Portrait of James Baldwin

Acting

James Baldwin

Career

Active from 1982 to 2023, with a break from 1993 to 2016, busiest in 1982 and 1992 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score76/100
Highest rated
Poster for I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
James Baldwin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    0.6, average 2.7
  • Adrenaline
    2.8, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    0.4, average 2.4
  • Uncanny
    0.6, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • James Baldwin 2
  • Civil Rights Movement 2
  • Documentary 2
  • Social Justice 2
  • Social Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    12
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    Upcoming

    1 title
    Assignment America
    Assignment America

    TV show

    2020s

    2 titles
    James Baldwin Abroad
    James Baldwin Abroad (2023)

    Writer

    Brother, Where Are You?
    Brother, Where Are You? (2022)

    Original Story

    2010s

    2 titles ยท average score 83
    If Beale Street Could Talk
    If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
    GoodWatch score 81

    Novel

    I Am Not Your Negro
    I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
    GoodWatch score 86

    Writer

    1990s

    3 titles ยท average score 72
    Where the Heart Is
    Where the Heart Is (1998)
    GoodWatch score 63

    Original Film Writer

    Malcolm X
    Malcolm X (1992)
    GoodWatch score 81

    Screenplay

    Toc Storee
    Toc Storee (1992)

    Novel

    1980s

    2 titles ยท average score 63
    Go Tell It on the Mountain
    Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984)
    GoodWatch score 63

    Novel

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine
    I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)

    Writer

    1960s

    2 titles
    SOUL!
    SOUL! (1968)

    TV show

    World in Action
    World in Action (1963)

    TV show