Kobe Bean Bryant (August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He entered the NBA directly from high school and won five NBA championships. Bryant is an 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, 12-time member of the All-Defensive team and was the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2008. Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, he led the NBA in scoring during two seasons, ranks fourth on the league's all-time regular season scoring and fourth on the all-time postseason scoring list. Bryant is the first guard in NBA history to play at least 20 seasons. At 34 years and 104 days of age, Bryant became the youngest player in league history to reach 30,000 career points. He became the all-time leading scorer in Lakers franchise history on February 1, 2010 when he surpassed Jerry West. During his third year in the league, Bryant was chosen to start the All-Star Game, and he would continue to be selected to start that game for a record 18 consecutive appearances until his retirement. His four All-Star MVP Awards are tied with Bob Pettit for the most in NBA history. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, he won gold medals as a member of the U.S. national team. In 2018, Bryant won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for his film Dear Basketball. He died on January 26, 2020, in a helicopter crash outside of Calabasas, California, at the age of 41.

Filmography

• 2025Eight on Eight
• 2022Kobe - Una storia italiana
• 2021Ready or Not: The 96 NBA Draft
• 2021Tony Parker: The Final Shot
• 2020ATS with Kobe Bryant
• 2020Legends of The Court
• 2019Quiet Storm: The Ron Artest Story
• 2017Dear Basketball — Self - Narrator (voice), Writer, Producer
• 2017Jalen Vs. Everybody — Sè stesso
• 2016Kobe's Farewell Game — 主演
• 2015Daddy's Home — Kobe Bryant
• 2015Kobe Bryant's Muse — Self, Executive Producer
• 2014Winner Stays — Kobe Bryant
• 2013Lenny Cooke
• 2013NB90s
• Voice
• 2011Jack and Jill — Kobe Bryant (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2006Kobe‘s 81 Points Game — himself, Director, Writer
• 科比·布莱恩特
• 20042003-2004 NBA Champions - Detroit Pistons
• Beyond the Glory
• Arli$$ — Kobe Bryant
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Moesha — Terry Hightower
• Hang Time
• All That

Appearances as themselves (64)

• 2026Jerry West: The Logo — Self (archive footage)
• 2026Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom — Self - LA Lakers Player / Attendee at Lamar & Khloe's Wedding (archive footage)
• 2024Gone Before His Time: Kobe Bryant — Self (archive footage)
• 2024The Life & Times of Kobe Bryant — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Wetzel Pretzel 3.5 (feat. Dave & Busters) — Self (Archive footage)
• 2023The Legend of the 81-Point Game — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL — Self - Former LA Lakers Guard (archive footage)
• 2022The Book of Kobe Bryant — Self
• 2022The Redeem Team — Self - USA 2008
• 2022Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul — Self (archive footage)
• jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Be Legendary: A Devin Booker Documentary — Self
• 2021Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2021Kobe Bryant: The Greatest of All — Self
• Pau Gasol: It’s About the Journey — Self
• Superstar — Self (archive footage)
• 2021The Day Sports Stood Still — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2020American Trial: The Eric Garner Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Kobe Bryant: The Death of a Legend — Himself
• 2020Kobe: Life Of A Legend — self (archive footage)
• 2020LA Originals — Self
• The Last Dance — Self
• 2019Lionel Messi - The GOAT - Official Movie — Self (archive footage)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Basketball: A Love Story — Self (archive footage)
• Detail: From the Mind of Kobe Bryant — Self - Host
• 20162016 NBA Finals Mini-Movie — Himself (Archive Footage)
• 2016Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall — Self
• 2015Kobe: The Interview — Himself
• 2015Queen Vee — Self
• 2015Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: Italian Imports — self
• 2015Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live — Self - Special Guest
• 2014Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot — Self
• 2013Nash — Self
• 2012I Am Bruce Lee — Self
• 2011When They Were Young — Self
• 20102009-2010 NBA Champions: Los Angeles Lakers — Self
• 20102010 NBA Champions: Los Angeles Lakers — Self
• Conan — Self
• 20092008-2009 NBA Champions - Los Angeles Lakers — Self
• 2009Kobe Doin' Work — Self
• 2009Michael Jackson Memorial — Self
• Modern Family — Himself
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 2008Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony — Self
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians — Self
• 2005One Love Volume 1: The Game, The Life — Himself
• 20031 Love — Self
• 2003Born To Ball — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• 2003The Blackout - Fat Joe Vs Jay-Z At The Rucker — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 20022001-2002 NBA Champions: Los Angeles Lakers — Self
• 2002Kobe Bryant - Destiny's Child — Himself
• 20012000-2001 NBA Champions: Los Angeles Lakers — Self
• 20001999-2000 NBA Champions: Los Angeles Lakers — Self
• Diary — Self
• 2000The Power of One: The Pokémon 2000 Movie Special — Self
• 1999Go Spurs Go! San Antonio Spurs 1998-1999 NBA Champions — Self (Archive Footage)
• Teen Choice Awards — Self, Self - Presenter
• The Early Show — Self
• The Magic Hour — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self
• Sister, Sister — Himself