Andrew Young
Born
March 12, 1932 (93 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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.

The Games in Black & White
Himself
2025

Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told
Self (archive footage)
2024

South to Black Power
Self
2023

Move When the Spirit Says Move: The Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton
Self
2023

Rather
Self - Civil Rights Activist & Politician
2023

This World Is Not My Own
Self
2023

Downing of a Flag
self · (2 episodes)
2021

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
Self
2021

MLK/FBI
Self
2020

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Self
2020

Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
Self
2020

Backyard Wilderness
Dad
2018

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
Self
2018

Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
Self
2018

King in the Wilderness
Self
2018

Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis
Self
2017

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Self
2013

A Man's Story
Self
2011

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Self
2009

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

The Colbert Report
Self · (1 episode)
2005
Citizen King
Self
2004

The American President
Thomas Jefferson · (10 episodes)
2000

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
Self
1998

4 Little Girls
Self - SCLC
1997

Traveling Hopefully
Self - Ambassador
1982

A Decade of Struggle
Self
1980

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
1970

I Am Somebody
Self
1970

Integration Report 1
Self
1960