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Muhammad Ali
Born · January 17, 1942
Died · June 3, 2016 (74 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Bio
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, entertainer and philanthropist. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated figures of the 20th century and as one of the greatest boxers of all time. Ali was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He began training as an amateur boxer at age 12. At 18, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics and turned professional later that year. He became a Muslim after 1961. He won the world heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston in a major upset on February 25, 1964, at age 22. On March 6, 1964, he announced that he no longer would be known as Cassius Clay but as Muhammad Ali. In 1966, Ali refused to be drafted into the military, citing his religious beliefs and ethical opposition to the Vietnam War. He was found guilty of draft evasion so he faced 5 years in prison and was stripped of his boxing titles. He stayed out of prison as he appealed the decision to the Supreme Court, which overturned his conviction in 1971, but he had not fought for nearly four years and lost a period of peak performance as an athlete. Ali's actions as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War made him an icon for the larger counterculture generation, and he was a very high-profile figure of racial pride for African Americans during the civil rights movement and throughout his career. As a Muslim, Ali was initially affiliated with Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam (NOI). He later disavowed the NOI, adhering to Sunni Islam, and supporting racial integration like his former mentor Malcolm X. Ali was a leading heavyweight boxer of the 20th century, and he remains the only three-time lineal champion of that division. His joint records of beating 21 boxers for the world heavyweight title and winning 14 unified title bouts stood for 35 years. He is the only fighter to have been ranked as the world's best heavyweight by BoxRec twelve times. He has been ranked among BoxRec's ten best heavyweights seventeen times, the third most in history. He won 8 fights that were rated by BoxRec as 5-Star, the third most in the history of the heavyweight division. Ali is the only boxer to be named The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year six times. He has been ranked the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time, and as the greatest athlete of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated, the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC, and the third greatest athlete of the 20th century by ESPN SportsCentury. He was involved in several historic boxing matches and feuds, most notably his fights with Joe Frazier, such as the Fight of the Century and the Thrilla in Manila, and his fight with George Foreman, known as The Rumble in the Jungle, which has been called "arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century" and was watched by a record estimated television audience of 1 billion viewers worldwide, becoming the world's most-watched live television broadcast at the time. Ali thrived in the spotlight at a time when many fighters let their managers do the talking, and he was often provocative and outlandish. He was known for trash-talking, and often free-styled with rhyme schemes and spoken word poetry, anticipating elements of hip hop.
Beatles '64
Self (archive footage)
6.6
2024
WWE Hall of Fame 2024
Muhammad Ali
6.8
2024
Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2023
70 Jahre Annemarie Moser-Pröll – Ein Leben als Wintermärchen
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2023
Cassius X: Becoming Ali
Self (archive footage)
10.0
2023
Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child
Self (archive footage)
6.0
2023
Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa
Self (archive footage)
10.0
2023
Bill Russell: Legend
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.0
2023
Stand
Self (archive footage)
6.0
2023
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.7
2023
My Father Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
2.0
2023
Le Siècle des icônes
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.0
2022
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Self (archive footage)
6.2
2022
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2022
McEnroe
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.0
2022
The King of Miami Beach
0.0
2022
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage) · (4 episodes)
8.5
2021
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Self
7.4
2021
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
10.0
2021
Untold: Deal with the Devil
Self - Professional Boxer (archive footage)
7.0
2021
City of Ali
0.0
2021
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
8.0
2021
Biography: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper
(archive footage)
7.7
2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
7.4
2021
A Life in Ten Pictures
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
8.0
2021
Mister Candid Camera
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2021
Pelé
Self (archive Footage)
7.3
2021
Ron Lyle
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2021
Earnie Shavers
0.0
2021
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.3
2020
Da 5 Bloods
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.5
2020
Be Water
Self (archive footage)
6.8
2020
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage)
7.2
2020
Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston
Self (archive footage)
7.5
2019
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Self (archive footage)
7.5
2019
Africa Rising
Self - Boxer (archive footage)
7.5
2019
Thrilla in Manila
Self
0.0
2019
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage) · (2 episodes)
7.4
2019
The Kennedy Who Changed The World
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2019
Shut Up and Dribble
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
0.0
2018
In Search of Greatness
Self (archive footage)
6.7
2018
The Champ and the King
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2018
Black Is Beltza
Self (voice) (archive footage)
5.8
2018
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
Self (archive footage)
