Acting credits
14
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Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Writing
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Movies: 8Series: 10Crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 1962705
IMDb ID: nm3045189
Known for: Writing
Born: September 30, 1975
Age: 50
Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1996 - 2026
Years active: 31
Average TMDB rating: 6.72
Wikidata: Q15452495
Other jobs
Thanks (3)Executive Producer (1)Writer (1)
Biography
Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates (/ˌtɑːnəˈhɑːsi/TAH-nə-HAH-see; (born September 30, 1975) is an American author, journalist, and activist. He gained a wide readership as a national correspondent at The Atlantic, where he wrote about cultural, social, and political issues, particularly regarding African Americans and white supremacy. In 2015, Coates received a MacArthur Fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation. His work has been published in numerous periodicals. He has published four nonfiction books: The Beautiful Struggle(2008), Between the World and Me(2015), We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy (2017), and The Message (2024). Between the World and Me won the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He has also written a Black Panther and Captain America series for Marvel Comics. His first novel, The Water Dancer, was published in 2019.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ta-Nehisi Coates.
When a Witness Recants
Executive Producer
2026 Movie
Born in the Struggle
as Self
2025 Movie
Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard
as Self
2021 Movie
7.9
Between the World and Me
as Self
2020 Movie
8.1
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self - Author and Journalist
2020 Movie
7.4
Black Panther
Thanks
2018 Movie
6.4
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
as Self
2017 Movie
Dungeons & Dragons: A Documentary
as Self
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ta-Nehisi Coates.
8.1
What If...?
Thanks • 1 eps
2021 Series
5.3
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
as Self • 3 eps
2021 Series
7.6
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Thanks • 3 eps
2021 Series
4.0
Oprah's Book Club
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.5
Explained
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2014 Series
6.2
Finding Your Roots
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 7 eps
1996 Series