Cornel West
Known for ActingBorn 1953-06-02Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. West is the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Center for African American Studies and in the Department of Religion. West is known for his combination of political and moral insight and criticism and his contribution to the post-1960s civil rights movement. The bulk of his work focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society and the means by which people act and react to their "radical conditionedness". West draws intellectual contributions from such diverse traditions as the African American Baptist Church, pragmatism and transcendentalism.
Known for
The Matrix Reloaded
2003 · as Councillor West
The Matrix Revolutions
2003 · as Councillor West
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009 · as Don Sexton
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004 · as Self
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
2008 · as Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
Chasing Trane
2017 · as Self - Philosopher
No Safe Spaces
2019 · as Self
Bernie Blackout
2020 · as Self
The Corporate Coup D'État
2018 · as Self - Philosopher
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 · as Self
Stand
2009 · as Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014 · as Self
Kareem: Minority of One
2015 · as Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
2003 · as Self
Black Is… Black Ain’t
1995 · as Self
Street Fight
2005 · as Self
The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left
2017 · as Self
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
2021 · as Self