- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 12, 1913
- Place of Birth
- Oakville, Alabama, USA
- Died
- March 31, 1980
Jesse Owens
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 the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history". He set three world records and tied another, all in less than an hour, at the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan—a feat that has never been equaled and has been called "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport". He achieved international fame at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, by winning four gold medals: 100 meters, long jump, 200 meters, and 4 × 100-meter relay. He was the most successful athlete at the Games and, as a black American man, was credited with "single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy". The Jesse Owens Award is US…
Filmography
tvThe U.S. and the Holocaust
2022 · Self (archive footage)
tvExplained
2018 · Self - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage)
tvBuffa racconta Jesse Owens
2017
Der wahre Champion: Siegen mit Hightech
movieDer wahre Champion: Siegen mit Hightech
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieJesse Owens et Luz Long : le temps d'une étreinte
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieJesse Owens
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieBlack Power Salute
2008 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Olympic Series: Golden Moments 1920 - 2002
2004 · Self
movieFists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
1999 · Self (archive footage)
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
movieHitler's Forgotten Victims
1997 · Self (achive footage)
movieThe Record Breakers
1991 · Self (archive footage)
tvAmerican Experience
1988 · Self
movieAce of Aces
1982 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieGenocide
1982 · Self (archive footage)
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
movieSwastika
1974 · Self (archive footage)
Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin
movieJesse Owens Returns to Berlin
1966 · Host / Narrator
movieThe Grand Olympics
1961 · Himself
movieThe Century Is Fifty
1950 · Self (archive footage)
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self - Mystery Guest
Olympic Cavalcade
movieOlympic Cavalcade
1948 · Himself
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
Kings of the Olympics
movieKings of the Olympics
1948 · Self
movieEasy to Get
1947 · Self (archive footage)
movieMom and Dad
1945 · Lecturer (live on stage during intermissions, black demographic screenings only)
movieThe Negro Soldier
1944 · Himself
movieOlympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Self (uncredited)