Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    52

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    April 17, 1947 ( 77 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

  • Also Known As

    Lew Alcindor

    Lewis Alcindor

    Lewis Ferdinand Alcindor

    Kareem Abdul-Jabaar

    كريم عبدالجبار

    Fredrick Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.) is an American former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time. Abdul-Jabbar has also been an actor, a basketball coach, a best-selling author, and a martial artist, having trained in Jeet Kune Do under Bruce Lee.