Jelani Cobb
Acting
Biography
William Jelani Cobb is an American writer, author and educator. The Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, Cobb was previously an associate professor of history and director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, from 2012 to 2016.
Born: August 21, 1969
Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
2025
Heightened Scrutiny
as Self
2024
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
as Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
2024
One Person, One Vote?
as Self
2022
Lies, Politics and Democracy
as Self - Reporter
2021
2020
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
as Self - Interviewee
2020
Policing the Police 2020
as Self
2020
2020
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
as Self - Author, The Substance of Hope
2020
McCarthy
as Self
2016
13th
as Self
2016
Marvel's Luke Cage
as Jelani Cobb
2015
1996
The Daily Show
as Self
1983
Frontline
as Self