Acting · Queens, New York City, New York, USA · Born August 21, 1969
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.
MovieHeightened Scrutiny
2025
as Self
TVWhat's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
2024
as Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
MovieOne Person, One Vote?
2024
as Self
MovieLies, Politics and Democracy
2022
as Self - Reporter
MoviePreserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
2022
as Self
MovieAmerica After 9/11
2021
as Himself
TVObama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021
as Self
Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
2021
as Self
MovieThe Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020
as Self - Interviewee
MoviePolicing the Police 2020
2020
as Self
MovieEast Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
2020
as Self
TVAmerica's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020
as Self - Author, The Substance of Hope
MovieMcCarthy
2020
as Self
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019
as Self - Columbia University
Movie13th
2016
as Self
TVMarvel's Luke Cage
2016
as Jelani Cobb
MoviePolicing the Police
2016
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books
2010
as Self
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
TVFrontline
1983
as Self
