Spike Lee
Birthday
1957/03/20 (68 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Also know as
Спайк Ли, سبايك لي, 스파이크 리, スパイク・リー, สไปค์ ลี, 史派克·李, Σπάικ Λι, اسپایک لی, Shelton Jackson Lee
Biography
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American filmmaker and actor. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York. His father was a jazz musician, and his mother, a school teacher. His mother dubbed him Spike, due to his tough nature. He attended school in Morehouse College in Atlanta and developed his film making skills at Clark Atlanta University. After graduating, he went to the Tisch School of Arts graduate film prog...Read more
Acting
(1989) Do the Right Thing
as Mookie
(1991) Jungle Fever
as Cyrus
(1996) When We Were Kings
as Self
(1992) Malcolm X
as Shorty
(1990) Lonely in America
as Spike Lee (Newsstand Customer) (uncredited)
(1994) Crooklyn
as Snuffy
(1986) She's Gotta Have It
as Mars Blackmon
(2005) Street Fight
as Self
(1990) Mo' Better Blues
as Giant
(1996) Girl 6
as Jimmy
(2012) Brooklyn Boheme
as Self
(2012) Bad 25
as Self
(2003) The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
as Self
(2002) New York at the Movies
as Self
(2022) Seen It All
as Mars Blackmon
(2022) A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
as Self
(2017) Be Truly Free
as Narrator (voice)
(2010) Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks
as Self
(2022) Sidney
as Self
(2011) Guest
as Self
(2005) By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
as Self
(1988) School Daze
as Darrell 'Half-Pint' Dunlap
(1993) The Last Party
as Self
(1991) MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
as Self
(2012) Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
(2008) 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
as Self
Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience
as Spike Lee
(1991) Sous les marches du palais
as Self
(2022) Denzel Washington: A Model American
as Self
(2015) Champs
as Self
(2024) Be A Part of It
as Self
(2012) Red Hook Summer
as Mr. Mookie
(2000) Michael Jordan to the Max
as Self
(2015) French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self
(2001) 3 A.M.
as Filmmaker
(1997) 4 Little Girls
as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
(2005) How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
as ---
(1989) Making 'Do the Right Thing'
as Self
(2006) Number 4
as Self
(2017) Birth of a Movement
as Self
(2005) Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
as Self
(2000) Lisa Picard Is Famous
as Spike Lee
(1996) The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
as Self
(1995) Clockers
as Chucky
(2004) Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
as Self
(2007) Pixote In Memoriam
as Self
(1993) Seven Songs for Malcolm X
as ---
(2011) A Man's Story
as Self
(1989) First Works
as Self
(1999) Summer of Sam
as John Jeffries
(2018) Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
as Self
(2009) PoliWood
as Self
(2002) It's Black Entertainment
as Self
(2009) Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
as Self
(2004) No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
as Self
(2001) The Making of 'Bamboozled'
as Self
(2009) Kobe Doin' Work
as Self
(1989) Decade
as Self
(1990) Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
as Self
(1993) Farewell, Babylon!
as Self
(2018) Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
as Self
(2014) We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
as ---
(1995) Below the Rim
as ---
(2015) Director Spike Lee's New York City
as Self
(2005) Through the Fire
as ---
(2008) Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
as ---
(2007) Lights, Action, Music
as Self
(2014) Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
(1991) Branford Marsalis: Steep
as Self
(1996) The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2011) On the Shoulders of Giants
as ---
(1992) Our Hollywood Education
as Self
(1994) Hoop Dreams
as Self
(1994) A Century of Cinema
as Self
(2015) Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth
as ---
(2002) The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
as Self
(2021) Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as Self
(2021) A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
as Self
(1989) Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!
as ---
(2004) Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
as Self
(2010) Four Days in October
as Self (archive footage)
(2023) Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
as self
(2016) Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
as Self
(2025) Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
(1994) Drop Squad
as Himself
(2022) Gold Blooded
as Self
(2017) Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
(1994) Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
(2021) Pretend It's a City
as Self
(1997) The View
as Self
(1992) Ghostwriter
as Special Agent Pete (archive footage)
(2019) Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
(1992) Ghostwriter
as Special Agent Pete
(1999) The Early Show
as Self
(2003) Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
(1990) In Living Color
as ---
(2015) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
(2020) Dear...
as Self
(2002) Johnny Vaughan Tonight
as Self
(2018) Basketball: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2010) Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
(2021) This Is Pop
as Self (archive footage)
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Mars Blackmon
(1996) The Daily Show
as Self
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
(1997) The Chris Rock Show
as Self
(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
(2022) They Call Me Magic
as Self
(1988) Yo! MTV Raps
as Self
(2005) It's the Shoes
as Self
(2015) Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
(2019) Desus & Mero
as Self - Illustrious Guest
(2017) She's Gotta Have It
as Drum Major
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(2021) Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
as Self
(1973) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
(2025) Mr. Scorsese
as Self
(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest