Andrew Young

1932 (94) • Acting

Born: 3/12/1932 (94) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Known for: Acting

Andrew Young

Andrew Jackson Young Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr.

Known For

The Colbert Report

70%

Self

2005

King in the Wilderness

70%

Self

2018

MLK/FBI

69%

Self

2020

I Am Somebody

68%

Self

1970

Backyard Wilderness

67%

Dad

2018

Integration Report 1

76%

Self

1960

Rather

32%

Self - Civil Rights Activist & Politician

2023

Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story

72%

Self

2020

Andrew Young: The Dirty Work

Self

2025

The Games in Black & White

Himself

2025

Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

64%

Self (archive footage)

2024

South to Black Power

35%

Self

2023

Move When the Spirit Says Move: The Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton

Self

2023

Rather

32%

Self - Civil Rights Activist & Politician

2023

This World Is Not My Own

60%

Self

2023

Downing of a Flag

self

2021

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

Self

2021

Fandango at the Wall

Executive Producer

2020

MLK/FBI

69%

Self

2020

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

69%

Self

2020

Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story

72%

Self

2020

Backyard Wilderness

67%

Dad

2018

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

40%

Self

2018

Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

Self

2018

King in the Wilderness

70%

Self

2018

Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis

Self

2017

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

100%

Self

2013

A Man's Story

69%

Self

2011

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

80%

Self

2009

Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions

Self

2008

The Colbert Report

70%

Self

2005

Dawn of the Maya

70%

Cinematography

2004

Citizen King

80%

Self

2004

The American President

80%

Thomas Jefferson

2000

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

Self

1998

4 Little Girls

71%

Self - SCLC

1997