Andrew Jackson Young Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr.

Filmography

• 2020Fandango at the Wall — Executive Producer
• 2018Backyard Wilderness — Dad
• 2004Dawn of the Maya — Cinematography
• The American President — Thomas Jefferson
• 1992The Real Malcolm X

Appearances as themselves (30)

• 2025Andrew Young: The Dirty Work — Self
• 2025The Games in Black & White — Himself
• 2024Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told — Self (archive footage)
• Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove — Self
• 2023Move When the Spirit Says Move: The Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton — Self
• 2023Rather — Self - Civil Rights Activist & Politician
• 2023South to Black Power — Self
• 2023This World Is Not My Own — Self
• Downing of a Flag — self
• 2021Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story — Self
• 2020Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story — Self
• 2020Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President — Self
• 2020MLK/FBI — Self
• 2018King in the Wilderness — Self
• 2018Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald — Self
• 2018Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace — Self
• 2017Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis — Self
• 2013Martin Luther King and the March on Washington — Self
• 2011A Man's Story — Self
• 2009Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy — Self
• 2008Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions — Self
• The Colbert Report — Self
• 2004Citizen King — Self
• 1998I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America — Self
• 19974 Little Girls — Self - SCLC
• 1982Traveling Hopefully — Self - Ambassador
• 1980A Decade of Struggle — Self
• 1970I Am Somebody — Self
• 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis — Self (archive footage)
• 1960Integration Report 1 — Self