Cast & creator
Amiri Baraka
Best known for ER, Great Performances, The Dutchman
Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones October 7, 1934), formerly known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, is an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and has taught at a number of universities, including the State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received the PEN Open Book Award, formerly known as the Beyond Margins Award, in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.
Also known as: Everett Leroy Jones, LeRoi Jones, Imamu Amear Baraka, LeRoy Jones-Baraka, Ameer Baraka
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film credits
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television credits
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1966–2026 · acting roles
6.3
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (44)
Showing 44 of 44 credits
ER
Reid
1994
Great Performances
Self
1971
The Dutchman
Original Story
2026The Dutchman
Theatre Play
2026
Bulworth
Rastaman
1998
Nationtime: Gary
Self
1972Nationtime: Gary
Writer
1972
Medea
Writer
1973
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
Self
1978
A Fable
Theatre Play
1971A Fable
Screenplay
1971
The Pact
Self
2006
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Self
2009
Death of a Prophet
1981
Poetry in Motion
Self
1982
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
Self
2006
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
Himself
1987
castelporziano ostia dei poeti
Self - poet
2025
Poets at the Living Theater
Self
2006
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
Self
2008
Dutchman
Writer
1966Dutchman
Theatre Play
1966
Return to Gorée
Self
2007Cellar Vigil
Director
1966
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Self
1989
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
Himself
2005Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Self
1982
W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
Self
1996W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
Writer
1996
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
Self
1997Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
Self
1979
New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture
Himself
2008Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
Self
2024Black Spring
Director
1967Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
Self
1970
1 P.M.
Self
1971Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
Self
2005In Motion: Amiri Baraka
Himself
1983
Speaking in Tongues
1982
The New-Ark
Self
1969The New-Ark
Director
1969The New-Ark
Writer
1969
Turn Me On
Self
2007