---
name: "Dick Vitale"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dick-vitale"
fi1m_id: "dick-vitale"
imdb_id: "nm0899866"
tmdb_id: 1224931
wikidata_id: "Q321280"
roles: []
born: "9 June 1939"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 90
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T21:59:10.498118+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dick Vitale

## Identity

Dick Vitale

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dick-vitale
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dick-vitale
- **IMDb ID:** nm0899866
- **TMDB ID:** 1224931
- **Wikidata ID:** Q321280
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Vitale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321280, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0899866/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224931

Actor. Born 9 June 1939 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 9 June 1939, Passaic, New Jersey, USA
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 92 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Vitale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321280, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0899866/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224931

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Hoop Dreams*](https://film.one/film/hoop-dreams.md) (92)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dick Vitale is an American basketball sportscaster and former coach. He coached at East Rutherford High School, the University of Detroit and the Detroit Pistons before joining ESPN in 1979 as a college basketball analyst.

Vitale has appeared as himself in several films and television programmes. His credits include *Hoop Dreams* (1994), *Blue Chips* (1994), *He Got Game* (1998), *Love & Basketball* (2000) and *The 6th Man* (1997). He played Hal Gibson in the 1995 film *Jury Duty* and appeared on *The Cosby Show* in 1992.

*Sources: imdb.com, espnpressroom.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), Fi1m 88, as Baseball Announcer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Hoop Dreams* (1994), Fi1m 92, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/hoop-dreams.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Season on the Brink* (2002), as Dick Vitale (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Love & Basketball* (2000), as Dick Vitale
- *He Got Game* (1998), as Dick Vitale
- *The 6th Man* (1997), as Dick Vitale
- *Arli$$* (1996), series, as Dick Vitale (voice)
- *Jury Duty* (1995), as Hal Gibson
- *Blue Chips* (1994), as Dick Vitale
- *Time Out, Baby!* (1990), as Narrator / Host
- *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), as Baseball Announcer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md)
- *The Cosby Show* (1984), series, as Dan Vicente

## Gallery

- ![Dick Vitale](https://film.one/media/person/84151/gallery-fdbc3902fda6.jpg) Dick Vitale — Dave Hogg, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Dick_Vitale.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![(U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Peterson) (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/84151/gallery-560f728e036c.jpg) (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Peterson) (2026) — Wright-Patt AFB, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/260317-F-QL361-1653_%2855156737594%29.jpg/1280px-260317-F-QL361-1653_%2855156737594%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dick Vitale at the Refresh Leadership Live Simulcast (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/84151/gallery-6f2cb9aead2b.jpg) Dick Vitale at the Refresh Leadership Live Simulcast (2014) — Express Employment Professionals, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Dick_Vitale_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dick Vitale unveils the logo dedicating the Calihan Court, University of Detroit Mercy, in his honor. L-R: Earl Cureton, Terry Tyler, Wilbur Ross, Dave Debussch (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/84151/gallery-4ab79245358f.jpg) Dick Vitale unveils the logo dedicating the Calihan Court, University of Detroit Mercy, in his honor. L-R: Earl Cureton, Terry Tyler, Wilbur Ross, Dave Debussch (2011) — Dave Hogg, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Dick_Vitale_at_2011_Calihan_Hall_dedication.jpg/1280px-Dick_Vitale_at_2011_Calihan_Hall_dedication.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dick Vitale at the Refresh Leadership Live Simulcast (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/84151/gallery-b53950b3bfae.jpg) Dick Vitale at the Refresh Leadership Live Simulcast (2014) — Express Employment Professionals, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Dick_Vitale_at_the_Refresh_Leadership_Live_Simulcast.jpg/1280px-Dick_Vitale_at_the_Refresh_Leadership_Live_Simulcast.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Scanned from a 1983 issue of the Duke Chronicle, the student newspaper of Duke University (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/84151/gallery-0cab97e2ddc8.jpg) Scanned from a 1983 issue of the Duke Chronicle, the student newspaper of Duke University (2014) — Duke Chronicle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Duke_Chronicle_1983-04-01_page_19.jpg/1280px-Duke_Chronicle_1983-04-01_page_19.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- New Jersey Hall of Fame 2015: New Jersey Hall of Fame (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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