James Baldwin

James Baldwin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

02/08/1924

Day of Death

01/12/1987
(63) years old

Place of Birth

Harlem, New York, USA

Biography

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,... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2025

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

as Self (archive footage)

2022

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Madonna: Madame X

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2021

i ran from it and was still in it

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2018

Mr. SOUL!

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

as Self (archive footage)

2017

I Am Not Your Negro

as Self (archive footage)

2017

The Madding Crowd

as Self (archive footage)

2014

A Person Is More Important Than Anything...

as Self (archive footage)

2010

Public Speaking

as Self (archive footage)

1989

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

as Self (archive footage)

1985

The Statue of Liberty

as Self - Writer

1970

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to M...

as Self (archive footage)

1968

Baldwin's Nigger

as Self

1964

Take This Hammer

as Self

Crew

2022

Brother, Where Are You?

as Original Story

2017

I Am Not Your Negro

as Writer

1998

Where the Heart Is

as Original Film Writer

1992

Toc Storee

as Novel