rise

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Kareem: Minority of One

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Nas: Time Is Illmatic

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Owned & Operated

    Cornel West

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • East Meets West: Hindi & Christian Perspectives on God, Love, & Spiritual Activism

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Fear of a Black Republican

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Still Bill

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

    Don Sexton

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Stand

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Examined Life

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

    Self (as Dr. Cornel West)

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Q&A

    - Power, Spirituality and Free Speech (2018) ... Self - Panelist actor actors
    2008
  • 30 Rock

    - What Will Happen to the Gang Next Year? (2012) ... Cornel West actor actors
    2006
  • Street Fight

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • The Colbert Report

    - Tavis Smiley & Cornel West (2012) ... Self actor actors

    - Cornel West (2011) ... Self actor actors
    2005
  • The Matrix Recalibrated

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Matrix Revolutions

    Councillor West

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • The Matrix Reloaded

    Councillor West

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    - June 10, 2022: Dr. Cornel West, Kellyanne Conway, Josh Barro (2022) ... Self actor actors

    - Boris Epshteyn; Neil deGrasse Tyson; David Frum; Cornel West (2017) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 401 (2016) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 373 (2016) ... Self actor actors

    - October 24, 2014 (2014) ... Self actor actors
    2003
  • Motown 40: The Music Is Forever

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Black Is… Black Ain’t

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1992

• crew (1 credits)

  • Sinister

    thanks

    crew
    2012