Acting credits
18
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Jelani Cobb
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.2
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Movies: 13Series: 8Crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 1700943
IMDb ID: nm2573163
Known for: Acting
Born: August 21, 1969
Age: 56
Place of birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2025
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 6.88
Wikidata: Q8013536
Also known as
William Jelani Cobb
Other jobs
Executive Producer (3)Co-Producer (1)Writer (1)
Biography
William Jelani Cobb is an American writer, author and educator. The Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, Cobb was previously an associate professor of history and director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, from 2012 to 2016.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jelani Cobb.
8.0
Heightened Scrutiny
as Self
2025 Movie
5.0
One Person, One Vote?
as Self
2024 Movie
8.5
The Riot Report
Co-Producer
2023 Movie
7.0
Lies, Politics and Democracy
as Self - Reporter
2022 Movie
4.0
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
as Self
2022 Movie
America After 9/11
as Himself
2021 Movie
6.8
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
7.2
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
as Self - Interviewee
2020 Movie
Policing the Police 2020
as Self
2020 Movie
7.5
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
as Self
2020 Movie
8.0
McCarthy
as Self
2020 Movie
7.9
13th
as Self
2016 Movie
Policing the Police
2016 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jelani Cobb.
5.2
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
as Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School • 1 eps
2024 Series
6.9
Lincoln's Dilemma
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2022 Series
5.3
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
as Self • 3 eps
2021 Series
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
as Self - Author, The Substance of Hope • 2 eps
2020 Series
6.9
Marvel's Luke Cage
as Jelani Cobb • 1 eps
2016 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
1996 Series
7.0
Frontline
as Self • 2 eps
1983 Series