Jesse Owens
Birthday
1913/09/12
Day of death
1980/03/31 (66 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Oakville, Alabama, USA
Also know as
James Cleveland Owens
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...Read more
Acting
(1938) Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations
as Self (uncredited)
(2008) Black Power Salute
as Self (archive footage)
(1944) The Negro Soldier
as Himself
(1997) Hitler's Forgotten Victims
as Self (achive footage)
(2016) Der wahre Champion: Siegen mit Hightech
as Self (archive footage)
(2015) Jesse Owens et Luz Long : le temps d'une étreinte
as Self (archive footage)
(1966) Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin
as Host / Narrator
(1991) The Record Breakers
as Self (archive footage)
(1948) Olympic Cavalcade
as Himself
(1950) The Century Is Fifty
as Self (archive footage)
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) Ace of Aces
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1999) Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
as Self (archive footage)
(2012) Jesse Owens
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) Genocide
as Self (archive footage)
(1961) The Grand Olympics
as Himself
(1947) Easy to Get
as Self (archive footage)
(2017) Europa: The Last Battle
as Self (archive footage)
(1988) American Experience
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(2018) Explained
as Self - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage)