---
name: "Malcolm X"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/malcolm-x"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 May 1925"
died: "21 February 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 83
updated: "2026-09-17T05:40:08.069462+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."
---

# Malcolm X

Actor. Born 19 May 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Died 21 February 1965.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 May 1925, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- **Died:** 21 February 1965
- **Also known as:** ٱلْحَاجّ مَالِك ٱلشَّبَازّ, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, Malcolm Little
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 79 (1), 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 84 (2), 2020s 87 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43303, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0944318/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19742

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*I Am Not Your Negro*](https://film.one/film/i-am-not-your-negro.md) (85)

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## Biography

Malcolm X (1925–1965), also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He appears in archive footage credited as Self in numerous documentaries and films.

His credited appearances include *I Am Not Your Negro* (2017), *13th* (2016), *Da 5 Bloods* (2020), *Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)* (2021) and *Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat* (2024).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)* (2021), Fi1m 87, as Self - Activist (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised.md)
- *I Am Not Your Negro* (2017), Fi1m 85, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-not-your-negro.md)
- *13th* (2016), Fi1m 84, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/13th.md)
- *Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire* (2009), Fi1m 78, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire.md)
- *Malcolm X* (1992), Fi1m 79, Book — [page](https://film.one/film/malcolm-x.md)

## Also known for

- *Da 5 Bloods* (2020), Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Lemonade* (2016), Self (voice) (uncredited)
- *Explained* (2018), Self (archive footage)
- *Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat* (2024), Self (archive footage)
- *American Experience* (1988), Self (archive footage)
- *Orwell: 2+2=5* (2025), Self (archive footage)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/malcolm-x