Cornel West
Actor
Biography
Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. West is the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Center for African American Studies and in the Department of Religion. West is known for his combination of political and moral insight and criticism and his contribution to the post-1960s civil rights movement. The bulk of his work focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society and the means by which people act and react to their "radical conditionedness". West draws intellectual contributions from such diverse traditions as the African American Baptist Church, pragmatism and transcendentalism.
Filmography
The Matrix Revolutions
as Councillor West 2003
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Don Sexton 2009
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
as Self 2014
Chasing Trane
as Self - Philosopher 2017
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self 2004
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
as Self 2021
No Safe Spaces
as Self 2019
Examined Life
as Self 2008
Street Fight
as Self 2005
Kareem: Minority of One
as Self 2015
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
as Self 2003
137 Shots
as self 2021
Still Bill
as Self 2010
Black Is… Black Ain’t
as Self 1995
The Corporate Coup D'État
as Self - Philosopher 2018
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self 2009