Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 21, 1969
Age
57
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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0.6
Jelani Cobb
Acting
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.
Also known as
William Jelani Cobb
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Known For
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV
6.4
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
4.6
Meet the Press
1947 · TV
6.5
Frontline
1983 · TV
6.9
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016 · TV
5.4
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
2024 · TV
6.8
Lincoln's Dilemma
2022 · TV
0.0
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020 · TV
5.3
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021 · TV
7.8
13th
2016 · Movie
4.5
Heightened Scrutiny
2025 · Movie
7.2
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020 · Movie
Filmography
2025
Heightened Scrutiny
Movie · Self
4.5
2024
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
TV · Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
5.4
2024
One Person, One Vote?
Movie · Self
5.0
2022
Lies, Politics and Democracy
Movie · Self - Reporter
7.0
2022
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
Movie · Self
4.0
2021
America After 9/11
Movie · Himself
0.0
2021
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
TV · Self
5.3
2021
Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
Movie · Self
0.0
2020
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Movie · Self - Interviewee
7.2
2020
Policing the Police 2020
Movie · Self
0.0
2020
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
Movie · Self
7.0
2020
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
TV · Self - Author, The Substance of Hope
0.0
2020
McCarthy
Movie · Self
8.0
2019
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Movie · Self - Columbia University
0.0
2016
13th
Movie · Self
7.8
2016
Marvel's Luke Cage
TV · Jelani Cobb
6.9
2016
Policing the Police
Movie
10.0
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · Self
6.1
2010
White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books
Movie · Self
8.0
1996
The Daily Show
TV · Self - Guest
6.4
1983
Frontline
TV · Self
6.5
1947
Meet the Press
TV · Self
4.6