Född March 20, 1957 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Filmography
| Role | Title | Year | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | BlacKkKlansman | 2018 | |
| Writer | BlacKkKlansman | 2018 | |
| Producer | BlacKkKlansman | 2018 | |
| Director | Inside Man | 2006 | |
| Director | Da 5 Bloods | 2020 | |
| Writer | Da 5 Bloods | 2020 | |
| Producer | Da 5 Bloods | 2020 | |
| Director | Oldboy | 2013 | |
| Producer | Oldboy | 2013 | |
| Actor | Malcolm X | 1992 | Shorty |
| Director | Malcolm X | 1992 | |
| Writer | Malcolm X | 1992 | |
| Producer | Malcolm X | 1992 | |
| Producer | 25th Hour | 2002 | |
| Director | 25th Hour | 2002 | |
| Actor | Do the Right Thing | 1989 | Mookie |
| Director | Do the Right Thing | 1989 | |
| Writer | Do the Right Thing | 1989 | |
| Producer | Do the Right Thing | 1989 | |
| Producer | Love & Basketball | 2000 | |
| Writer | He Got Game | 1998 | |
| Producer | He Got Game | 1998 | |
| Director | He Got Game | 1998 | |
| Actor | Dear... | Self | |
| Producer | Pariah | 2011 | |
| Actor | She's Gotta Have It | 1986 | Mars Blackmon |
| Director | She's Gotta Have It | 1986 | |
| Writer | She's Gotta Have It | 1986 | |
| Producer | She's Gotta Have It | 1986 | |
| Actor | Summer of Sam | 1999 | John Jeffries |
| Director | Summer of Sam | 1999 | |
| Writer | Summer of Sam | 1999 | |
| Producer | Summer of Sam | 1999 | |
| Director | Chi-Raq | 2015 | |
| Writer | Chi-Raq | 2015 | |
| Producer | Chi-Raq | 2015 | |
| Actor | Jungle Fever | 1991 | Cyrus |
| Producer | Jungle Fever | 1991 | |
| Director | Jungle Fever | 1991 | |
| Writer | Jungle Fever | 1991 | |
| Actor | Mo' Better Blues | 1990 | Giant |
| Director | Mo' Better Blues | 1990 | |
| Writer | Mo' Better Blues | 1990 | |
| Producer | Mo' Better Blues | 1990 | |
| Actor | Clockers | 1995 | Chucky |
| Director | Clockers | 1995 | |
| Writer | Clockers | 1995 | |
| Producer | Clockers | 1995 | |
| Director | Miracle at St. Anna | 2008 | |
| Producer | Miracle at St. Anna | 2008 | |
| Director | David Byrne's American Utopia | 2020 | |
| Producer | Tales from the Hood | 1995 | |
| Actor | Crooklyn | 1994 | Snuffy |
| Director | Crooklyn | 1994 | |
| Writer | Crooklyn | 1994 | |
| Producer | Crooklyn | 1994 | |
| Director | She Hate Me | 2004 | |
| Writer | She Hate Me | 2004 | |
| Actor | When We Were Kings | 1996 | Himself |
| Producer | Tales from the Hood 2 | 2018 | |
| Actor | Bad 25 | 2012 | Himself |
| Director | Bad 25 | 2012 | |
| Actor | Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist | 2021 | Spike Lee |
| Actor | School Daze | 1988 | Darrell "Half-Pint" Dunlap |
| Director | School Daze | 1988 | |
| Writer | School Daze | 1988 | |
| Producer | School Daze | 1988 | |
| Director | Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth | 2013 | |
| Director | Michael Jackson: från Motown till Off the Wall | 2016 | |
| Actor | MasterClass | ||
| Director | Bamboozled | 2000 | |
| Writer | Bamboozled | 2000 | |
| Producer | Bamboozled | 2000 | |
| Director | The Original Kings of Comedy | 2000 | |
| Actor | Girl 6 | 1996 | Jimmy |
| Director | Girl 6 | 1996 | |
| Director | HIStory on Film, Volume II | 1997 | |
| Director | 4 Little Girls | 1997 | |
| Producer | 4 Little Girls | 1997 | |
| Writer | 4 Little Girls | 1997 | |
| Actor | Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks | 2010 | Himself |
| Director | Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife | 2014 | |
| Director | Get on the Bus | 1996 | |
| Director | All the Invisible Children | 2005 | |
| Director | Da Sweet Blood of Jesus | 2014 | |
| Writer | Da Sweet Blood of Jesus | 2014 | |
| Producer | Da Sweet Blood of Jesus | 2014 | |
| Director | Pass Over | 2018 | |
| Actor | Michael Jordan to the Max | 2000 | Himself |
| Director | Rodney King | 2017 | |
| Producer | Rodney King | 2017 | |
| Actor | The Last Party | 1993 | Himself |
| Actor | Champs | 2015 | Himself |
| Director | Lumière and Company | 1995 | |
| Actor | Best Sellers: Peter Sellers and Dr. Strangelove | 2004 | Interviewee |
| Director | Highest 2 Lowest | 2025 |