Cornel West
Known for Acting · 52 credits
- Born
- 1953-06-02 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Biography
Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. West is the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Center for African American Studies and in the Department of Religion. West is known for his combination of political and moral insight and criticism and his contribution to the post-1960s civil rights movement. The bulk of his work focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society and the means by which people act and react to their "radical conditionedness". West draws intellectual contributions from such diverse traditions as the African American Baptist Church, pragmatism and transcendentalism.
Known For
TV Shows (9)
Movies (43)
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
as Councillor West
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
as Councillor West
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
as Don Sexton
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
as Self
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
as Self
Chasing Trane
2017
as Self - Philosopher
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
1998
as Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
2003
as Self
Kareem: Minority of One
2015
as Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013
as Self
Street Fight
2005
as Self
De "Matrix" à "Sense8", la révolution Wachowski
2024
as Self - Postcolonialism Philosopher
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
2008
as Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
1994
as Self
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
2021
as Self
The Corporate Coup D'État
2018
as Self - Philosopher
Israelism
2023
as Self
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014
as Self
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019
as Self - Harvard University
American Tap
2018
as Self
137 Shots
2021
as self
East Meets West: Hindi & Christian Perspectives on God, Love, & Spiritual Activism
2011
as Self
No Safe Spaces
2019
as Self
Still Bill
2010
as Self
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
2011
as Self
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
2021
as Self
Black America since MLK: And still I rise
2016
Bernie Blackout
2020
as Self
Stand
2009
as Self
Examined Life
2008
as Self
Black Is… Black Ain’t
1995
as Self
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
2017
as Self
Owned & Operated
2012
as Cornel West
The Big Scary “S” Word
2020
as Self
Fariba
We Are George Floyd
2020
as Self
Tax Broke
2024
as Self
When I See Them, I See Us
2021
The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left
2017
as Self
Fear of a Black Republican
2011
as Self
The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White
1992
as Self
America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote
2016
as Self
About Cornel West
Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. West is the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Center for African American Studies and in the Department of Religion. West is known for his combination of political and moral insight and criticism and his contribution to the post-1960s civil rights movement. The bulk of his work focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society… With 52 credits spanning from 1991 to 2024, Cornel West has appeared in 43 films and 9 TV shows.
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Most Popular Cornel West Movies
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003) — as Councillor West
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003) — as Councillor West
- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) — as Don Sexton
- Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009) — as Self
- The Matrix Recalibrated (2004) — as Self
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