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James Baldwin

Cast & creator

James Baldwin

1924-08-02 (died at 63) Harlem, New York, USAIMDb

Best known for The Dick Cavett Show, American Playhouse, World in Action

James Arthur Baldwin was an African-American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son, explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America, and their inevitable if unnameable tensions.

Movies

36

film credits

Series

8

television credits

Career

34

1962–2025 · acting roles

Credit score

7.2

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest · 1968

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Novel · 1982

World in Action

World in Action

Acting · 1963

Explained

Explained

Self (archive footage) · 2018

If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

Novel · 2018

Across film & television

Filmography (44)

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The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Novel

World in Action

World in Action

Explained

Explained

Self (archive footage)

If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

Novel

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Screenplay

Bobby Kennedy for President

Bobby Kennedy for President

Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive footage)

I Am Not Your Negro

I Am Not Your Negro

Self (archive footage)

I Am Not Your Negro

I Am Not Your Negro

Writer

The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty

Self - Writer

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Novel

The New Yorker at 100

The New Yorker at 100

Self (archive footage)

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

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

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

Self

Madonna: Madame X

Madonna: Madame X

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Public Speaking

Public Speaking

Self (archive footage)

SOUL!

SOUL!

Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

Self

Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

Original Film Writer

Mr. SOUL!

Mr. SOUL!

Self (archive footage)

The Negro and the American Promise

The Negro and the American Promise

Brother, Where Are You?

Brother, Where Are You?

Original Story

Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley

Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley

Self

Assignment America

The Madding Crowd

The Madding Crowd

Self (archive footage)

Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

Self (archive footage)

The Black Contribution: Literature and Theatre

The Black Contribution: Literature and Theatre

Himself

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

Self (archive footage)

I Remember Harlem

I Remember Harlem

self

Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

James Baldwin: From Another Place

James Baldwin: From Another Place

Self

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Writer

James Baldwin Abroad

James Baldwin Abroad

Self

James Baldwin Abroad

James Baldwin Abroad

Writer

Baldwin's Nigger

Baldwin's Nigger

Self

Toc Storee

Toc Storee

Novel

Take This Hammer

Take This Hammer

Self

A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else

A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else

Self (archive footage)

James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village

James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village

Self

The James Baldwin Anthology

i ran from it and was still in it

i ran from it and was still in it

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Off-White Tulips

Off-White Tulips

Self