7.2
2018
Explained
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.5
2018
Andre the Giant
Self (archive footage)
7.3
2018
Europa: The Last Battle
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2017
O.J.: Made in America
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
8.0
2016
Muhammad Ali - Rumble in the Jungle
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2016
O.J.: Made in America
Self (archive footage)
8.4
2016
Sticky: A (Self) Love Story
Self
5.0
2016
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
Self (archive footage)
6.0
2015
I Am Ali
Self (archive footage)
6.8
2014
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
Self (Archival Footage)
10.0
2014
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Himself (archive footage)
6.4
2013
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Himself
9.3
2013
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Himself
7.1
2013
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
Self (archive footage)
8.8
2012
Norman Mailer: The American
Self
7.0
2012
The Real Rocky
Self (archive footage)
5.9
2011
Muhammad and Larry
Himself
6.6
2009
Muhammad Ali: Fighting Spirit
himself
6.0
2009
Rumble in the Jungle
Self
0.0
2009
Soul Power
Self (archive footage)
6.3
2009
Facing Ali
Self
7.4
2009
When Ali Met Cathal
Muhammad Ali
0.0
2009
Thrilla in Manila
Himself (archive footage)
7.8
2008
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Self
6.9
2008
Black Power Salute
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2008
Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami
Himself
1.0
2008
Tyson
Self (archive footage)
6.8
2008
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Self (archive footage)
6.6
2008
Ali's 65
(1 episode)
7.0
2007
Ali's Dozen
Self
7.0
2006
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Muhammad Ali
7.4
2006
Darts Tarts – Welcome to my World
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2006
Ali Rap
Himself
6.0
2006
Legends Never Die
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2006
Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story
Self (Archival Footage)
0.0
2006
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
4.0
2004
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Self
0.0
2003
The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali
Himself
0.0
2003
The Documented Life and Times of Muhammad Ali - The Greatest
0.0
2002
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Himself
7.3
2001
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Self
8.0
2001
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2001
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
Self
0.0
2000
Champions Forever - World Heavyweight Champs!
Himself
0.0
2000
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
Himself
6.9
2000
Muhammad Ali - The Greatest Collection
0.0
1999
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
Himself
9.0
1998
B.B. King: Live In Africa '74
Self
7.0
1998
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self - Roastee (archive footage)
5.0
1998
When We Were Kings
Self
7.7
1996
Muhammad Ali The Whole Story
Self
8.0
1996
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Self (archive footage)
10.0
1996
Die Muhammad Ali Story
Muhammad Ali · (6 episodes)
0.0
1996
Boxing's Greatest Champions
Self
0.0
1995
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
Himself
0.0
1995
Kings of The Ring - History of Heavyweight Boxing 1919-1990
Himself (Archival Footage)
2.0
1995
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
Himself (Ringside)
0.0
1994
Touched by an Angel
Self · (1 episode)
7.2
1994
Naked Sport: Welcome to the Sewer
Self
0.0
1993
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
3.0
1991
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
4.0
1990
The Best of ABC's Wide World of Sports: The 60's
Self
0.0
1990
Champions Forever
Self
8.0
1989
Mike Tyson vs Larry Holmes
Self
9.0
1988
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Self
0.0
1986
Doin' Time
Himself
4.5
1985
WrestleMania
Muhammad Ali (Enforcer)
6.6
1985
Larry Holmes vs. David Bey
(Archive Footage)
0.0
1985
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
5.0
1983
Wogan
Self · (1 episode)
4.5
1982
Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick
Self
0.0
1981
Body and Soul
Himself
3.9
1981
Diana
Self
0.0
1981
Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali
Self
0.0
1980
Muhammad and Larry
0.0
1980
Freedom Road
Gideon Jackson
4.8
1979
Leon Spinks vs Muhammad Ali II
0.0
1978
The Greatest
Cassius Clay / Muhammad Ali
5.6
1977
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III
Self
10.0
1975
Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
Self
0.0
1975
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Self
2.0
1975
Apostrophes
Self · (1 episode)
8.5
1975
The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali
Self
0.0
1974
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
Self
6.0
1974
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier II
Self
0.0
1974
Black Soul
Self
0.0
1974
The Fighters
Self
0.0
1974
The Fight
Himself
0.0
1974
Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson II
Self
0.0
1972
Money Talks
Self
3.0
1972
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
6.4
1972
Black Rodeo
Self
0.0
1972
Fight of the Century
Self
0.0
1971
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I
Self
0.0
1971
a.k.a. Cassius Clay
Himself
7.5
1970
The Super Fight
Himself
10.0
1970
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (8 episodes)
6.7
1968
Something's Happening
4.2
1967
Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson I
Self
0.0
1965
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II
Self
0.0
1965
Cassius le grand
0.0
1964
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston I
Self
0.0
1964
Der Sport-Spiegel
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1963
Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones
Self
0.0
1963
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Himself (as Cassius Clay)
7.2
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.6
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (8 episodes)
7.4
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (3 episodes)
5.1
1961
Cassius Clay vs. Alonzo Johnson
Self
0.0
1961
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (1 episode)
6.7
1950
Bambi Awards
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
9.0
1948