Graduate of Power Memorial High School, New York City.
Enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995.
Played for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Milwaukee Bucks (1969-70 thru 1974-75) and Los Angeles Lakers (1975-76 thru 1988-89).
Studied Jeet Kune Do Martial arts under Bruce Lee.
Only college player to win three Player of the Year awards.
Holds the NBA record for Most Valuable Player awards with six.
Began wearing goggles on the court due to corneal erosion syndrome, a condition where the eye cornea doesn't produce moisture and begins to dry out.
The NCAA outlawed the dunk shot because of his dominance at center for UCLA.
Assistant coach for the NBA Los Angeles Clippers, (2000).
Holds NBA career records for most minutes (57,446), most points (38,387), most field goals made (15,837) and most field goals attempted (28,307). First player in NBA history to play 20 seasons. Led NBA in scoring (1971-31.7 ppg, 1972-34.8 ppg). Led NBA in rebounding (1976-16.9 rpg). Led NBA in blocked shots (1975, 1976, 1979, 1980). NBA MVP (1971-72, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980). NBA Rookie of the Year (1970). All NBA First Team (1971-74, 1976-77, 1980-81, 1984, 1986). NBA All-Defensive First Team (1974-75, 1979-81). NBA Finals MVP (1971, 1985).
NBA 35th Anniversary All-Time Team (1980). NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996).
Played for UCLA (1965-69). The Sporting News College Player of the Year (1967, 1969). Three-time First Team All-America (1967-69). Two-time National Player of the Year (1967, 1969). Three-time NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (1967-69). Naismith Award winner (1969). Leading scorer in UCLA history. Led NCAA with .667 field goal percentage (1967) and .635 field goal percentage (1969).
Played in 18 NBA All-Star Games (1970-1977, 1979-89).
Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament wrote a song about him based on the urban myth that he lost all of his money investing in hotels for tall people. The song, entitled "Sweet Lew," appears on the album "Lost Dogs."
Grandparents are originally from Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies.
Father was a transit police officer in New York City.
Father of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Retired from the NBA in 1989.
Diagnosed with leukemia in December, 2008.
Filmography
As an actor:
2008 The Sarah Silverman Program.
2006 Whitepaddy
2002 The Tim McCarver Show
1996 Martin
1995 Slam Dunk Ernest
1994 The Stand
1993 Matrix
1991 Uncle Buck
1991 Amen
1990 21 Jump Street
1989 Jake Spanner, Private Eye
1987 Bustin' Loose
1987 Diff'rent Strokes
1985 Tales from the Darkside
1980 Airplane! as Roger Murdock
1977 Man from Atlantis
1977 Laugh-In
1974 Emergency!
1971 Mannix
As a producer:
2011 On the Shoulders of Giants
1994 The Vernon Johns Story
1989 All-Star Tribute to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Self:
Tavis Smiley
Mike and Mike in the Morning
2010 The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
2010 Stand Up to Cancer
2010 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2010 Entertainment Tonight
2010 Jeopardy!
2009 The Brian McKnight Show
2009 Late Show with David Letterman
2009 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009 How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009 The Girls Next Door
2008 Chabad: To Life Telethon
2008 Today
2008 Yes We Can
2008 The Black List: Volume One
2007 Stars on Stars
2007 The Apprentice
2007 Ali's 65
2006 Ali Rap
2006 ESPN 25: Who's #1?
2006 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
2006 The Real: Rucker Park Legends
2006 Scrubs
2006 Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith
2006 ESPN Hollywood
2006 The Drop
2005 Untitled David Diamond/David Weissman Project
2005 ESPN SportsCentury
2004 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
2004 Dennis Miller
2004 The Daily Show
2004 Hollywood Squares
2003 2003 Trumpet Awards
2000 Bruce Lee in G.O.D.: Shibôteki yûgi
2000 Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey
2000 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2000 The Brian Benben Show
1999 Famous Families
1998 Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1998 BASEketball
1998 The Gregory Hines Show
1998 The Path of the Dragon
1997 Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
1997 Biography
1997 Boston Common
1997 Living Single
1996 Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996 Everybody Loves Raymond
1996 The 68th Annual Academy Awards
1996 Buddies
1996 The Critic
1995 Forget Paris
1995 A Night to Die for
1995 Full House
1994 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1994 D2: The Mighty Ducks
1994 In Living Color
1994 Phenom
1994 The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Nicholson
1993 Third Annual Rock N' Jock B-Ball Jam
1993 The Curse of the Dragon
1992 One on One with John Tesh
1991 New Kids on the Block at Disney-MGM Studios: Wildest Dreams
1991 Good Sports
1990 CBS Schoolbreak Special
1990 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1989 All-Star Tribute to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1989 Troop Beverly Hills
1989 The Arsenio Hall Show
1989 21st NAACP Image Awards
1989 NBA Awesome Endings
1988 Ebony/Jet Showcase
1988 1988 NBA All-Star Game
1987 Stingray
1987 1987 NBA All-Star Game
1986 Ask Max
1986 The New Hollywood Squares
1986 The 7th Annual Black Achievement Awards
1985 Rock 'n' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular
1985 Fletch
1984 Pryor's Place
1984 Olympic Gala
1984 ABC Afterschool Specials
1984 1984 NBA All-Star Game
1983 1983 NBA All-Star Game
1982 1982 NBA All-Star Game
1980 Games People Play
1979 The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979 Stridulum
1977 Dinah!
1977 The Way It Was
1977 1977 NBA All-Star Game
1976 Cos
1976 1976 NBA All-Star Game
1975 1975 NBA All-Star Game
1974 1974 NBA All-Star Game
1973 Cavalcade of Champions
1972 1972 NBA All-Star Game
1971 1971 NBA All-Star Game
1970 1970 NBA All-Star Game
1967 The Bob Hope Show
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