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

• 2021When I See Them, I See Us
• Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
• 2012Owned & Operated — Cornel West
• 2012Sinister — Thanks
• 2009The Private Lives of Pippa Lee — Don Sexton
• 30 Rock — Cornel West
• 2003The Matrix Reloaded — Councillor West
• 2003The Matrix Revolutions — Councillor West
• The Chris Rock Show
• Fariba

Appearances as themselves (43)

• 2024De "Matrix" à "Sense8", la révolution Wachowski — Self - Postcolonialism Philosopher
• 2024Tax Broke — Self
• 2023Israelism — Self
• 2021137 Shots — self
• 2021Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali — Self
• Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union — Self
• 2021Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story — Self
• 2020Bernie Blackout — Self
• 2020Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story — Self
• 2020The Big Scary “S” Word — Self
• 2020We Are George Floyd — Self
• 2019Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America — Self - Harvard University
• 2019No Safe Spaces — Self
• 2018American Tap — Self
• 2018The Corporate Coup D'État — Self - Philosopher
• 2017An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story — Self
• 2017Chasing Trane — Self - Philosopher
• 2017The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left — Self
• 2015Kareem: Minority of One — Self
• 2014Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee — Self
• 2014Nas: Time Is Illmatic — Self
• 2013Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal — Self
• 2011East Meets West: Hindi & Christian Perspectives on God, Love, & Spiritual Activism — Self
• 2011Fear of a Black Republican — Self
• 2011The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique — Self
• 2010Still Bill — Self
• 2009Stand — Self
• 2009Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy — Self
• 2008Examined Life — Self
• 2008James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston — Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
• Q&A — Self - Panelist
• Black in the 80s — Self
• 2005Street Fight — Self
• The Colbert Report — Self
• 2004The Matrix Recalibrated — Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• 2003The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load — Self
• Democracy Now! — Self, Self (archive footage)
• 1998Motown 40: The Music Is Forever — Self
• 1995Black Is… Black Ain’t — Self
• 1994Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool — Self
• 1992The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White — Self
• Charlie Rose — Self