Jelani Cobb
Acting·August 21, 1969 — 56 years old·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.
Known For
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016·6.9
13th
2016·7.8
The Daily Show
1996·6.4
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015·6.1
Frontline
1983·6.6
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
2021·6.8
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
2024·5.6
Lincoln's Dilemma
2022·6.8
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021·5.3
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020·7.2
McCarthy
2020·8.0
The Riot Report
2023·8.5
Filmography · 24
2025Heightened ScrutinySelf2024What's Next? The Future with Bill GatesTVSelf - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School2024One Person, One Vote?Self2023The Riot ReportCo-Producer · Writer2022Lies, Politics and DemocracySelf - Reporter2022Lincoln's DilemmaTVExecutive Producer2022Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect UnionSelf2021America After 9/11Himself2021Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect UnionTVSelf · Executive Producer2021Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed AmericaSelf2021A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon ParksExecutive Producer2020The Choice 2020: Trump vs. BidenSelf - Interviewee2020Policing the Police 2020Self · Writer2020East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing StorySelf2020America's Great Divide: From Obama to TrumpTVSelf - Author, The Substance of Hope2020McCarthySelf2019Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering AmericaSelf - Columbia University201613thSelf2016Marvel's Luke CageTVJelani Cobb2016Policing the Police2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTVSelf2010White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic BooksSelf1996The Daily ShowTVSelf - Guest1983FrontlineTVSelf