Andrew Young

Biography

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

Self

The American President

Thomas Jefferson

Downing of a Flag

self

A Man's Story

Self

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Self

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

MLK/FBI

Self

Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Self (archive footage)

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The Games in Black & White	Himself
2024	Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told	Self (archive footage)
2023	This World Is Not My Own	Self
2023	Move When the Spirit Says Move: The Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton	Self
2023	Rather	Self - Civil Rights Activist & Politician
2023	South to Black Power	Self
2021	Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story	Self
2020	Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story	Self
2020	Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President	Self
2020	MLK/FBI	Self
2018	Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald	Self
2018	Backyard Wilderness	Dad
2018	Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace	Self
2018	King in the Wilderness	Self
2017	Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis	Self
2013	Martin Luther King and the March on Washington	Self
2011	A Man's Story	Self
2009	Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy	Self
2008	Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions	Self
2004	Citizen King	Self
1998	I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America	Self
1997	4 Little Girls	Self - SCLC
1982	Traveling Hopefully	Self - Ambassador
1980	A Decade of Struggle	Self
1970	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Self (archive footage)
1970	I Am Somebody	Self
1960	Integration Report 1	Self

Year	TV Show	Role
2021	Downing of a Flag	self
2005	The Colbert Report	Self
2000	The American President	Thomas Jefferson