Acting
Muhammad Ali
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.
Filmography
Jerry West: The Logo
Film · 2026
Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool
Film · 2026
9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later
Film · 2026
David Frost Vs
Series · 2025
WWE Hall of Fame 2024
Film · 2024
Beatles '64
Film · 2024
Stand
Film · 2023
Cassius X: Becoming Ali
Film · 2023
Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child
Film · 2023
Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70
Film · 2023
70 Jahre Annemarie Moser-Pröll – Ein Leben als Wintermärchen
Film · 2023
My Father Muhammad Ali
Film · 2023
Bill Russell: Legend
Series · 2023
The King of Miami Beach
Film · 2022
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
Film · 2022
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Film · 2022
McEnroe
Film · 2022
The Century of Icons
Series · 2022
City of Ali
Film · 2021
Ron Lyle
Film · 2021
Earnie Shavers
Film · 2021
Untold: Deal with the Devil
Film · 2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Film · 2021
Parkinson at 50
Film · 2021
Pelé
Film · 2021
Mister Candid Camera
Film · 2021
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Film · 2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Film · 2021
Muhammad Ali
Series · 2021
A Life in Ten Pictures
Series · 2021
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Series · 2021
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
Film · 2020
Da 5 Bloods
Film · 2020
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Series · 2020
Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston
Film · 2019
Thrilla in Manila
Film · 2019
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Film · 2019
Africa Rising
Film · 2019
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
Series · 2019
In Search of Greatness
Film · 2018
Andre the Giant
Film · 2018
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
Film · 2018
The Champ and the King
Film · 2018
Black Is Beltza
Film · 2018
United We Stand: The Ali Summit
Film · 2018
Shut Up and Dribble
Series · 2018
Explained
Series · 2018
American Made
Film · 2017
The Summer of Love
Film · 2017
Europa: The Last Battle
Series · 2017
O.J.: Made in America
Film · 2016
Sticky: A (Self) Love Story
Film · 2016
Muhammad Ali - Rumble in the Jungle
Film · 2016
O.J.: Made in America
Series · 2016
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
Film · 2015
Best of Enemies
Film · 2015
The Seventies
Series · 2015
I Am Ali
Film · 2014
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
Film · 2014
Robbed
Film · 2014
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Film · 2013
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Film · 2013
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Film · 2013
Ali: The Mission
Film · 2013
Norman Mailer: The American
Film · 2012
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
Film · 2012
When Ali Came to Britain
Film · 2012
The Real Rocky
Film · 2011
Soul Power
Film · 2009
Muhammad and Larry
Film · 2009
Rumble in the Jungle
Film · 2009
When Ali Met Cathal
Film · 2009
Facing Ali
Film · 2009
Muhammad Ali: Fighting Spirit
Film · 2009
The Damned United
Film · 2009
Black Power Salute
Film · 2008
Thrilla in Manila
Film · 2008
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Film · 2008
Tyson
Film · 2008
Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami
Film · 2008
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Film · 2008
Ali's 65
Series · 2007
Ali Rap
Film · 2006
Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story
Film · 2006
Darts Tarts – Welcome to my World
Film · 2006
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Film · 2006
Legends Never Die
Film · 2006
Ali's Dozen
Film · 2006
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Film · 2004
Pelé Forever
Film · 2004
Parkinson
Series · 2004
The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali
Film · 2003
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Film · 2003
The Documented Life and Times of Muhammad Ali - The Greatest
Film · 2002
Monday Night Mayhem
Film · 2002
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Film · 2001
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Film · 2001
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
Film · 2001
When Boxing Ruled The World
Film · 2001
The Making of 'Ali'
Film · 2001
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
Film · 2000
Champions Forever - World Heavyweight Champs!
Film · 2000
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
Film · 2000
Muhammad Ali - The Greatest Collection
Film · 1999
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
Film · 1998
B.B. King: Live In Africa '74
Film · 1998
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Film · 1998
Boxing Crazy
Film · 1997
Storyville
Series · 1997
When We Were Kings
Film · 1996
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Film · 1996
Atlanta 1996: Games of the XXVI Olympiad - Opening Ceremony
Film · 1996
Boxing Barmy
Film · 1996
Die Muhammad Ali Story
Series · 1996
Kings of The Ring - History of Heavyweight Boxing 1919-1990
Film · 1995
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
Film · 1995
Boxing's Greatest Champions
Film · 1995
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
Film · 1994
Touched by an Angel
Series · 1994
Naked Sport: Welcome to the Sewer
Film · 1993
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
Film · 1991
The Best of ABC's Wide World of Sports: The 60's
Film · 1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Film · 1990
Champions Forever
Film · 1989
Mike Tyson vs Larry Holmes
Film · 1988
Mike Tyson Presents: The Heavyweights
Film · 1988
Boxing's Greatest Knockouts
Film · 1987
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Film · 1986
Doin' Time
Film · 1985
WrestleMania
Film · 1985
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Film · 1983
Wogan
Series · 1982
Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick
Film · 1981
Body and Soul
Film · 1981
Diana
Film · 1981
Mid-South Wrestling
Series · 1981
Muhammad and Larry
Film · 1980
Freedom Road
Film · 1979
Leon Spinks vs Muhammad Ali II
Film · 1978
Kings of the Square Ring
Film · 1978
The Greatest
Film · 1977
The Captain and Tennille
Series · 1976
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III
Film · 1975
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Film · 1975
Apostrophes
Series · 1975
Black Soul
Film · 1974
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
Film · 1974
The Fighters
Film · 1974
The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali
Film · 1974
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier II
Film · 1974
The Fight
Film · 1974
Malcolm X
Film · 1972
Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson II
Film · 1972
Black Rodeo
Film · 1972
Money Talks
Film · 1972
Wake Up and Apologise
Film · 1972
Fight of the Century
Film · 1971
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I
Film · 1971
a.k.a. Cassius Clay
Film · 1970
The Super Fight
Film · 1970
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
Something's Happening
Film · 1967
Goal!
Film · 1966
Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper II
Film · 1966
Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson I
Film · 1965
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II
Film · 1965
Cassius le grand
Film · 1964
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston I
Film · 1964
Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones
Film · 1963
Der Sport-Spiegel
Series · 1963
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Film · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
Cassius Clay vs. Alonzo Johnson
Film · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
Bambi
Series · 1948