Jesse Owens
Acting
Born: 1913-09-12 · Oakville, Alabama, USA
Died: 1980-03-31
Biography
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 ca
🎬 Movies (20)
Der wahre Champion: Siegen mit Hightech
2016
Self (archive footage)
Jesse Owens et Luz Long : le temps d'une étreinte
2015
Self (archive footage)
Jesse Owens
2012
Self (archive footage)
Black Power Salute
2008
Self (archive footage)
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
1999
Self (archive footage)
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997
Self (achive footage)
The Record Breakers
1991
Self (archive footage)
Ace of Aces
1982
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Genocide
1982
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Self (archive footage)
Swastika
1974
Self (archive footage)
Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin
1966
Host / Narrator
The Grand Olympics
1961
Himself
The Century Is Fifty
1950
Self (archive footage)
Olympic Cavalcade
1948
Himself
Kings of the Olympics
1948
Self
Easy to Get
1947
Self (archive footage)
Mom and Dad
1945
Lecturer (live on stage during intermissions, black demographic screenings only)
The Negro Soldier
1944
Himself
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938
Self (uncredited)
