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Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens
  • Name: Jesse Owens
  • Birthday: 1913-09-12
  • Also known as: James Cleveland Owens
  • Place of birth: Oakville, Alabama, USA
  • Popularity: 1.38
Biography: James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history". He set three world records and tied another, all in less than an hour, at the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan—a feat that has never been equaled and has been called "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport". He achieved international fame at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, by winning four gold medals: 100 meters, long jump, 200 meters, and 4... Read More

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Title Release date
Der wahre Champion: Siegen mit Hightech   as  Self (archive footage) 2016-07-15
Jesse Owens et Luz Long: le temps d'une étreinte   as  Self (archive footage) 2015-06-10
Jesse Owens   as  Self (archive footage) 2012-01-02
Black Power Salute   as  Self (archive footage) 2008-07-09
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games   as  Self (archive footage) 1999-08-12
Hitler's Forgotten Victims   as  Self (achive footage) 1997-10-02
The Record Breakers   as  Self (archive footage) 1991-01-01
Ace of Aces   as  Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1982-10-27
Genocide   as  Self (archive footage) 1982-03-14
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?   as  Self (archive footage) 1975-08-06
Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin   as  Host / Narrator 1966-01-01
The Grand Olympics   as  Himself 1961-05-26
The Century Is Fifty   as  Self (archive footage) 1950-03-16
Olympic Cavalcade   as  Himself 1948-12-03
Easy to Get   as  Self (archive footage) 1947-07-10
The Negro Soldier   as  Himself 1944-04-10
Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations   as  Self (uncredited) 1938-04-21