Actor profile

Andrew Young

12th March 1932 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Acting

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.

29 Movies 3 TV Shows 32 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Andrew Young: The Dirty Work poster

Andrew Young: The Dirty Work 17th September 2025 as Self

The Games in Black & White poster

The Games in Black & White 26th April 2025 as Himself

Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told poster

Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told 12th March 2024 as Self (archive footage)

South to Black Power poster

South to Black Power 28th November 2023 as Self

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

Move When the Spirit Says Move: The Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton 18th June 2023 as Self

Rather poster

Rather 9th June 2023 as Self - Civil Rights Activist & Politician

This World Is Not My Own poster

This World Is Not My Own 11th March 2023 as Self

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story poster

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story 5th May 2021 as Self

MLK/FBI poster

MLK/FBI 15th September 2020 as Self

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President poster

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President 9th September 2020 as Self

Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story poster

Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story 16th January 2020 as Self

Backyard Wilderness poster

Backyard Wilderness 31st March 2018 as Dad

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace poster

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace 23rd March 2018 as Self

Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald poster

Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald 22nd March 2018 as Self

King in the Wilderness poster

King in the Wilderness 22nd January 2018 as Self

Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis poster

Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis 25th June 2017 as Self

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington poster

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington 1st January 2013 as Self

A Man's Story poster

A Man's Story 8th October 2011 as Self

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy poster

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy 1st January 2009 as Self

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

Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions 6th May 2008 as Self

Citizen King 1st January 2004 as Self

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America poster

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America 4th August 1998 as Self

4 Little Girls poster

4 Little Girls 9th July 1997 as Self - SCLC

The Real Malcolm X poster

The Real Malcolm X 18th November 1992

Traveling Hopefully poster

Traveling Hopefully 6th January 1982 as Self - Ambassador

A Decade of Struggle poster

A Decade of Struggle 1st June 1980 as Self

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis poster

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 24th March 1970 as Self (archive footage)

I Am Somebody poster

I Am Somebody 1st January 1970 as Self

Integration Report 1 poster

Integration Report 1 1st January 1960 as Self

Downing of a Flag poster

Downing of a Flag 12th July 2021 as self

The Colbert Report poster

The Colbert Report 17th October 2005 as Self

The American President poster

The American President 9th April 2000 as Thomas Jefferson