James Baldwin

Career Overview

James Baldwin has 37 screen credits in a career dating back to 1962. Their work is anchored in the Pressure universe with 1 titles. Signature works include I Am Not Your Negro, James Baldwin Abroad, i ran from it and was still in it. 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

37

Birth Date

1924-08-02

Birth Place

Harlem, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  I Am Not Your Negro
• 

  James Baldwin Abroad
• 

  i ran from it and was still in it
• 

  Target: St. Louis Vol. 1
• 

  The Madding Crowd
• 

  A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else

Associated Universes

• Pressure (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Samuel L. Jackson (1 collaborations)
• JoeyStarr (1 collaborations)
• Martin Luther King Jr. (1 collaborations)
• Malcolm X (1 collaborations)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger (1 collaborations)
• Billy Dee Williams (1 collaborations)
• Rod Steiger (1 collaborations)
• Dick Gregory (1 collaborations)
• Otis O'Solomon (1 collaborations)
• Horace Tapscott (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (28 credits)

  • The New Yorker at 100

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • James Baldwin Abroad

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Madonna: Madame X

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • i ran from it and was still in it

    Self (voice) (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Mr. SOUL!

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • I Am Not Your Negro

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • The Madding Crowd

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Off-White Tulips

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Public Speaking

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • The James Baldwin Anthology

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • The Statue of Liberty

    Self - Writer

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • The Black Contribution: Literature and Theatre

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • James Baldwin: From Another Place

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Baldwin's Nigger

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • The Dick Cavett Show

    - Woody Allen, Anthony Quinn, Peter Ustinov, Cast of Hair, James Baldwin, Paul Weiss (1969) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Woody Allen, Anthony Quinn, Peter Ustinov, Cast of Hair, James Baldwin, Paul Weiss (1969) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - James Baldwin, Phyllis Newman, Jonathan Weiss, Paul Weiss, Elly Stone (1968) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1968
  • Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Take This Hammer

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • The Negro and the American Promise

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1962

• writing (9 credits)

  • James Baldwin Abroad

    writer

    writing
    2023
  • Brother, Where Are You?

    original story

    writing
    2022
  • If Beale Street Could Talk

    novel

    writing
    2018
  • I Am Not Your Negro

    writer

    writing
    2017
  • Where the Heart Is

    original film writer

    writing
    1998
  • Malcolm X

    screenplay

    writing
    1992
  • Toc Storee

    novel

    writing
    1992
  • Go Tell It on the Mountain

    novel

    writing
    1984
  • I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    writer

    writing
    1982