James Baldwin
Known for
Acting
Born
August 2, 1924
Birthplace
Harlem, New York, USA
Died
December 1, 1987 (aged 63)
Biography
James Arthur Baldwin was an African-American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son, explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America, and their inevitable if unnameable tensions.
Best known work
Malcolm X
1992
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
I Am Not Your Negro
2017
Explained
2018
Public Speaking
2011
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris
1971
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
Madonna: Madame X
2021
The New Yorker at 100
2025
The Dick Cavett Show
1968Filmography
TBA
2025
The New Yorker at 100as Self (archive footage)
2023
James Baldwin Abroadas Self, Writer
2022
Brother, Where Are You?Original Story
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Bluesas Self (archive footage)
2021
Madonna: Madame Xas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
i ran from it and was still in itas Self (voice) (archive footage)
2020
2018
2018
2018
2018
Mr. SOUL!as Self (archive footage)
2018
2018
Target: St. Louis Vol. 1as Self (archive footage)
2017
I Am Not Your Negroas Self (archive footage), Writer
2017
The Madding Crowdas Self (archive footage)
2014
A Person Is More Important Than Anything Elseas Self (archive footage)
2013
Off-White Tulipsas Self
2011
Public Speakingas Self (archive footage)
2003
1998
Where the Heart IsOriginal Film Writer
1992
Malcolm XScreenplay
1992
Toc StoreeNovel
1989
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticketas Self (archive footage)
1985
The Statue of Libertyas Self - Writer