
Actor
Jelani Cobb
Born 1969 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Acting

Marvel's Luke Cage
Jelani Cobb · 2016

13th
Self · 2016

The Daily Show
Self - Guest · 1996

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 2015

Frontline
Self · 1983

The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Self - Interviewee · 2020

McCarthy
Self · 2020

Heightened Scrutiny
Self · 2025
White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books
Self · 2010

East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
Self · 2020

Lies, Politics and Democracy
Self - Reporter · 2022

What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School · 2024

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
Self · 2021

One Person, One Vote?
Self · 2024

Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
Self · 2022

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
Self - Author, The Substance of Hope · 2020
Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
Self · 2021
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Self - Columbia University · 2019

America After 9/11
Himself · 2021

Policing the Police 2020
Self · 2020
