
Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. After a standout career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' National Championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record, at the time, 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards. Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include five MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances, three All-Star Game MVP awards, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA records for highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century. He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 6, 2009 and was inducted on September 11, 2009. Jordan is also noted for his product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1985 and remain popular today. Jordan also starred in the 1996 feature film Space Jam as himself. He is the majority owner and head of basketball operations for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets; he recently won a bidding war to buy controlling interest in the team from founding owner Robert L. Johnson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Jordan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
84 acting credits
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The Daily Show
1996

Saturday Night Live
1975

Late Night with David Letterman
1982

My Wife and Kids
2001

Explained
2018

Basketball: A Love Story
2018

The Last Dance
2020

Today
1952

Space Jam
1996

Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003

Shut Up and Dribble
2018

They Call Me Magic
2022

Jerry West: The Logo
2026

He Got Game
1998

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
1998

ProStars
1991

Michael Jordan's Playground
1990

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021

Tiger
2004

Blink
1993

NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest
1976

Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993

Teen Choice Awards
1999

David Blaine: The Magic Way
2020

Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies
2003

The Olympic Series: Golden Moments 1920 - 2002
2004

Pyrates
1991

Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
2020

The Redeem Team
2022

Michael Jordan to the Max
2000

Jordan Rides the Bus
2010

The Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996

We Beat the Dream Team
2025

Rodman: For Better or Worse
2019

The Making of Trump
2015

NB80s
2011

NB90s
2013

Kobe Bryant's Muse
2015

All New Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers
1990

Ultimate Jordan
2001

Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team
2007

Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022

Chicago Bulls 1996-97 NBA Championship Season
1997

Bad Boys
2014

Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
2018

A Season on the Brink
2002

Michael Jordan: Air Time
1993

The Dream Team
2012

In Search of Greatness
2018

NBA Dynasty - Chicago Bulls
2004

A Celebration of Life for Kobe and Gianna Bryant
2020

Unforgettabulls: The 6th NBA Championship Season of the Chicago Bulls
1998

Michael Jordan: His Airness
1999

Dean Smith
2015

Game 6: The Movie
2020

Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul
2022

Below the Rim
1995

Chicago Bulls. Cinco campeonatos de la NBA
1998

The Legend of the 81-Point Game
2023

Learning to Fly: The World Champion Chicago Bulls Rise to Glory
1991

Great Sports Moments of the 80's
1989

The Wayman Tisdale Story
2011

Michael Jordan: Come Fly with Me
1989

Luc Longley: One Giant Leap
2021

Basketball Man
2007

Legends of The Court
2020

Three-Peat - The Chicago Bulls' Historic Third Championship
1993
Untouchabulls - The Chicago Bulls' Second Championship Season
1992

The NBA's 100 Greatest Plays
2003

NBA Dream Team
1993
Untitled Michael Jordan / Washington Wizards Documentary
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NBA Dynasty Series - Chicago Bulls
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Michael Jordan: Above and Beyond
1996
Michael Jordan
1986

Meeting Michael
2020

The Official 1996 NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls Unstop-A-Bulls
1996

The Magical Seven
2024
Michael Jordan & Co
1988

The '84 Draft
2014

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Carlos Manuel Baldomir
2006

Informe+. Cuando Jordan jugo en la ACB
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El otro Rey de Chicago
2022
The Official 1993 NBA World Championship Video - Three-Peat
1993
Doing Whatever It Takes!
1992