Acting • AGE 66
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. Owens specialized in the sprints and th...


The U.S. and the Holocaust
Self (archive footage)
2022

Explained
Self - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage)
2018

Jesse Owens et Luz Long : le temps d'une étreinte
Self (archive footage)
2015

Jesse Owens
Self (archive footage)
2012

Black Power Salute
Self (archive footage)
2008

The Olympic Series: Golden Moments 1920 - 2002
Self
2004

Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
Self (archive footage)
1999

The Record Breakers
Self (archive footage)
1991

American Experience
Self
1988

Ace of Aces
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982

Genocide
Self (archive footage)
1982

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975

Swastika
Self (archive footage)
1974

The Grand Olympics
Himself
1961

The Century Is Fifty
Self (archive footage)
1950

What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948

Easy to Get
Self (archive footage)
1947

Mom and Dad
Lecturer (live on stage during intermissions, black demographic screenings only)
1945

The Negro Soldier
Himself
1944

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Self (uncredited)
1938