Jelani Cobb
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.
21
Acting Credits
5
Crew Credits
Acting
TV
Marvel's Luke Cage
as Jelani Cobb
2016
Movie
13th
as Self
2016
TV
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
1996
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
TV
Frontline
as Self
1983
TV
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
as Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
2024
Movie
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
as Self - Interviewee
2020
TV
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
as Self
2021
Movie
McCarthy
as Self
2020
Movie
Lies, Politics and Democracy
as Self - Reporter
2022
Movie
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
as Self
2020
Movie
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
as Self
2022
Movie
White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books
as Self
2010
Movie
One Person, One Vote?
as Self
2024
Movie
Heightened Scrutiny
as Self
2025
Movie
Policing the Police 2020
as Self
2020
Movie
Policing the Police
2016
Movie
Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
as Self
2021
Movie
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
as Self - Columbia University
2019
Movie
America After 9/11
as Himself
2021
TV
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
as Self - Author, The Substance of Hope
2020
