Hakeem Olajuwon
Birthday
1963/01/21 (62 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Lagos, Nigeria
Also know as
Akeem Olajuwon, Akeem Abdul Olajuwon
Biography
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, nicknamed "the Dream," is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets and, in his last season, the Toronto Raptors. He led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995. Olajuwon was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2016. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest centers, as well as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
Acting
(2023) Stand
as Self - Houston Rockets (archive footage)
(1995) Hakeem Olajuwon - Hakeem the Dream
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(2012) Going Big
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(2014) The '84 Draft
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(2014) Arvydas Sabonis 11
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(2017) Hoops Africa: Ubuntu Matters
as Self
(2016) Phi Slama Jama
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(2011) NB80s
as Self (archive footage)
(2015) Clutch City
as Himself
(2001) Beyond the Glory
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(2018) Basketball: A Love Story
as Self